Same-sex marriages have been a huge debate for the people of the United States. The concept of same-sex marriages has come up in many different forms such as: during the presidential debates‚ states making it legal for same-sex couples to be married and people showing their views on why gays should or should not be able to be married. This topic is interesting because it is such a huge controversy in the United States. There are so many different views over this subject. Same-sex marriages have been
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A Former US senator and a senior at the Ethics and Public Policy Center begin their case against gay marriage with the point that there are no studies that prove that homosexuals have a positive impact their community. They claim that people that support homosexuals are not “seeing the big picture” or assuming the repercussions of damaging others‚ including children‚ morally‚ religiously‚ physically‚ and mentally. When asked about a “go-slow approach‚” their rebuttal consists of the idea that once
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Lia Tuiasosopo Assistant Section Editor Con- Marriage Equality Marriage is and has always been defined as the union between a man and a woman. In 1971‚ the Supreme Court of Minnesota decision of Baker v. Nelson found that “the institution of marriage as a union of man and woman‚ uniquely involving the procreation and rearing of children within a family is as old as the book of Genesis.” Gay marriage can lead down a “slippery slope” resulting in giving people in polygamous‚ incestuous‚ bestial
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D’ava Rolland Interracial Marriage Interracial marriage in the United States has been fully legal in all United States‚ since the 1967 Supreme Court decision that looked at certain laws that were unconstitutional‚ with many states choosing to legalize interracial marriage at the earlier dates. Some racial groups are more likely to be noticed than others. Of the 3.6 million adults who got married in 2013‚ and the 58% of Native Americans‚ including the 28% of Asians‚ 19% of blacks and 7% of whites
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There are differences in a persuasive and informative speech. First‚ a persuasive speech means to influence your listeners to change their way of thinking to yours through factual and logical information. A persuasive speech will get your listeners to re-evaluate their view on a topic and change their beliefs. A persuasive speech is not to deliver complete information but to use information to make a convincing argument. An informative speech has the purpose to inform your listeners to a specific
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arguments against same-sex marriage. “We have to protect traditional marriage.” “It is unnatural.” “What about the effects on the children they raise?” These arguments are not very strong. There is nothing wrong with same-sex marriage‚ and it is not a threat to society. People who are against same-sex marriage argue that it should not be legalized so as “to protect traditional marriage and the traditional family”. Protect it from what? What is so dangerous about same sex marriage that we have to protect
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Media and Communication Will the television still be relevant within 20 years? Discuss. Television has become a natural part of people’s daily life nowadays but will it still be relevant in future while it is facing big threatened by other technology such as Internet? By examining how technology now play a huge market for news updates and information sources compare to television‚ how online advertisement cost less and has more audiences when compared to television & how television
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Although the gay marriage topic has been pretty hot this year and during the Presidential debate‚ it has been around for a while‚ but people tended to ignore it. In contrast‚ today the topic has gained national attention. Not only has it been an interesting topic to look at in terms of same-sex weeding but also due to religious means. Some opponents object to same-sex marriage on religious grounds‚ arguing that extending marriage to homosexual couple’s undercuts the conventional meaning of marriage in various
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On June 26‚ 2015‚ gay marriage was finally legalized in all 50 states in America. This was a major step in American history because previously‚ same-sex love and marriage was viewed as a shameful thing that was going against God and society’s rules. However‚ society has realized that same-sex love is just as valid as traditional love and that they were wrong to have judged gay people and their love. In Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet were not supposed to be together because
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thinking that marriage is just for a man and a woman only does not matter. Love is love‚ so why cannot same-sex couples make their love legal like everyone else? One main reason why some people don’t like gay people relationships is because of their religion is against it. Religion is one of the main reasons some people do not like the idea of homosexuals having the right to marry. One of the most used arguments about the issue is that God says that same-sex interactions (marriage‚ sex‚ lesbian
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