Should Marriages Be Forever? The Pros And Cons John Doe The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines marriage in three different ways‚ “a (1): the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2): the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage. b: the mutual relation of married persons c: the institution whereby individuals are joined in a
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Why should we legalize gay marriage? Or‚ in other words‚ why isn’t gay marriage legalized already? Same-sex marriage is just about as humane as opposite-sex marriage. One in ten people are gay. Seems perfectly normal to me. Is it normal to you? And anyway‚ why don’t people like two gays marrying? Let’s start out with the facts. The evidence. The nitty-gritty of all this debate. One out of ten people are gay or lesbian. So there’s about twenty-eight people in this class‚ am I right? So that’s at
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The United States is currently faced with a plethora of issues and policies that leave room for debate. Legalizing gay marriage is a very controversial topic in our country with strong opinions on both sides of the issue. An advantage of gay marriage could be argued that this would offer same-sex couples the same rights and privileges that are available to heterosexual couples. For example‚ receiving health insurance for the family‚ being allowed to visit your partner in the hospital due to an
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Gay Marriage: Our Own Merchant of Venice Within America‚ the concept of same-sex marriage has recently been under heavy debate. The growing interest in such has created issues concerning politics‚ society‚ morality‚ religion and civil rights. The conflict itself arises due to an abundance of peoples’ own views on whether same-sex couples should be permitted to enter marriage. The 47% of American people opposed” (Alper‚ Gideon I.‚P.L.) fail to acknowledge that we as human beings have the inalienable
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“Marriage is one of the basic building blocks of our neighborhoods and our nation‚” states Theodore B. Olson in “The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage”. If this is true then why is it so important to some individuals that couples of the same sex should not be able to spend their lives happily together in marriage? Why is accepted that two people of the opposite sex can get married? What’s the difference? The simple fact is that there is no difference and there should be no laws restricting gays and
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inaugural speech gives hope to gay marriage supporters” By Ken Dilanian and David G. Savage (January 21‚ 2013) This effects our government because gay marriage is a really big issue in the United States and if it becomes legal so many hatred in the world would drop and maybe people would become more accepting of gay couples. 1). Summary President Obama announced Monday morning on his decision about helping gay marriage in the united states. Obama’s speech about gay marriage was the first speech that
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Banning Gay Marriage in California Gay marriage is one of the most controversial issues of our time. It’s splattered all over news shows‚ radio‚ and newspapers. Which politicians support legalizing same sex marriage? Who’s against it? Which celebrities are commenting about it this week? One of the most publicized events in the battle about same-sex marriage was Proposition 8. This was a California amendment passed November 4th of 2008‚ officially eliminating the right of marriage between
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the main purpose of marriage all comes down to safety. While justifying this‚ he wonders how straights view marriage and for the same reasons that straights get into marriage‚ it is the same way and same reasons that gays get into marriage. Living life without getting into marriage becomes so lonely and it make life more vulnerable. In his defense for gay marriage‚ gays need some kind of care just like everyone else. According to him‚ there are few marriages and gay marriages should be accepted so
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Against gay marriage In the article “For Gay Marriage” Andrew Sullivan argues that marriage should be available to any two citizens‚ which includes homosexuals. He defines marriage as “an emotion‚ financial‚ and psychological bond” between two individuals. Even thou most people define marriage between man and woman‚ he says it’s okay if the marriage couples are both man or woman as long as they have the “emotion‚ financial‚ and psychological bond”. Andrew stated the fact that a marriage license
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Surrounding Gay Marriage The debate of gay marriage is very complex‚ due to the many different feelings people express on the topic. One opinion is that gay marriage should be legalized nationally. Others feel that gay marriage should not be legalized but civil unions should be granted to homosexuals so they have an alternative that allows gays and lesbians to receive something that compares to the same rights as marriage. On the other hand there is a large group that believes neither gay marriage nor
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