Gay Marriage: The Controversial Issue Gay marriage has been an ongoing controversial issue. Many other countries have legalized gay marriage for decades and the United States is just beginning to pick up on the trend. While many people believe that gay marriage will stem many problems in both the short run and the long run‚ it is an issue of discrimination if we were to put a law banning gay marriage. Currently the United States are split up with some states supporting
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Please! When you think of gays or lesbians does it really bother you? Think to yourself‚ what are they doing to affect your life? Most of you would most likely say nothing at all. There is not a single piece of history that determines whether or not same sex marriage is right or wrong. There is absolutely no legal‚ logical‚ or governing reason that same sex couples cannot be married and it ’s extremely unconstitutional in every way to tell them they can ’t. Same sex marriage should be legal for a number
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Did you know that the first legal gay marriage did not happen until 2004 while congress‚ the lawmaking branch of our nation’s government‚ has been around since it was created in 1787? It took our government two hundred and seventeen years to legalize gay marriage in just one state‚ one state out of fifty. Luckily‚ now there are 37 states in America that legalized gay marriage. But what is taking our country so long to end the struggle for equal rights in all of our states? There are still 13 states
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Hello everyone‚ Today the topic that is up for debate is gay marriage I will be arguing that gay marriage should be allowed in Australia. My name is Santika I hope that I will be able to show you why gay marriage should be allowed in Australia. I will now define what gay is the meaning of gay is when a person man or women like the same sex. I’ll define what marriage means the meaning of marriage is when two people commit their love in front of friends and family. They become one and if your religious
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Microsoft | Legalization of Gay Marriage | Argumentative Essay | | Demontez Lander | 3/29/2013 | | Lander 1 Should Gay marriage be legalized? This topic‚ which is an issue of human rights and equality for those of all races‚ genders‚ religion and sexual orientation has recently become a hot media topic with everyone from celebrities to peers showing their support or opposition of the subject. With this issue recently moving into the major debate on capitol hill many
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Gay Rights: An Oxymoron A monumental moment in the gay rights movement was when the state of California passed Proposition 8‚ a bill of legislature that solidified a ban on gay marriage. Also referred to as “Prop H8 (Hate)”‚ millions of Americans were shocked to learn that even in the liberal state of California‚ bigotry seemed to prevail. Comedian Jon Stewart remarks “Recently‚ the highest court in South Africa handed down a decision ordering the country’s parliament to extend marriage rights to
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Gay Marriage in America America was built on the foundation of equality for all men; however‚ not until recently have gay and lesbian individuals inherited such civil rights. One of the largest and most pressing issues effecting the gay population is the issue of gay marriage. Marriage is defined as “the relationship that exists between a husband and wife or a similar relationship between people of the same sex” (Websters). Within the past ten years fifteen states have legalized gay marriage
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The Disadvantages of Gay Marriage According to Messerli (2009)‚ marriage is defined as a religious and allowed by low commitment between male and female‚ also the final expression of love. Most religious consider homosexuality as an offence against God’s laws. Every religious in the world that consider homosexuality is unacceptable. It is insulting and a swipe to most people freedom of religion to have to admit a relationship they wicked sinful. The evolution of the United States legal system‚ there
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My Speech Good Morning Miss Read and class! Today I am going to talk to you about gay marriage and that it should be legal in every‚ why all citizens show have equal rights for marriage and why I think gay marriage should be legal! Gay marriage should be legal in every country! Gay marriage should be legal because there people to. Being gay doesn’t make you any less of a human then straight people‚ they sleep‚ eat‚ walk‚ talk‚ work‚ drink the same and any other human‚ but just because they
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Running head: ARGUMENT FOR GAY MARRIAGE An Argument for Gay Marriage Kristina Thielen Friends University Abstract The premise of this paper is to prove that solid reasoning for denial of gay marriage is currently absent‚ and that legalization would provide much-needed equality to these unions. Arguments discussed include the "special rights" argument‚ the financial cost of legalizing same-sex marriage‚ the social belief that such marriages are "inherently wrong" or contradictory to America
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