SYO 4102-American Families Term Paper Assignment State Level Policies Regarding Laws on Adoption by LGBT Adoption is the social‚ emotional‚ and legal process in which children who will not be raised by their birth parents become permanent legal members of another family. Adoption is one of the primary ways that LGBT parents create families; whether through the public foster care system‚ a private agency‚ or simply a second-parent adoption of a partner or spouse’s child. However
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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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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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Denial of Gay Marriage: Macro Theories and Effects on the Population Introduction and Effects For thousands of years heterosexual couples have been wed into the institution of marriage. Until recently‚ the population of same sex partners who are denied equal familial rights was primarily only an issue within the gay‚ lesbian‚ bisexual and transgendered (GBLT) community. Same sex relationships parallel those of traditional marriage such as commitment‚ sacrifice‚ and sharing of responsibilities
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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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Benefits of Gay Marriage in New York Just recently our nation has taken initiative into changing the gay rights that our nation lacks by repealing the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy that was established in 1993 by our former president Clinton. In the United States there are only five states‚ not including District of Columbia‚ that have legalized same sex marriage. Lawmakers ignore the fact that legalizing gay marriage has economical benefits. If the state of New York were to make gay marriage legal
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support gay marriage‚ I do believe that domestic partnership should remain allowable‚ giving a person the right to date and share their lives with whomever they so choose‚ but the sanctity of marriage should remain exclusively between one man and one woman. II. Body paragraph #1 – Topic Sentence #1 Before the passing of Prop 8‚ California was only the second state to allow same-sex marriage. In fact up until 2004 same-sex couples couldn’t wed anywhere in the country. Many gay couples
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Allowing Gays and Lesbians to Adopt There is a lot of discussion in the U.S. today about whether gay and lesbians should or not be allowed to adopt. Different groups and professionals will see the issue very differently. Some will argue for the rights of the gay couple‚ and others will argue for the rights of the children. There are pros and cons to consider when discussing the rights of gay couples to adopt. Should gays and lesbians couple be allowed to adopt children? The answer to this big
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thesame sex really more harmful to a child¶s development than no parental guidance at all? In someminds the answer ³NO´ flashes in bright‚ blinking lights however‚ there are many‚ including themajority of Americans‚ who disagree. Laws banning adoption by gay and lesbian couples exist inmultiple states across the country. These bans do more than prohibit same-sex couples fromstarting families; they sentence children to a lifetime alone in world where plenty of eligibleadoptive parents exist. II
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Fighting for Gay Adoption RIghts Homosexuality is becoming more and more accepted and integrated into today’s society‚ however‚ when it comes to homosexuals establishing families‚ there is usually a problem. In most states‚ homosexuals can adopt children like any other married or single adult. There are a lot of arguments to this topic‚ some people believe that it should be legal nationally‚ while others would prefer that is was banned everywhere‚ or at least in their individual states. Most gay and lesbian
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