Why should we legalize gay marriage? Or‚ in other words‚ why isn’t gay marriage legalized already? Same-sex marriage is just about as humane as opposite-sex marriage. One in ten people are gay. Seems perfectly normal to me. Is it normal to you? And anyway‚ why don’t people like two gays marrying? Let’s start out with the facts. The evidence. The nitty-gritty of all this debate. One out of ten people are gay or lesbian. So there’s about twenty-eight people in this class‚ am I right? So that’s at
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The United States is currently faced with a plethora of issues and policies that leave room for debate. Legalizing gay marriage is a very controversial topic in our country with strong opinions on both sides of the issue. An advantage of gay marriage could be argued that this would offer same-sex couples the same rights and privileges that are available to heterosexual couples. For example‚ receiving health insurance for the family‚ being allowed to visit your partner in the hospital due to an
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“Marriage is one of the basic building blocks of our neighborhoods and our nation‚” states Theodore B. Olson in “The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage”. If this is true then why is it so important to some individuals that couples of the same sex should not be able to spend their lives happily together in marriage? Why is accepted that two people of the opposite sex can get married? What’s the difference? The simple fact is that there is no difference and there should be no laws restricting gays and
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inaugural speech gives hope to gay marriage supporters” By Ken Dilanian and David G. Savage (January 21‚ 2013) This effects our government because gay marriage is a really big issue in the United States and if it becomes legal so many hatred in the world would drop and maybe people would become more accepting of gay couples. 1). Summary President Obama announced Monday morning on his decision about helping gay marriage in the united states. Obama’s speech about gay marriage was the first speech that
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Banning Gay Marriage in California Gay marriage is one of the most controversial issues of our time. It’s splattered all over news shows‚ radio‚ and newspapers. Which politicians support legalizing same sex marriage? Who’s against it? Which celebrities are commenting about it this week? One of the most publicized events in the battle about same-sex marriage was Proposition 8. This was a California amendment passed November 4th of 2008‚ officially eliminating the right of marriage between
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“How My View on Gay Marriage Changed” At the time‚ gay marriage is a steaming hot topic of discussion in the United States. The right of marriage between man and man or woman and woman is one of the most controversial debates in the history of America. On several locations around the globe‚ fore an example in europe‚ gay marriage is a legal act. But should homosexuals have the same rights as “normal” people when it comes to marriage? A lot of different reasons why gays should not be able to get
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Gay Marriage: The Recognition of Equal Human Rights In America‚ people hold on to the Declaration of Independence as an implementation of their rights. Part of the Declaration of Independence clearly states‚ “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (Jefferson 80). Gays are human beings too‚ and they should equally be able to enjoy
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Against gay marriage In the article “For Gay Marriage” Andrew Sullivan argues that marriage should be available to any two citizens‚ which includes homosexuals. He defines marriage as “an emotion‚ financial‚ and psychological bond” between two individuals. Even thou most people define marriage between man and woman‚ he says it’s okay if the marriage couples are both man or woman as long as they have the “emotion‚ financial‚ and psychological bond”. Andrew stated the fact that a marriage license
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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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Ethics- Gay Marriage a social issue addressed Today‚ 8 out of our 50 states has passed some sort of law‚ or regulation‚ that allows gay marriage in their own respected state. According to data released from the 2000 census bureau collection‚ there are now over 594‚391 gay couples living in this country. With the increasing rate of LGBT activism‚ nationwide controversy has began to spread in the last few years. From gay pride marches‚ to sit ins‚ and to riots the issue of gay rights‚ and more
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