Geography: The northeast is supportive; the west coast is about evenly split; the rest of the country is against. 30 states have constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. * Opponents argue that altering the traditional definition of marriage as between a man and a woman will further weaken a threatened institution and that legalizing gay marriage is a slippery slope that may lead to polygamous and interspecies marriages. Arguments against: Religious freedom: For most Americans‚ marriage is
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Discrimination of Gays and Lesbians Here in our country‚ we have a big population. Years have passed and there are many gays and lesbians in our community. In the eyes of people‚ gays and lesbians are not acceptable because they think that gays and lesbians are the problems of our country. There are some reasons why there are gays and lesbians. Children and adolescents become gays and lesbians because of their peers. As long as they hang out with their friends or peers‚ the more that they become gays and lesbians
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"The unprecedented growth of the gay community in recent history has transformed our culture and consciousness‚ creating radically new possibilities for people to come out’ and live more openly as homosexuals"(Herdt 2). Before the 1969’s Stonewall riot in New York‚ homosexuality was a taboo subject. Research concerning homosexuality emphasized the etiology‚ treatment‚ and psychological adjustment of homosexuals. Times have changed since 1969. Homosexuals have gained great attention in arts‚
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Gay and Lesbian Adoption Gay and lesbian adoption is a serious‚ yet controversial subject. It has become a major issue in our society. In certain states‚ homosexuals can adopt children just like any other married or single adult. A person’s freedoms should protect the rights of gays and lesbians to adopt children when they meet the same standards for parenting and home environment as heterosexual couples (Driscoll and Stingl). Today over 520‚000 children are in foster care and 127‚000 of those
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Stand Up For Your Rights and Love Whomever You 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
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The two literary periods of realism and naturalism have similarities and differences. The realism work read in class‚ “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” can be compared and contrasted to a naturalism work “To Build a Fire”. Though they are different types of works‚ they can relate to each other. A similarity between the two works is that they both talk about ordinary people in everyday life situations‚ and the differences are that they believe in too different ways of life and they
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8 aspects of religions Christianity Belief- The belief that there is only one almighty god and he is made up by the holy trinity which is the belief that there is 3 people that makes up one god Stories- in the Christianity religion there is so many stories that tell us as human beings how to live our lives for example of the stories are the story of creation and Noah’s ark all have a moral message that we as humans need to take from it Sacred texts- the sacred texts for Christianity are the
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In The Piano Lesson each central character learns a lesson. August Wilson uses plenty of symbolism throughout his play‚ the strongest symbol being the piano itself‚ representing the family’s history‚ their long struggle‚ and their burden of their race. Throughout the play‚ the conflict revolves around the piano‚ and Berniece and Boy Willie’s contrasting views about its significance and about what should be done with it. Berniece is ashamed and cannot let go of the past‚ or the piano‚ and Boy Willie
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The legalization of same-sex marriage has been a battle that has been raging since the late twentieth century. By not allowing same-sex marriage‚ the United Sates is creating discrimination against same-sex couples. People of faith are the biggest advocates against same-sex marriages. With the belief that marriage is the foundation for procreation‚ same-sex couples‚ without the ability to have their own child‚ should not be allowed the right of marriage. Seeing that there are many rights and responsibilities
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“Gay and Lesbian Theater” Gay and Lesbian themes were introduced into the theater before the 1960s. Long before homosexual characters were seen in American plays on a regular basis‚ there were isolated incidents when a gay or lesbian appeared in the plot; they were called freaks when doing so. Many people were often offended by homosexuality. Cross dressing was used in performances that raised concerns about sexual and gender roles: men dressed in drag and women wore men clothing. Festivals were
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