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    thinking that marriage is just for a man and a woman only does not matter. Love is love‚ so why cannot same-sex couples make their love legal like everyone else? One main reason why some people don’t like gay people relationships is because of their religion is against it. Religion is one of the main reasons some people do not like the idea of homosexuals having the right to marry. One of the most used arguments about the issue is that God says that same-sex interactions (marriage‚ sex‚ lesbian

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    Nonverbal Communication The topic I chose to discuss was question number four. This situational question was perfect for me‚ because I just went to the Mexican restaurant in the mall this evening for dinner and can relate to the question well. The first thing I noticed when I walked in was the nonverbal cue of the waitress‚ of whom gave me a polite head nod and a smile. The nonverbal communication I got out of that was her kinesics‚ saying hello and welcoming me into the place. When my boyfriend

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    "Against Gay Marriage" In his essay "Against Gay Marriage‚" William Bennett‚ a great spokesman for conservatives and former Secretary of education under President Reagan‚ maintains his conservative stance that allowing same-sex couples to marry would have a harmful and lasting effect on our society ’s intrinsic values and‚ in his view‚ would stretch the "fragile" institution of marriage beyond recognition (409). Bennett‚ as the title indicates‚ presents a powerful argument "Against Gay Marriage." He

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    Gay Marriage: Social‚ Political and Financial Issue Daniela Chirinos Peralta Pre-Degree Ilene Sova December 14th‚ 2009 The second article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights clearly states: “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration‚ without distinction of any kind‚ such as race‚ colour‚ sex‚ language‚ religion‚ political or other opinion‚ national or social origin‚ property‚ birth or other status”. Visibly‚ since 1948‚ when this Declaration

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    The debate on gay marriage and why it should be legal Section 1/ Government Should gay marriage be legalized in America? Nick Askin Content- ?/ English-? 2013 PRO GAY MARRIAGE As stated in the Constitution of the United States of America‚ “All men are created equal”. However this is not the case in society today. How would you feel to not be able to marry the person you love? Unfortunately the marriage between two people of the same sex is not recognized by the law and society in most states

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    Why should we legalize gay marriage? Or‚ in other words‚ why isn’t gay marriage legalized already? Same-sex marriage is just about as humane as opposite-sex marriage. One in ten people are gay. Seems perfectly normal to me. Is it normal to you? And anyway‚ why don’t people like two gays marrying? Let’s start out with the facts. The evidence. The nitty-gritty of all this debate. One out of ten people are gay or lesbian. So there’s about twenty-eight people in this class‚ am I right? So that’s at

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    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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