Child marriage is a common practice in many countries around the world‚ however it is especially prevalent in India‚ where more than one third of all child brides live.[1] According to UNICEF‚ 47% of girls are married by 18 years of age‚ and 18% are married by 15 years of age.[2] These marriages are often performed without the consent of the girls involved in the marriage. Indian law has made child marriage illegal‚ but it is still widely practiced across the nation. The highest rates are seen particularly
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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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Gay Marriages should be Legalized The government says that every citizen of the United States shall receive equal rights. Then‚ why did they pass the Defense of Marriage Act? The Defense of Marriage Act prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages; in my opinion this act is unjust and immoral because it restricts the rights of gay and lesbian citizens. Many of the reasons offered for opposing gay marriage are based on the assumption that gays have a choice
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Why I Support Gay Marriage Doug Mainwaring’s September 21 editorial for the Washington Post‚ entitled “Why I oppose Gay Marriage” is a gay marriage opinion piece unlike many others. Mainwaring opens his piece explaining how a past Maryland petition opposing gay marriage has recently been brought back into the spotlight. The names of the people who had signed said petition were released‚ much to the shock of the general public‚ who were in awe to see the names of friends‚ neighbors‚ and family members
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Cristina 4 December 2013 Marriage for All the Wrong Reasons: The Victorian Novel It is of the last importance to their happiness in life that they should early acquire a submissive temper and a forbearing spirit. They must even endure to be thought wrong sometimes‚ when they cannot but feel they are right. And while they should be anxiously aspiring to do well‚ they must not expect always to obtain the praise of having done so (Austen‚ 404-5). In 1799‚ Strictures on the Modern System of Female
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Same-sex Marriage Same-sex marriage is something that many people have a strong opinion about. From the essay “What’s Wrong with Gay Marriage?” by Katha Pollitt‚ she states‚ “Gay marriage-it’s not about sex‚ its about the separation of church and state.” (572) In the very beginning of this essay though‚ Pollitt asks‚ “Will someone please explain to me how permitting gays and lesbians to marry threatens the institution of marriage?” (570) This concludes that Katha Pollitt obviously has the mind-set
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Same Sex Marriage has been a huge issue in the American society for many years. Still today the issue of whether it should be legal or not and whether it is right or wrong remains unsolved. Gay marriage is one of the top arguments between the citizens of the United states today; everyone with their own belief and their own explanation. As an American it is clear that our constitution and our entire reasoning for being a free country gives all the explanation anybody needs to legalize same sex marriage
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For the first topic‚ there were three different articles from three different writers about the Gay Rights Movement that had turned into a riot between the drag queens‚homosexuals and the police after the police had raided the bar in Greenwich Village whilst the homosexuals were having a carefree time due to receiving a search warrant telling them to search the bar for liquor that was being sold illegally that had resulted in homosexuals‚drag queens and policemen being injured; but with thirteen
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students are gay or bisexual. We have 26 students in our class. So theoretically‚ there is at least one gay person in this room. Are we going to deny that person the chance to get married and lead a life like the rest of us? That’s why I think New Zealand needs to legalise gay marriage. You might say‚ "yeah I’ve got no problem with gays." But think‚ when was the last time you called someone gay? or faggot? And I bet you said it without even realising it. We use the term gay as if its something
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Favela Gay “there is nothing more different from an homosexual than another homosexual” - these are the words from Brazilian openly gay congressman Jean Wyllis in the documentary “Favela Gay” launched in the end of 2014. The documentary‚ directed by Rodrigo Felha‚ was shot in eight different slums (favelas): Cidade de Deus‚ Rio das Pedras‚ Rocinha‚ Complexo do Alemão‚ Complexo da Maré e Andaraí and tries to show the everyday life of gays and transgenders within the favelas - a community marked
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