Current Social and Moral Issues Final Paper Gay Adoption: Gays Should Be Allowed to Adopt Children Political scientists define political tolerance as the willingness of individuals to respect the democratic rights of groups they don’t like. For example‚ people are tolerant under this definition if they do not like evangelical Christians‚ but they are willing to allow group members to run for political office‚ teach children‚ or hold political rallies. However‚ some
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By: Valerie Tickles Soc 215 Business Ethics December 4‚ 2008 Gay and Lesbians Marriages What is “Gay”? Some would say that it means being happy‚ joyful‚ merry‚ lively‚ and full of sprit. But the topic that I speak of refers to a person’s sexuality‚ having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex. Is this ethical? As a nation
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wants us to finish the cycle. Second‚ there is the issue of being the caretaker of children. A family unit to those who oppose gay marriages is defined as a man‚ woman and children. Gay couples cannot‚ in their opinion‚ raise children morally in an immoral background or home. Then there are people such as Gay rights groups‚ who argue that states cannot justify excluding gay and lesbian couples from the institution of marriage and the protection it provides. They argue that only marriage provides a
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Yet today regardless of our freedom some people choose to discriminate and judge those with a different style of life because they do not see those different groups equally compatible with their same values in life. One of the many reason that the gay and lesbian group grabbed my attention‚ is the fact that they are discriminated every day of their lives‚ which is something that a lot of people identify themselves with‚ such as myself. Discrimination has been a part of my life because this country
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Gay parents are facing discrimination because of their sexual orientation. Twenty-two states currently allow single gays to adopt and 21 states currently allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt in the U.S. (Mallon‚ 2007‚ p. 6). The ability of gay couples to rear a child should not be denied only because they are gay. Homosexuals may be looked down upon by society‚ but they still are humans and have morals. These morals they possess‚ may influence a child more than those morals taught to a child with
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some people don’t get those rights simply because they’re gay. Congress combines church and state to make marriage illegal. But‚ people have different religions‚ different beliefs‚ and different views on everything. Banning gay marriage violates a person’s constitutional freedom. The constitute states‚ "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." Church and state are being combined to rule out marriage for gays. Same sex marriage is illegal in all fifty states‚ and the
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rights. Gay‚ and lesbian couples are consistently denied rights that most Americans don’t even appreciate. Many gay and lesbian couples are denied the right to marry despite the freedoms the great American nation was founded upon. They are constantly being looked over and held at an unfair disadvantages‚ only because of their sexual orientation. Gay and lesbian couples are still made up of two‚ real‚ feeling people‚ who should be afforded the same rights as heterosexual couples. An issue gay and lesbian
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with the topic of Gay marriage. Some are debating that it should be legalized while others believe it should not be. Over the years many people believe that same sex marriage should be banned ‚ so what changed our minds as the years go by. Is it that our minds are now open to change? or‚ is it just to please people that do believe in same sex marriage? Based on many religions in the world today‚ may people strongly do not believe that gay marriage should be legal. According to the Christian faith
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Gay Marriage My current event talks about the Supreme Court appearing ready today to strike down a central part of a federal law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. After considering a challenge to California’s Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage Tuesday‚ the Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case looking to overturn the 1996 law signed by President Bill Clinton that defined marriage as heterosexual and prevented gay couples from receiving federal marriage benefits. The
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first I didn’t know how else to classify gay. It wasn’t until I was cutting out pictures that I realized that I was classy‚ fashionable‚ gay who stood up for what I believe in. Going over all my pictures on my poster board‚ I came to the realization that I wasn’t the typical gay. The typical stereotype image of any gay kid. Goes like this: flamboyant‚ girly‚ wears skin tight jeans‚ plasters on the make up and talks like and acts like a girl. Now that’s most gays but when it comes to me I’m the opposite
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