arguments against same-sex marriage. “We have to protect traditional marriage.” “It is unnatural.” “What about the effects on the children they raise?” These arguments are not very strong. There is nothing wrong with same-sex marriage‚ and it is not a threat to society. People who are against same-sex marriage argue that it should not be legalized so as “to protect traditional marriage and the traditional family”. Protect it from what? What is so dangerous about same sex marriage that we have to protect
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California‚ gay marriage has been a growing trend in the United States. In the 8 months since the legalization‚ more and more gay couples have been rushing to California to tie the knot. However‚ California and Massachusetts are not the first to make an effort to strengthen the bonds of homosexual couples some European countries including Denmark‚ Holland‚ some Scandinavian countries‚ and others have legalized same-sex marriage and have found the results positive. Gay marriage has been a contradictory
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the gay marriage topic has been pretty hot this year and during the Presidential debate‚ it has been around for a while‚ but people tended to ignore it. In contrast‚ today the topic has gained national attention. Not only has it been an interesting topic to look at in terms of same-sex weeding but also due to religious means. Some opponents object to same-sex marriage on religious grounds‚ arguing that extending marriage to homosexual couple’s undercuts the conventional meaning of marriage in various
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Chanise Sessions Writer’s Workshop Persuasive Essay Gay Marriage According to the American Gay Rights Movement: A Timeline‚ gays have been fighting for rights since the 1920’s‚ and today those pleas for rights and equal opportunities still go unheard. I do not believe it is fair to discriminate against gays for being together. America is a free country and people should be able to be in a relationship with whomever they desire. Banning marriage amongst a certain group of people is unfair and
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Should Homosexual Marriage Remain Illegal? Austin Vickers Honours 10 English 03/15/2011 AustinVickers 03/20/2011 H10-3 English Persuasive Essay On March 7‚ 2000‚ fifty-two out of fifty-eight counties in California voted to keep homosexual marriage illegal; yet gay-activists continue
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Cohabitation VS Marriage “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody‚ you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” This beautiful quote is from the comedy‚ When Harry Met Sally. After Harry recited this line to Sally‚ she fell into his arms and began to passionately kiss him. This quote is not just about love‚ it also explains cohabitation and marriage. When couples fall in love they want to spend the rest of their lives together‚ just like Harry and Sally
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Love and Marriage Ever wonder why so many happy marriages become failed marriages? Love plays a big part of failed and happy marriages. Happy marriages are hard to obtain and keep in this day of age. Marriage is defined as “an intimate or close union” by Merriam Webster. Marriage has been used for mutual benefit‚ personal benefit‚ or just the simple uniting of a couple in love. Happy marriages seem to be rare now with the stress of jobs‚ life’s struggles‚ or just the simple temptations that can
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Tia Hollins English 1301 Professor Charley Miles 7 March 2012 Gay "Marriage": Societal Suicide The gay community has been fighting for the right to marry for quite some time now and over the years I have heard a variety of different opinions on the issue. In the passage “Gay “Marriage”: Societal Suicide”‚ written by Charles Colson he argues against gay marriages. Colson states in the passage that allowing same sex marriages is like committing social suicide and gives many points to back up his
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Ethics of Gay Marriage What do you think when you see two guys walking down the sidewalk holding hands? Our society is based on improving and recreating to reach perfection. Yet there is this situation of "unnatural" marriage and most of our society wants it eliminated. If you think about the ethics of it though‚ you’ll see that both sides have an equal argument in the dilemma. If you look at the ethical reason behind why people believe that gay marriage is wrong‚ it is purely due to discrimination
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Review #2 I chose to do this report on the article “Arranging a Marriage in India” by Serena Nanda. This article contained the beliefs of the Indian natives on how marriage should be. In India‚ almost all marriages are arranged. They base their marriage on commitment‚ not on feelings. As their marriage progresses‚ the feelings develop. Serena asked a young college graduate who was in the process of having her marriage arranged a few questions. One of the questions she asked was “How can you think
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