legalization of same-sex marriage has been a battle that has been raging since the late twentieth century. By not allowing same-sex marriage‚ the United Sates is creating discrimination against same-sex couples. People of faith are the biggest advocates against same-sex marriages. With the belief that marriage is the foundation for procreation‚ same-sex couples‚ without the ability to have their own child‚ should not be allowed the right of marriage. Seeing that there are many rights and responsibilities
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Marriage: A Human Right‚ Not A Heterosexual Privilege As of November 7‚ 2012‚ gay marriage has been legalized in nine U.S. states (Maine‚ Maryland‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Iowa‚ Vermont‚ New Hampshire‚ and Washington) including the District of Columbia. However‚ thirty-one states have constitutional amendments banning gay marriage and six states have laws banning gay marriage. There are many arguments surrounding this controversy that express extremely different opinions regarding supposed
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Gina Gay Rights The battle for gay rights is the number one most arguable topic in America today. Dating back to 1924 when the first known gay rights organization‚ The Society for Human Rights was formed in Chicago (“The American’s Gay Rights Movement: Timeline”); it is evident that this battle has been long and seemingly endless‚ with only small amounts of beneficial outcomes. Yet as the newer ages approach it becomes evident that there is a change happening. The country is growing and beginning
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Gay Marriages Subjective Claim Throughout history‚ a marriage has been a male and female exchanging vows‚ promising their lives to eachother. Never did anyone think‚ that gays had a right to get married‚ it was always considered a sin to be gay. Legal binding marriage between two homosexuals nowadays‚ whether it be a male and male or a female and female relationship‚ should not be legalized after following a long history of marriages. There are too many factors that need to be addressed when
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The Issue of Gay Marriage Being married has always been something I have thought about since I was a little girl. From that time on‚ I have always seen and been taught that marriage is between a man and woman. With the way that society is changing every day‚ it now views many things differently than it did years ago. Recently‚ there has been a breakthrough on the idea of homosexual marriage‚ and all 50 states have agreed to allow two people of the same sex to get married. Homosexual
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? Gay marriage has been a critical topic since 1924. Like around the year 2000 the countries America and UK started approving gay marriage even though not everyone agreed with that decision. Homosexuals right now are still fighting for their right to get married to someone of their same sex. According to some articles there is nothing wrong with allowing homosexuals to have the same rights as those who are heterosexuals. Every
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Gay marriage is a huge topic that is talked about in today’s society. Many arguments are caused due to the topic when it is brought up in a conversation. This topic has become such as issue that the government has had to step in and create laws. Gay marriage is known to break apart families but is also known to bring families together. The first known case of a gay couple wanting to be legally married was on May 18‚ 1970 when the couple entered the courthouse and then later was denied by the county
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As of Nov. 20‚ 2013‚ gay marriage has been legalized in 16 US states (CA‚ CT‚ DE‚ HI‚ IA‚ IL‚ MA‚ MD‚ ME‚ MN‚ NH‚ NJ‚ NY‚ RI‚ VT‚ and WA) and the District of Columbia. 33 states have gay marriage bans through either laws or constitutional amendments or both. Proponents argue that same-sex couples should have access to the same marriage benefits and public acknowledgment enjoyed by heterosexual couples and that prohibiting gay marriage is unconstitutional discrimination. Opponents argue that
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Monroe Gay Rights “I’m a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid‚ I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people‚ what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.”- Paul Newman‚ an actor who gave his thoughts on the gay rights movement. The Gay rights
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treatment. Gays have been fighting for rights since the 1960’s‚ maybe even before then‚ and yet today in 2010‚ those pleas for rights go unheard. I believe that we should allow same-sex marriage because banning it is unfair‚ love is all that matters in marriage‚ and gay families have certain family values that some straight marriages lack. Banning an issue doesn’t make it go away. The American Constitution states that everyone desverves the same‚ equal rights -- that inlcludes gay people. So banning
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