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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Nathan Algar Professor Koonze ENG 112-53 1/31/2013 Reader response #2 Wake and Bake In America the use and sell of recreational marijuana is illegal and taking seriously by authorities. Over half of the people in the USA smoke or have smoked marijuana. Marijuana is a plan that can be grown almost anywhere and can be smoke to experience relaxation. Marijuana should be legal to the people of America because this is a free country and if the vote is more than fifty percent that means the majority
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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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Ngan Thanh Ngo ENGL 1302 Prof. Wood 02/20/2014 The State of Gay Marriages Marriage is the formal union of a man and a woman‚ typically recognized by law‚ by which they become husband and wife. However‚ in an article “Gay Marriages: Make Them Legal” by Thomas B. Stoddard is talking about the marriage of gays and the author try to argue for gay marriages. Just only reading title‚ we can see how strong of this argument‚ because Stoddard have showed us many evidences that can support his
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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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What would you do if you were not allowed to marry the one you love? How would you feel if you had to live the rest of your life without being allowed to marry the one you love? I believe that gay marriage should be legalized. Gay marriage should be legalized because it is uncivilized. According to the constitution‚ every American is entitled to happiness. If homosexual people cannot be married to the person they love‚ it violates their freedoms. Why should other people be able to choose who marries
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The issue of gay marriage stirs up controversy‚ which makes it a national problem. Although some states‚ and many people‚ now accept gay marriage‚ gays still face many obstacles. Now that gay marriage is allowed‚ the fight to legalize gay adoption grows. Even though the idea of gay couples has become more accepted across the United States‚ gays adopting children remains a major controversial issue. Occurring since American colonial times‚ adoption provides children for childless couples. Back then
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Evaluating Adultery Bonnie Steinbock in her essay “What’s Wrong with Adultery?” starts by quoting the data from studies to show that the number of women who have committed adultery has significantly increased. Despite this increase in female adultery‚ it is in some degree due to the attitudes changing toward sex and sexuality‚ but Steinbock thinks that people should use rational justification to evaluate the disapproval of adultery. Then in the rest of the parts of Steinbock’s essay‚ she is generally
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“What is right and wrong?” and “What is Truth?” What is right and wrong? Life is characterized by many situations that require decision making‚ especially on moral grounds. The issue of what makes an action right and wrong has been studied for a lengthy period of time and several theories developed to address this issue. Socrates and Aristotle are some of the early philosophers who came up with theories about the rightness or wrongness of actions. As noted by Warnek (2005)‚ Socrates considered
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There are differences in a persuasive and informative speech. First‚ a persuasive speech means to influence your listeners to change their way of thinking to yours through factual and logical information. A persuasive speech will get your listeners to re-evaluate their view on a topic and change their beliefs. A persuasive speech is not to deliver complete information but to use information to make a convincing argument. An informative speech has the purpose to inform your listeners to a specific
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