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    The Controversies Surrounding Gay Marriages: How Much the Fabric of Society Can Withstand Student’s name: Institution: Abstract The issue of gay marriages has been discussed for quite a while from a number of perspectives; however‚ its economic aspects are rarely touched upon. In their article Firms balk at gay weddings‚ Nathan Koppel and Ashey Jones shed some light on the controversy surrounding the provision of services regarding the arrangement of same sex weddings from the perspective of the

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    Bethany Norris – Unit 1 – Prejudice and Discrimination Part One Prejudice: The dictionary defines prejudice as an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling‚ especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge. This means that a person may form an opinion on a person or a particular group of people without having any facts or knowledge about that person or group. Prejudice is normally perceived as being bad but there are some instances where prejudice is an aid to survival for example

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    The American War against De Jure and De Facto Discrimination Throughout the semester‚ we have examined the differences between de jure segregation‚ that which is written into law‚ such as slavery and Jim Crow‚ and de facto segregation‚ that which is seen as customary. Even though the battle against de jure discrimination has been a victorious one‚ with the desegregation of the American military and federal government in the 1940s‚ the reversal of Plessy vs. Ferguson in the 1950s‚ and the passing

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    Why Gay is Okay It has been estimated that about 15‚000 Gay and Lesbian youth commit suicide every year (“Suicide Facts”). In recent discussions of Gay Marriage‚ a controversial issue has been whether it should be legal or not. On the one hand‚ one group of observers argues that homosexuals should not be able to marry. On this view‚ being gay is a sin. On the other hand‚ another group argues that not letting homosexual couples marry is discrimination. According to this group‚ all people are equal

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    Gay Marriage

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    same-sex couples to marry will give them access to basic rights such as hospital visitation during an illness‚ taxation and inheritance rights‚ access to family health coverage‚ and protection in the event of the relationship ending (Freedom to Marry). Gay marriage doesn’t hurt society or anyone in particular. It is a personal commitment that really is no one else’s business. Society shouldn’t be dictating what two people can or can’t do when no one else is hurt in the process (Messerli). Same sex couples

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    Gay Marriage Exploratory

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    Bibliography: "Gay marriages should be allowed‚ state judge rules‚" The Wall Street Journal‚ Dec. 4‚ 1996. Stoddard‚ Thomas‚ "Gay marriages: Make them legal"‚ Current Issues and Enduring Questions‚ Bedford Books‚ Boston. Wald‚ Michael S.‚ An Analysis of Proposition 22 – The "knight" Intiative; The Stanford Institute for

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    Gay Marriage an Oxymoron

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    Gay Rights: An Oxymoron A monumental moment in the gay rights movement was when the state of California passed Proposition 8‚ a bill of legislature that solidified a ban on gay marriage. Also referred to as “Prop H8 (Hate)”‚ millions of Americans were shocked to learn that even in the liberal state of California‚ bigotry seemed to prevail. Comedian Jon Stewart remarks “Recently‚ the highest court in South Africa handed down a decision ordering the country’s parliament to extend marriage rights to

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    Adoption by Gay Couples

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    Adoption by Gay Couples: Is There Any Risk in Having a Family? On my way home. “It’s now a reality on the ground‚” said Adam Pertman‚ Executive Director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute‚ an organization working to change adoption policy. And it’s a fact that despite legal barriers‚ about 19 percent of same - sex couples reported having an adopted child in the house in 2‚009 up from just 8 percent in 2.000 according to the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law at the University

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    Justified Discrimination

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    t Justified Discrimination? A Critical Analysis of the Decision in Wilkinson v Kitzinger [2007] 1 FLR 296 by Erin Culley‚ Department of Law‚ University of Greenwich [1]  ABSTRACTThe creation of the civil partnership was a clear compromise between the need to recognise a formalised relationship between same-sex couples while still acknowledging the protests of those against the creation of gay marriage. Many were thrilled with the symbolic step taken by Parliament‚ whereas others were appalled at

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    Gay And Lesbians Marriage

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    Gay and lesbians Marriage People question themselves all the time‚ what is love? There are numerous definitions of what love is but love in my opinion is when two people different feel connected doesn’t matter what race‚ nationality‚ or gender. Love lies within every human. Every human being should have the full right to love whoever they want. There should not be any discrimination against love. Love has many different form‚ some that people will never understand such as gay and lesbian love.

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