Firms Balk at Gay Weddings Photographers‚ Bakers Face Legal Challenges After Rejecting Jobs on Religious Grounds BY NATHAN KOPPEL AND AsHBY JONES As more states permit gay couples to marry or form civil unions‚ wedding professionals in at least six states have run headlong into state antidiscrimination laws after refusing for religious reasons to bake cakes‚ arrange flowers or perform other services for same-sex couples. The issue gained attention in August‚ when the New Mexico
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There have been many arguments over the years against same-sex marriage. “Marriage should only be between a man and a woman.” “It’s a sin.” “If we allow gay people to marry‚ what will we have to allow next?” All of these are not very convincing arguments if you ask me. There are a lot of people that go to great lengths to prevent this from becoming legal and my question is: Why do they care so much about what other people do with their lives? Everyone should have the right to marry whoever they love;
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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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subject of gay Adoption raised. There are numerous vagrants on the planet. However‚ insufficient families or guardians to take them in. There aren’t that numerous family who can and will receive youngsters‚ whether this is because they can’t bolster them‚ they have offspring of their own‚ or they simply don’t need children. The final product is still an excess of stranded youngsters needing an adoring family. There is an answer for this issue Gay adoption. There is a rising measure of open gay person
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and religious affiliated organizations condemn homosexuality which causes less gays to be open about their faith. This brings upon the stereotype that the gay community is not religious at all. This‚ however‚ has been proven false. According to Dan Giloff’s article‚ “While 72 percent of straight American adults describe their faith as ‘very important’ in their lives‚ so do 60 percent of gays and lesbians.”(par. 3)‚ the gay community has plenty of religious affiliates now; The United Church of Christ
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Meanings of Gay Gay‚ a word with multiple meanings: A person who is merry and happy‚ a person who is a homosexual‚ something that is lame or stupid‚ and a word that can be used for degrading. Over time this word has been molded and shaped into different meanings in all sorts of directions. The different meanings honestly have no similarities to each other‚ which makes it strange to see such a word as happy go to meaning a homosexual. It is strange to see such a word go from meaning happy to a word
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1960 ’s and 70 ’s. At this time in America‚ peoples such as African Americans and women were fighting for their rights as citizens of America. Yet‚ there was still a community who had been blatantly cast to the shadows due to their sexual orientation-homosexuals. For many people the police raid on the Stonewall- a popular gay bar in Greenwich‚ New York- would later turn out to be the Rosa Parks movement of the LGBT community. The Stonewall Riots would raise positive public awareness of the Gay Rights
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2011‚ gay marriage remains legal in the following states: Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Iowa‚ Vermont‚ New Hampshire‚ New York‚ and the District of Columbia? Thirty states have constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. Did you know‚ Massachusetts‚ which became the first state to legalize gay marriage on May 17‚ 2004‚ had the lowest divorce rate in the country in 2008? Its divorce rate declined 21% between 2003 and 2008. These facts are just a minor part of why I personally am pro- gay marriage
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Gay and Lesbian Adoption: What is the best interest of the child? Most critics of gay adoption argue that if a child is brought up in a home with same sex parents that the child will be "ruined". However‚ most child welfare advocates do not agree‚ they feel that if these orphaned children are not allowed to be adopted by gay and lesbian parents‚ a lot of children who have been waiting for a very long time to be adopted and are in desperate need of a home‚ may have to wait even longer‚ unnecessarily
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The Supreme Court is set to confront the issue of gay marriage for the first time in 40 years in two cases set for argument in late March. Same-sex couples are asking the justices to strike down California’s Proposition 8‚ which banned gay marriage in the state just six months after a court ruled that preventing gays and lesbians from marrying was unconstitutional. In a second case‚ a New York City widow is urging the court to strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)‚ which limits federal
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