The Census Bureau found‚ from the 2010 census‚ the number of same sex couples is a national total of about 902‚000.(1) This means 902‚000 happy couples. Just because people are the same gender‚ does not mean their marriage should be illegal. The government cannot prevent people of the same sex from falling in love. Same sex marriage should be legalized universally in the United States. Gay marriage could potentially lead down a "slippery slope” ending with giving people in polygamous‚ incestuous
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Same-Sex Marriage Are We All Equal Same sex marriage is bad for society according to Jocelyn Floyd whose a special counsel for the Thomas More Society. In her article‚ Jocelyn talks about the definition of marriage‚ why the government shouldn’t be involved and how children will get emotionally hurt. First and foremost‚ Floyd claims that “without children‚ we have no future”. In order to have children‚ a couple consisting of two opposite sex individuals should have sexual intercourse. Same sex
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Child sex tourism Child sex tourism is a lot more complex‚ and more difficult to pin down. Some of the victims are child prostitutes‚ some are essentially slaves and others are "groomed" by rich Westerners posing as good Samaritans. According to ECPAT‚ many offenders will spend time ingratiating themselves with the child and family‚ leading them to believe they are trying to help them out of poverty. ECPAT also believes the use of the Internet has had a significant impact in recent years‚ both
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Children Sex Slaves Amanda Miranda Widener University April 24‚ 2008 Child Sex Slaves In many areas around the world such as the United States‚ Asia‚ and India‚ children of poor economic status suffer the painful conditions of sexual trafficking. Millions of children in a waking second suffer from the harms of sexual exploitation and face the outcomes of living life in bondage. Children‚ being the easier targets of the sex trade market‚ have suffered great issues such as sexually
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twenty first century‚ as recent issues pertaining to same-sex marriages have been disputed and expressed in courts. The institution of marriage is a social and legal concept which has been based upon traditionally religious views stemming from heterosexuality. Many questioned and challenged the traditional institution of marriage. Christine Davies‚ a law student at Sack-Goldblatt-Mitchell LLP published an article in 2008 entitled “Canadian Same-Sex Marriage Litigation: Individual Rights‚ Community Strategy”
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Kelly Glesinger Abstinence or Contraceptive Sex Education Programs? May 30‚ 2008 George‚ A. (2005‚ March 5). Going All the Way. New Scientist. Accessed via: http://elibrary.bigchalk.com Normally all sex education programs include information about contraceptives. But now there are many types of programs. A new program is one that strongly supports the theory‚ “just say no”. It includes urging virginity pledges and only stating the failure rates of condoms and other contraceptives. Many of these
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is Same-sex marriage such a big issue in the United States? Same-sex marriage became a big issue in the united states since early 1990’s‚ According to life123‚ the history of same-sex marriage said that “Same sex marriage vaulted to the country’s attention during 1993 Hawaii court case Baehr v. Lewin‚ in which judges ruled that the state would need to give a concrete or compelling argument or reason for why gays should not have the same legal right to marry as heterosexual couples. Same-sex marriage
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Research Proposal For my semester project I am doing a photo essay on same sex marriage and children. I am choosing This topic because I know same sex couples who are going to/already have children together. This topic also interests me because I have recently become very close with moms of a friend of my 2 year old daughter. Before this relationship flourished I did not have a close relationship with anyone in a same sex relationship‚ therefore I do not feel like I had an opinion on the matter;
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Same Sex Marriage‚ Yes or No I completely support marriage equality‚ and I think gay marriage should be legalized because it is uncivilized and unmerited. Our civil rights and the Constitution give us many liberties. One of our civil liberties is the pursuit of happiness‚ which homosexual people are not allowed to chase. They cannot be married to the person they love and it violates their freedoms. Actually‚ a lot of state of America and some countries support same-sex marriage. Yesterday‚ gay
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everyone. They claim that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees them the right to marry whomever they desire‚ including members of the same sex. To forbid this would‚ in their minds‚ be discrimination. But do all people have the right to marry whomever they want already‚ with the exception of same-sex couples? No; states have laws regulating marriage‚ forbidding first cousins from marrying‚ brothers and sisters from marrying‚ parents and offspring from marrying‚ and people
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