Negative | Affirmative | The institution of marriage has traditionally been defined as between a man and a woman. In the Oct. 15‚ 1971 decision Baker v. Nelson (186 KB) ‚ the Supreme Court of Minnesota found that "The institution of marriage as a union of man and woman‚ uniquely involving the procreation and rearing of children within a family‚ is as old as the book of Genesis.” | Varnum v. Brien‚ 763 N.W.2d 862 (Iowa 2009)‚ is a unanimous decision of the Iowa Supreme Court dated April 3‚ 2009
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Why should we support Gay Marriage? "You weren’t born knowing how to hate‚ you were taught how to hate." I believe in Gay-Marriage‚ I was raised knowing that I should be myself‚ and believe in what I please. I’m not writing this to go against anyone else‚ or to offend anyone’s thoughts of life. I’m just writing my opinion out‚ just like I was asked to do. This is an essay‚ I’m writing on why we should legalize Gay-Marriage. As a citizen‚ I have a right to support Gay-Marriage‚ I also believe
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is demolished. Gay sex marriage is the most conflicting issue in the contemporary social world. Marriage is an association of persons through which we perceive the reflection of a particular culture. It is basically a private matter and a fundamental human right. People should have the right to decide with whom they marry‚ not the state. If two persons are closed to each other regardless of their gender‚ they should be allowed to marry with each other (Eric). Legalizing gay marriage is granting same-sex
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Scared straight Scared straight in a documentary from 1978‚ teens that have been in trouble with the law to spend a day at a Federal penitentiary. The hope‚ is that the teens would realize that‚ the life they are leading is headed towards jail time. The inmates are part of a program designed to scare the teens into changing their paths and make a change within their lives. The original 17 teens were followed up to 10 years later and out of the 17‚ only one went on to be a hardened criminal. When
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debate over same-sex marriage is not about "tolerance" but "preference"; most individuals who are opposed to single-sex marriage would believe they will not “tolerate” it just because they “prefer” to not see it. Granted that we have devolved from previous centuries by the decreased acceptance of homosexual relationships‚ we are still trapped in a narrow minded society that doesn’t give every American‚ which includes “gay” or “straight“‚ the equal rights they deserve. So should America be called the “Land
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Understanding Why Gay Marriage Should Be Legal PHI103 EraniaSmallwood Instructor Elisa Paik May 31‚2013 Gay marriage should be legal because as woman and man‚ all individuals have the same right in society; because same-sex couples can constitute a good based family; because it is just a way to make official a common union nowadays‚ even with the religious issue; because it is not related to polygamy; and because love matters and it does not differ in nature according to
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brought too many people’s attention. People have different ideas on why it should not be legal. What about the people who think it should? The religion someone believes‚ how people think it will affect children’s lives‚ and that thinking that marriage is just for a man and a woman only does not matter. Love is love‚ so why cannot same-sex couples make their love legal like everyone else? One main reason why some people don’t like gay people relationships is because of their religion is against it
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Gay marriage has been an issue is America for quite some time now‚ and since the legalization of gay marriage‚ the issue has gotten somewhat worse‚ but in the same way better. It has gotten worse by the fact that people are finding more extreme ways to disallow service to gays‚ such as the use of religion. For these people‚ they should really take some advice from John Stuart Mill. John was a very well known English spokesman for the ideas of the rights for women. He advocated this using his ideas
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Homosexual The concept of a traditional marriage has changed over the time‚ and the definition of marriage also. The definition of marriage varies with culture and views. For example‚ marriage is a union of a man and woman. On the other hand‚ a controversial point of view is that ’marriage is the union of two people‚ despite the gender‚ who have committed to romantically loving and caring for each other. Recently‚ same-sex marriage has been legalized in many countries‚ because many people have
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Marriage has always been a hot topic from interracial marriage to the current day controversy of homosexual marriage. Marriage has traditionally been defined as a union between a man and woman‚ but today this is not true. In recent weeks‚ homosexual marriage has been a contentious topic‚ with a Supreme Court case and many Americans rallying around this cause. Conservatives believe that homosexual marriage should be banned but currently nine states have legalized homosexual marriage. The conformist
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