because the state has given them that authority. Legalizing gay marriage will not harm heterosexual marriages or "family values.” A study published on Apr. 13‚ 2009 in Social Science Quarterly found that "[l]aws permitting same-sex marriage or civil unions have no adverse effect on marriage ‚ divorce‚ and abortion rates‚ [or] the percent of children born out of wedlock..." Massachusetts‚ which became the first state to legalize gay marriage in 2004‚ had the lowest divorce rate in the country in
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Successful Filipino Gays Today’s generation in terms of sexuality is very different. Individuals belong to the third sex‚ especially the gays‚ are now starting to fight for their rights as a human being and make names in the industry that could be proud of. Unlike before‚ they are being discriminated and ashamed by most of the people and couldn‘t see much of their talents and abilities. Here in the Philippines‚ these kind of incidences is ubiquitous‚ that can be seen everywhere. People make fun
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wedding of my own‚ but that dream of mine is short lived. II. The American culture has grown accustomed to the rights of life‚ liberty and pursuit of happiness; however there have always been minority groups restricted from these basic rights. A. According to Merriam Webster Dictionary marriage is the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law. i. The definition excludes the union of same sex couples. III
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thesame sex really more harmful to a child¶s development than no parental guidance at all? In someminds the answer ³NO´ flashes in bright‚ blinking lights however‚ there are many‚ including themajority of Americans‚ who disagree. Laws banning adoption by gay and lesbian couples exist inmultiple states across the country. These bans do more than prohibit same-sex couples fromstarting families; they sentence children to a lifetime alone in world where plenty of eligibleadoptive parents exist. II
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Florida. They had been in a committed relationship for five years when they decided that they would like to have a child to complete their family. Due to age and health factors‚ the women decided that Mary would become pregnant using an anonymous sperm donor. During the pregnancy‚ Martha supported Mary and attended birthing and parenting classes with her. When the child was born‚ both women were listed on the birth certificate. They sent out birth announcements to friends that listed both women as the
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Couple of days back marked the 10th year since the release of the movie ‘Fight Club’. Even though I have watched that iconic movie couple of times back I could not abstain from awing at the novel ideas used in the film making. And there came the bathtub scene involving Brad Pitt and Edward Norton widely perceived as homo-erotic .But David Fincher says he purposely made so engaging the audiences on something keeping them from guessing the later twists in the movie. Brad Pitt comments‚ “We are one
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guide to those working to loosen similar shackles of fear. More importantly it opens the door for conversation and action of parting from universal ideologies to more diverse and unique ones. Lynn‚ both a transgender person and advocate for Lesbian Gay Bisexual
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The Endless Controversy of Gay Marriage Gay marriage has been the cause of intense debate in the United States for years. Sexual activity within the same gender was something that was considered normal in Greek and Roman times but in today’s society‚ there is a great amount of controversy concerning sexual activity between homosexuals and same-sex marriage. A couple of reasons why gay marriage has become so controversial is because of religion‚ the issue of procreation‚ and the concern for children
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sex marriage should be legal for a number of reasons‚ a few being‚ it’s no one else’s business if two men or two women want to get married‚ not allowing them to marry makes them seem inferior‚ and it rids them of their civil rights. In the book Gay marriage by Kate Burns‚ it states "Who owns marriage? In other words‚ who defines marriage? Who allows marriage‚ and who enforces it?" (22) It’s wrong to tell two people who love each other that they cannot marry; it’s nobody’s business who you fall
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finally decided to conduct a research on Gay Rights. This research focuses on the following problem: Why can’t gay couples raise children? To address the problem‚ and after reviewing several materials‚ I chose to refer to two articles: “Growing up with gay parents” by Marlyin Elias published in August.23.2001‚ and “The Rise of the Gay Dad” by Rebecca Seal released by October.25.2009. In the first article Elias stresses that no matter what sex if straight‚ or gay can be able to raise a child and give
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