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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Gay Marriage: Our Own Merchant of Venice Within America‚ the concept of same-sex marriage has recently been under heavy debate. The growing interest in such has created issues concerning politics‚ society‚ morality‚ religion and civil rights. The conflict itself arises due to an abundance of peoples’ own views on whether same-sex couples should be permitted to enter marriage. The 47% of American people opposed” (Alper‚ Gideon I.‚P.L.) fail to acknowledge that we as human beings have the inalienable
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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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issue of whether or not gay marriage should be accepted in Australia has been largely debated in politics and among the general public for a while now‚ and it seems as though it will remain a continuous issue for some time to come. The majority of Australians are currently split over whether the traditional view of marriage being solely between a man and a woman should be preserved‚ or whether this view of marriage is out-dated and should be redefined in order to allow gays the right to marry. The
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the main purpose of marriage all comes down to safety. While justifying this‚ he wonders how straights view marriage and for the same reasons that straights get into marriage‚ it is the same way and same reasons that gays get into marriage. Living life without getting into marriage becomes so lonely and it make life more vulnerable. In his defense for gay marriage‚ gays need some kind of care just like everyone else. According to him‚ there are few marriages and gay marriages should be accepted so
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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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