homosexual marriage should be legal. If the issue people have with gay marriage is that it is not in keeping with their religious belief‚ that shouldn’t matter because couples can be married through a civil authority on behalf of the government and not have to worry about representation from the church. Even so‚ couples should be able to get married in their place of worship if the clergy has no problem with it. If the matter is that it compromises the integrity of marriage‚ heterosexual marriage has been
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“Gay Marriages are wrong." Emily Atwell Gay marriage and gay people in general have definitely been a hot topic in all sorts of American news‚ tabloids‚ radio shows‚ and websites galore. It’s something that for many years was under the "don’t ask‚ don’t tell" policies‚ as stated back in 1994 when the US armed forces began to accept gays‚ lesbians‚ bisexual‚ or transgender into its arms. Until lately‚ gays have been a taboo in almost every country‚ especially South Korea. I‚ to be frank‚ think
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Surrounding Gay Marriage The debate of gay marriage is very complex‚ due to the many different feelings people express on the topic. One opinion is that gay marriage should be legalized nationally. Others feel that gay marriage should not be legalized but civil unions should be granted to homosexuals so they have an alternative that allows gays and lesbians to receive something that compares to the same rights as marriage. On the other hand there is a large group that believes neither gay marriage nor
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deserve the rights that are granted to heterosexual couples. Others oppose believing that marriage should be between a man and a woman. This argument has gone on since ancient times. Anyone has the right to marry who they please‚ but morals and religion causes problems in this belief. There are many reasons why same-sex marriage is right‚ but there are many reasons why it is wrong. To begin with‚ same-sex marriage promotes equality and does not discriminate others in today’s society. Many homosexual
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the Union of Gay Marriage (My response to the e-mail article seen below) The Law can never protect marriage; neither can it prevent gay relationships. It is the law written on the heart‚ and conscience that either accuse us or tell us that we are doing right. Sexual behavior cannot be legislated‚ since the law does not prevent us from doing anything. If the law could‚ then there would be no need for salvation. The constitutional provision will be futile. The institution of marriage is threatened
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Analyzing a Text Expository Writing Gay Marriage Helps Children Thesis: Dale Carpenter argues in hist article “Gay Marriage Helps Children” that the competence argument is factually unsupported and contrived by the laws of every state and that the optimality argument is irrelevant regardless if it is correct or not. The Competence Argument A. Children raised by gay parents are at a Higher risk emotionally and cognitively. B. Children raised by gay parents are more apt to be confused about
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married or reap the benefits of said marriage. Marriage is basic to the recognition as equals in society and any status short of this becomes inferior‚ unjust and unconstitutional. Our nation cannot live up to its promise of equality and the fundamental rights to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness‚ until the invidious discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is done away with. Equality under the law extends to all persons. Legalizing same-sex marriage‚ a recognition of basic American
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Gay Marriage Should Be Legalized Since love is the single most important thing that has substance in marriage‚ individuals must be able to marry whom they love without being judged. It should not change‚ no matter what sex they are. Love makes a difference and it does not matter in the environment rendering to the sex of the individual who know-hows it works. Similar sex matrimony is a sin in the Bible; nonetheless the Bible might not be that individual’s principles. The period has come to allow
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woman? Thus‚ there exists a hot button issue with gay marriage. Starting with the history of Athens‚ we’ve learned that men were allowed to have sex with young teenage boys‚ and then go home to ‘fuck’ their wives and /or slaves. In this time little boys’ bodies were highly admired by other men‚ and although women did not receive the same privilege‚ there was no real sexual identity. With Chauncey‚ Ritchie’s and Kaplan’s works‚ the idea that gay marriage is repressed is proved consistently throughout
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There have been many arguments over the years against same-sex marriage. “Marriage should only be between a man and a woman.” “It’s a sin.” “If we allow gay people to marry‚ what will we have to allow next?” All of these are not very convincing arguments if you ask me. There are a lot of people that go to great lengths to prevent this from becoming legal and my question is: Why do they care so much about what other people do with their lives? Everyone should have the right to marry whoever they love;
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