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Abstract
The issue of gay marriages has been discussed for quite a while from a number of perspectives; however, its economic aspects are rarely touched upon. In their article Firms balk at gay weddings, Nathan Koppel and Ashey Jones shed some light on the controversy surrounding the provision of services regarding the arrangement of same sex weddings from the perspective of the people who are against gay marriages. Among the key ethical dilemmas that are related to the issue in question, the conflict between religious beliefs and the necessity to provide the aforementioned services, the issue regarding the company’s needs v. its duty to comply with the rights of their staff, and the comparison of racial discrimination to same sex marriages profiling deserves mentioning.
Outline
I. Introduction: The Issue of Gay Marriages as the Major Dilemma of the XXI Century
II. Discrimination Issue and the Fifth Amendment: People’s Irrefutable Rights
III. Gay Marriage as a Concept Contrary to Some of the Existing Theologies
IV. From Economics Perspective: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Applied to Business Owners
V. Conclusion: In Search for a Compromise between Acknowledging the Rights and Freedoms of Gays and Straight People
The Controversies Surrounding Gay Marriages: How Much the Fabric of Society Can Withstand
Introduction: The Issue of Gay Marriages as the Major Dilemma of the XXI Century
Gay marriages are doubtlessly a hot-button issue in the XXI century. Weirdly enough, the controversy around gay marriages not only affects the aspects of people’s social lives, but also influences the business world, changing it at a much faster pace than its stakeholders may want to. As Nathan Koppel and Ashey Jones explain in their article Firms balk at gay weddings, because of the incongruity between the need to provide homosexual people with their