hard time coming to that realization. On November 18‚ 2003‚ Massachusetts’ highest court declared that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage‚ becoming the first nation to declare this. Many people‚ both in favor of and against this decision‚ were interviewed and spoke out as to why they feel how they feel. The real question this article poses is‚ should same-sex couples have the same rights to marriage as opposite-sex couples? There are many different viewpoints and theories related
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Same Sex Marriage Same sex marriage is a very controversial subject in our society today. In a traditional society‚ people recognize marriage as a commitment between one man and one woman. In the 21st century love has redefined by many people. Homosexual relationships are commonly seen almost everywhere. Since the public is slow begin to accept the existence of homosexual relationships‚ the problem now is whether or not the state can legalize this relationship. There are many who support this
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Same Sex Adoption “Adoption is not about finding children for families‚ it’s about finding families for children” (Joyce Maguire Pavao). Same sex marriages have led to controversies on the possibility of efficient parentage of such couples. Successfully and effectively taking care of children by couples of the same sex has always been doubted. To be more specific‚ most critics strongly fight against adoption of children by same sex partners. The negative perception is further acknowledged
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Herrera. ID Number: 2009-5699 Teacher: Emilia Gracia Final Draft: Essay 3. “Same-Sex Marriage Should Not Be Legalized”. July 18th 2012. Same-Sex Marriage Should Not Be Legalized. As we know‚ same-sex marriage has been discussed and argued for a long time. Within the controversial topic of gay rights‚ there’s no area more controversial than same-sex marriage. And all of us ask ourselves if same-sex marriage should be legal or not. But the fact is that we have to start thinking about
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Some say that same sex adoptions will have a negative impact on the child. Just about 65‚000 kids are living with a lesbian or a gay person(Opper). On a study Nicole Opper did‚ she learned that same sex couples raising adopted children are older people. They are very educated and have much more economic resources than other adoptive parents. Same sex couples are willing to give love to children that need it‚ why should what they
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NAME PROFESSOR NAME SUBJECT DATE “Same Sex Marriage Should Not be legalized” “I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions‚ just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person‚ it just seems to me that’s not what America’s about.” Barack Obama The marriage has traditionally defined between man and women. Marriage is a bond‚ commitment‚ union and legal contract for living together for rest of the
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LEGALIZE IT! The debates over same sex marriage have been a long term conversation. As homosexual couples began to insist on recognition‚ some nations took the issue onto their policy agenda. But there are some arguments whic are against same sex marriage. The most important question here is “why?”. According to social constructionist thought‚ this hostility to same sex marriage is not because of internal logic‚ but because of cultural attitudes (Eskridge‚ 1993‚ p.1423) . However‚ this is not a
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talking about same-sex marriage I want you to imagine a life where you’ll never be truly equal‚ a life where you will never have the same rights as the majority. You may find love‚ but you will be denied the same fundamental rights every heterosexual couple has. You will be unable to marry because both law and society do not accept who you are‚ who you were born as. This is the issue that plagues homosexual couples not only in Australia‚ but in the majority of the developed world. Same-sex marriage
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white people‚ they did not redefine eating out. They were simply invited to the table. That is all we want to do; we have no desire to change parenting. We want to be entitled to not only the same privileges but the same responsibilities as straight people”. Actress Cynthia Nixon summarized the idea of same-sex parenting in the most profound way with the above mentioned quote. Many of the stereotypes that gay parents face within the nation are a result of unfair treatment in numerous aspects of life
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pattern. The outlines in the following chart show these two possible patterns. There are many variations on these two patterns. Which pattern you use will depend on your topic. With some topics‚ one pattern works better than others. The important thing is to present your side and rebut the other side in a logical and organized way. These are the important points. 1. An argumentative essay is a kind of essay in which you try to persuade your reader to agree with your opinion about a controversial
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