The Supreme Court is set to confront the issue of gay marriage for the first time in 40 years in two cases set for argument in late March. Same-sex couples are asking the justices to strike down California’s Proposition 8‚ which banned gay marriage in the state just six months after a court ruled that preventing gays and lesbians from marrying was unconstitutional. In a second case‚ a New York City widow is urging the court to strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)‚ which limits federal
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“The decision is a historic victory for gay rights activists who have fought for years”. In this article it explains a situation known around the world‚ which is same sex marriage. It gives multiple examples of why it should be legal‚ peoples reactions and what people did to fight for it. The intended audience is not narrowed down to any specific group of people or any specific gender but is meant for everyone to see and understand. The author of this article has not only written pieces based off
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Marriage Is Not Equal For All Gay Marriages Mikaela Acosta Gay marriage has been subject to taboo because our society has this conformed and learned version of marriage; marriage is only held between a man and a woman. Although this is more common today to hear of gay couples‚ in the first couple centuries in America this was almost unacceptable to general society. Beginning in 2001 was when gay marriage began to become much more widespread starting in Canada‚ Norway‚ Belgium‚ Argentina
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Transracial Adoption Transracial fostering and adoption is a hugely controversial issue in Britain with professionals polarised on what is best for vulnerable children coming into care. There were ‘approximately 65‚000 children were placed in care in England and Wales in 2005’ (McVeigh‚ 6/7/2008). Just under 80per cent are white in a country where 87 per cent of the population class themselves as white British. This means that ethic minority children are over-represented in the care system‚ and
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U.S. Adoption According to Children’s Rights “In 2013 more than 23‚000 young people whom states failed to reunite with their families or place in permanent homes — aged out of foster care‚ simply because they were too old to remain. The percentage of youth that age out of foster care increased from eight percent in 2003‚ to ten percent in 2013. Youth who age out of foster care are less likely to graduate from high school and less likely to attend of graduate college. By age 26‚ approximately 80 percent
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Trans-Racial Adoption Transracial adoption is as simple as it sounds‚ just like adoption you have a married couple looking to have a child of their own‚ and it is also when a couple adopts a child from a completely different ethnic or racial group from their own. As easy as it sound‚ transracial adoption is no easy task and is usually seen as a complicated process due to the variety of obstacles it brings not to just the family who is adopting a child who’s background is different from their own
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opportunities. Domestic adoption‚ or adoption within the means of our own country‚ should be first action you take when looking to adopt‚ instead of adopting internationally. In the year 2004‚ 22‚991 foreign children were adopted through international agencies and in 2011‚ only 9‚319 children were adopted from another country (Rosman). What has caused
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have to do something about it. Its sad how almost six million animals get abandoned every year. They don’t do anything to their owners so why do they always have to get it the hard way? Animals feel pain and fear just like humans do. When animal adoption centers find animals on the street they put them in the shelter‚ and not being adopted because nobody wants them. They are euthanized because of this. Some people don’t think that animals should be euthanized every single day... its really sad to
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Kandace O’Guinn Dr.Desilver Cohen ENC 1101 Section 26 November 14‚ 2012 Refutation Researched Argument The American dream is one of freedom and equality. It’s supposed to be branded in the hearts of every United States citizen however‚ when it comes to homosexuals‚ citizens of the United States wake up and the dream is demolished. Gay sex marriage is the most conflicting issue in the contemporary social world. Marriage is an association of persons through which we perceive the reflection
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adopt‚ should international adoption be legal. These are just some of the topics that create complications because each person has their own way into feeling a precise way. But what is right for the adoptes? Adoption is not about finding children for families‚ it’s about finding families for children.Regardless of what the situation is‚ the United States as well as other countries have faced political difficulties when it comes to adoptions.
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