“The decision is a historic victory for gay rights activists who have fought for years”. In this article it explains a situation known around the world‚ which is same sex marriage. It gives multiple examples of why it should be legal‚ peoples reactions and what people did to fight for it. The intended audience is not narrowed down to any specific group of people or any specific gender but is meant for everyone to see and understand. The author of this article has not only written pieces based off
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Something I’ll probably never forget is the first time I kissed another boy. I had just come out (age 16) and me and this other boy my age had been doing a little flirting with each other. It was so funny because neither of us had ever kissed another guy. I thought he was so cute and his lips were full and totally kissable (you know the kind). I was at his house one day after school and we were watching something on TV‚ sitting on the sofa together. There were some potato chips or pretzels
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jobs. * 9.1% (2011 est.) 2) Voters in North Carolina approved a constitutional amendment effectively banning same-sex marriage and US President Barack Obama made clear his view that gay and lesbian couples should have the chance to wed. Obama broke from his long-claimed indecision on the issue of gay marriage to express outright support for the right of homosexual couples to
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Gay adoption in the United States Karlene Porter Axia College of University of Phoenix Research Writing COM. 220 Tony Salinger March 06‚ 2010 Gay adoption in the United States As of October 9‚ 2009‚ there are approximately 123‚000 children waiting to be adopted in the United Sates alone (U.S. Children’s Bureau‚ 2010). My partner and I of 11 years adopted my biological niece. In February 2003 we were awarded permanent custody although we were seeking temporary custody until her mother
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international gay lobby even if it means he loses his life. Speaking at the Jamaica Observer’s Monday Exchange‚ the Reverend Peter Garth‚ read out a section of the Gay Manifesto which he said was crafted to destroy the heterosexual family and eventually the society. Garth told reporters and eidtors that he is prepared to die in the fight against what he described as a ’very powerful’ gay lobby. Below is the complete text of the Gay Manifesto. The Gay Manifesto First Published in Gay Community News
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be able to do it." These remarks reflect a common misconception held by many people: Same-sex marriage will secure new liberties for homosexuals that have escaped them thus far. This will not happen because no personal liberty is being denied them. Gay couples can already do everything married people do - express love‚ set up housekeeping‚ share home ownership‚ have sex‚ raise children‚ buy property‚ receive inheritance‚ and spend the rest of their lives together. It’s not against any law to do any
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Changes like these are happening all over the country‚ but the heated debate still goes on. One of the most common arguments is that people should not have their taxes going towards something they strictly believe is wrong (Marcellino et al. 1). Once gay marriages are legalized‚ benefits going to heterosexual couples would naturally go to samesex couples. Those benefits include claiming a tax exemption for a spouse‚ receiving social security payments from a deceased spouse‚ and coverage by a spouse’s
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with homosexual parents have the same opportunities and the same presumptions for health‚ adjustment‚ and development as children who have heterosexual parents (Coparent or second-parent adoption by same-sex parents.‚2002). This is not an issue about gays”‚ Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted states‚ who was adopted as a child. “This is about children” (Stone‚ 2008). Homosexual parents have proven their qualifications for being foster. The National Adoption Center believes that
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President Obama has acknowledge the free rights of gay people and same sex marriages. Congress also played their part on the issue of Gay Marriages in the United States. The Supreme Court have made their ruling on any case involving the right to privacy
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style choices including marriages involving people of the same sex. Now it is time for politicians and the law to catch up with society. Since the 90s the community of homosexuals has stood up and raised their voices about the possibility of legalizing gay marriages. It all started with a lawsuit in Hawaii that made the issue of same sex marriages a major debate in the nation.
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