states have constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. * Opponents argue that altering the traditional definition of marriage as between a man and a woman will further weaken a threatened institution and that legalizing gay marriage is a slippery slope that may lead to polygamous and interspecies marriages. Arguments against: Religious freedom: For most Americans‚ marriage is a religious sacrament or ceremony. If the definition of marriage is changed to allow SSM‚ some religious individuals
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Assess-2 /Legal Studies. Hayley Galvin Preliminary Law in Practice: Investigating a Contemporary Issue Contemporary issue: Same Sex Marriage Marriage is both universal and central. All across our country‚ in every town and city‚ every social class‚ every race and ethnicity‚ every religion or non-religion‚ people get married. To be told “You cannot get married” is thus to be excluded from one of the defining rituals of civilised Australian society. Homosexuality and the laws regarding
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Denial of Gay Marriage: Macro Theories and Effects on the Population Introduction and Effects For thousands of years heterosexual couples have been wed into the institution of marriage. Until recently‚ the population of same sex partners who are denied equal familial rights was primarily only an issue within the gay‚ lesbian‚ bisexual and transgendered (GBLT) community. Same sex relationships parallel those of traditional marriage such as commitment‚ sacrifice‚ and sharing of responsibilities
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Angela Williams When The Right is Wrong: Gay Marriage Should be Legalized Should gays be allowed to be legally married and have that marriage recognized on a national level? This is an issue that is making headlines across the country and is the topic of conversations on Capitol Hill and Facebook forums‚ alike. Those who oppose gay marriage give a vast amount of reasons that range from the conservative to the crazy‚ from the religious to the ridiculous. However‚ these reasons do not give anyone
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Gay Marriages should be Legalized The government says that every citizen of the United States shall receive equal rights. Then‚ why did they pass the Defense of Marriage Act? The Defense of Marriage Act prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages; in my opinion this act is unjust and immoral because it restricts the rights of gay and lesbian citizens. Many of the reasons offered for opposing gay marriage are based on the assumption that gays have a choice
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Jack Conkling‚ Kansas Teacher‚ Writes On Facebook That Being Gay Is ’The Same As Murder’ Jack Conkling‚ a Prairie Hills Middle School social studies teacher and Buhler High School assistant women’s basketball coach in Buhler‚ Kan.‚ is under fire afterequating being gay to being a murderer on his Facebook profile‚ the Hutchinson Newsreports. In his post‚ Conkling comments on gay marriage‚ writing that homosexuality "ranks in God’s eyes the same as murder‚ lying‚ stealing‚ or cheating." According
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“ A Tradition of Change” Critique of: William Bennett‚ “Against Gay Marriage” Throughout the course of American history‚ every generation has built upon the foundations of freedom that were constructed by their ancestors before them. During the 1920’s‚ women finally earned the right to vote‚ and in the 1960’s‚ blacks finally gained their hard fought equality. Our current generations task‚ is to strive to obtain equal rights for homosexuals so that our children and grandchildren can live in
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Benefits of Gay Marriage in New York Just recently our nation has taken initiative into changing the gay rights that our nation lacks by repealing the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy that was established in 1993 by our former president Clinton. In the United States there are only five states‚ not including District of Columbia‚ that have legalized same sex marriage. Lawmakers ignore the fact that legalizing gay marriage has economical benefits. If the state of New York were to make gay marriage legal
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In this modern-day ‘survival of the fittest’ someone steps into the jungle to propose something crazy: he will start a coaching centre in Bihar where he will accept 30 talented students every year‚ strictly from a low-income background and prepare them for the IIT-JEE. Given the 2 per cent success rate of mostly privileged and well-coached aspirants‚ what can be expected from these 30 candidates? Bhai ( named changed) along with two colleagues‚ started just such a ‘Super 30’ in Patna‚ Bihar‚
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students are gay or bisexual. We have 26 students in our class. So theoretically‚ there is at least one gay person in this room. Are we going to deny that person the chance to get married and lead a life like the rest of us? That’s why I think New Zealand needs to legalise gay marriage. You might say‚ "yeah I’ve got no problem with gays." But think‚ when was the last time you called someone gay? or faggot? And I bet you said it without even realising it. We use the term gay as if its something
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