Negative | Affirmative | The institution of marriage has traditionally been defined as between a man and a woman. In the Oct. 15‚ 1971 decision Baker v. Nelson (186 KB) ‚ the Supreme Court of Minnesota found that "The institution of marriage as a union of man and woman‚ uniquely involving the procreation and rearing of children within a family‚ is as old as the book of Genesis.” | Varnum v. Brien‚ 763 N.W.2d 862 (Iowa 2009)‚ is a unanimous decision of the Iowa Supreme Court dated April 3‚ 2009
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LGBT+‚ lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ transgender‚ and beyond. Queer (n.) a homosexual person. Many people have the thoughts of being a part of the LGBT+ community. At Least 1 in 6 people are queer and begin questioning at a varying teenage level . LGBT has been a topic floating around for a while‚ but after gay marriage was legalized in 2016‚ more topics started coming up and the pot was stirred even more. Of course‚ the 2017 election has also brought up a bunch of talk about conversion therapy (the use
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Why Gay Marriage should be legalized Why is it okay for a criminal to get married but two completely innocent people of the same gender can’t? According to the Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia‚ marriage is a basic human right and same-sex marriages should be treated equally. Just because you believe same sex marriage goes against your religion is not a fair argument because everyone has different beliefs. You ask why it should be legalized but I ask why should someone be able to chose who marries
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are fighting like little children. We only recently legalized gay marriage‚ unlike Canada who has had gay marriage legal since 2005. Aren’t we all supposed to be equal in America? Even if you don’t agree with gay marriage‚ it doesn’t matter. That’s none of your business and does not affect you in any way‚ so what right do you have to insult them and to suppress their livelihood? Like a democrat from Irvine‚ California stated‚ “Marriage was created to safeguard the human race... In the U.S. and other
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is demolished. Gay sex marriage is the most conflicting issue in the contemporary social world. Marriage is an association of persons through which we perceive the reflection of a particular culture. It is basically a private matter and a fundamental human right. People should have the right to decide with whom they marry‚ not the state. If two persons are closed to each other regardless of their gender‚ they should be allowed to marry with each other (Eric). Legalizing gay marriage is granting same-sex
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Gay marriage has been an issue is America for quite some time now‚ and since the legalization of gay marriage‚ the issue has gotten somewhat worse‚ but in the same way better. It has gotten worse by the fact that people are finding more extreme ways to disallow service to gays‚ such as the use of religion. For these people‚ they should really take some advice from John Stuart Mill. John was a very well known English spokesman for the ideas of the rights for women. He advocated this using his ideas
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Yes to Gay Marriage Chelsea Merced Section (1:40-3:00) March 16‚ 2013 Professor Woolverton Gay marriage is definitely the talk of the country‚ there are many people for it but unfortunately‚ the country also consists of people against it. My opponent Peter S. Sprigg is very much so against the whole idea of legalizing gay marriage. While reading the article Sprigg wrote‚ I noticed that his main concern was the uprising of children. He went on and on about the fact that marriage should be
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Gay Marriage and Adoption: Good or Bad? Gay marriage is one of the‚ if not the most‚ discussed topic in today’s society. Like every subculture‚ gays have their distinctive norms‚ social practices‚ and‚ vocabulary. Thus as caused them to be subject of discrimination throughout history. Conservatives and religious people who don’t believe that homosexual couples should be allowed to be united by law or any other institution have been putting pressure in on the government to prevent the creation of
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Marriage has always been a hot topic from interracial marriage to the current day controversy of homosexual marriage. Marriage has traditionally been defined as a union between a man and woman‚ but today this is not true. In recent weeks‚ homosexual marriage has been a contentious topic‚ with a Supreme Court case and many Americans rallying around this cause. Conservatives believe that homosexual marriage should be banned but currently nine states have legalized homosexual marriage. The conformist
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There has been a heated argument over allowing gay marriage since the 1970’s. There have been propositions‚ bans and legalizations from state to state on same-sex marriage. Some states allow gay marriage but some do not. The individuals in each of these states are also conflicted. Some people believe in the traditional definition that marriage is solely between one man and one woman. However there are other people who feel that love does not have a gender and everyone has the right to marry whomever
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