September 2013 The Irrelevancy of Gender in Marriage Gay Marriages: Make Them Legal is an article written by Thomas B. Stoddard‚ an executive director of a gay rights organization called the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund. In the aforementioned article‚ he painfully illustrates the injustices and imbalance of the typical “traditional marriage” and its impact on average‚ devoted homosexual couples. More than just state his opinion on marriage between homosexuals‚ he emphasizes the injustice
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Gay Rights Argumentative Essay Although many people hold personal or religious oppositions‚ gay people should be allowed equal rights as it can create a more unified and socially diverse nation and may actually decrease the rates of suicide and self harm rates in America and various other places where LGBT+ people and activists are still restricted. In the light of America’s history‚ Gay rights is a relatively recent issue‚ gaining momentum over time and slowly climbing the hurdles that other
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Legalizing Gay Marriage What is gay marriage? Gay marriage also known as same sex marriage is an ungodly civil union between the same gender. It may also be described as a union caused by strong emotional and physical attraction of the same sex driven by worldly desires. To make gay marriage permissible by law is an affront to God and it should not be condoned in order to protect the family and the true nature of humankind. Legalizing gay marriage is truly very controversial in any order. It
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Is Gay Marriage Ruining the "Sanctity" of the Institution? Marriage is traditionally viewed as the legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife. However‚ what happens when those two people are two men or two women? This topic of gay marriage has been a major issue in the United States over the past few years. It has raised several political debates as well as other minor arguments throughout the United States and around the world. Until recently‚ homosexual couples in the United States
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Controversy : Gay marriage The forms of marriage vary and always have varied historically and culturally. And now we are at the moment where we see other big change coming. Same sex marriage is that change that has already started happening in our society. There are a lot of perspectives on this issue and gay marriage is among one of the most controversial topics that the United States talks about. One view on gay marriage is the protection of one’s unalienable rights. Declaration of Independence
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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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Gay marriage vs. Civil unions People often wonder why same-sex couples can’t be satisfied with just civil union. They said this because they don’t really understand the difference. Gay marriage and civil unions differ in various ways. To start off‚ civil union lacks the automatic protections and peace of mind that marriage confers. Secondly‚ marriages are recognized worldwide‚ while civil union exists only in the state that the couple resides. The significant difference between gay marriage and
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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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The Civil Rights & Gay Rights Movements “History matters because it repeats itself. If we understand the past‚ we will have a better understanding of what is yet to come.” Any student taking a history class has probably had this statement pounded into their brain. However‚ many wonder how much truth really lies within these words. Comparing the Civil Rights Movement to the Gay Rights Movement proves that this statement contains truth. Although there are a few differences between these movements‚
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when arguing for gay marriage‚ has been called “lesser”‚ “unnatural”‚ “deviant” and “sinful”. In these arguments the love I have for my girlfriend has been belittled as just “sex” or only “friendship”. I have been told my natural urges are a choice. I have been told I do not deserve equal rights. I have even been told I am going to hell. Furthermore‚ I have been told it is offensive to brand such remarks “bigoted”‚ and that I am the bully. I do not believe all opponents of gay marriage are hateful. Some
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