Gay Marriage: Right or Wrong? Kristina Waltmire SOC 120 Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility June 13‚ 2011 Dr. Eva M. Ananiewicz Ashford University Abstract This paper will give a look into the religious‚ social ethics‚ and rights of a gay couple wanting to get married. Gay marriage debates are very emotional and important to many people and there are many sides to every argument. Religious leaders want to state what the bible is saying and saying that same-sex marriage is
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Group Project #3 Gay Marriage & Politics Are Democrats more accepting of same-sex marriage compared to Republicans? Gay marriage has been an international debate over the past few years. Not only have religious groups made their opinions known‚ but the politicians have also joined in‚ in either support for or in protest against. Is their confirmation of gay marriage just a political strategy to gain votes? Do they believe homosexual relationships in fact deserve the same benefits
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Gay Marriage: Why I support the Issue Gay Marriage has always been an issue with society. There are those who are opposed of it and there are the ones who support the idea. I for one will and always support the idea of gay marriage. In the essay I will be writing on the arguments why people are not supportive of the idea and why I do support the idea. Gay Marriage is such a big issue to many people and their reasons why they don’t support the idea are that Marriage is an institution between
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Samantha Sandoval 26 October 2012 Should Gay Marriage be Legal? Same sex marriage is an issue that many people stand against; it is against the church’s teachings of morality. Others also see homosexuality in general as a trend and a choice. Although those are some beliefs it has been proven through science that homosexuality is not a choice. Often time’s people look past the fact that by not allowing gay marriage they are taking away human rights‚ and though a same sex couple may be in a very
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Gay Marriage We believe gay marriage should be legalized because religion shouldn’t be a limiting factor due to the freedom of religion in this country‚ the Supreme Court deemed marriage essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness and homosexual’s relationships are similar to our own. Religion should not be a limiting factor for gay marriage due to the freedom of religion. Conservatives should not be permitted to impose their religious ideas on others who do not share them. Same-sex marriage
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Gay Marriage Debate By Eric Paul Scarabin Though many arguments against gay marriage are based in homophobia‚ even people who otherwise support the rights of gays and lesbians have advanced arguments against gay marriage. One main concern is that allowing two people of the same sex to marry will devalue the concept of marriage. Those against gay marriage argue that marriage is between one man and one woman and allowing gay marriage would destroy the traditional family‚ which defenders of this
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The articles ‘Land of the fair has fair way to go on same-sex marriage’ and ‘A matter of conscience or convenience’‚ and the illustration by Leunig were written in 2011-2012 were all focused on the topic of gay marriage and the laws restricting it in Australia. In The Age article‚ the Prime Minister’s old fashioned view on something that has become the norm has become out-dated‚ which she refuses to accept. There are also two significant ‘us’ and ‘them’ groups; between Julia Gillard and her party
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2011 Gay Marriage… Legalize It? Breaking news in New York… Another riot has broken out today at Central Park when a groups or Christians protested the passing of gay marriage laws. All was peaceful‚ until an opposing group of homosexuals and homosexual/bisexual supporters noticed the protest and began to preach to the same crowd of the beauty of homosexuality and its ability of marriage. Then the chaos began. Situations like this are very common throughout the nation. The concept of gay marriage
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Gay marriage has become a very large issue in society. Awareness of this issue has become bigger through television‚ magazines‚ and especially all the social media. Today the issues of gay marriage is argued by rejecting them is a violation of religious freedom and minority discrimination‚ encourages individuals to have strong strong family values and give up high-risk sexual lifestyle‚ and also homosexuality is more accepted now than it has ever been in the past‚ marriage should be available to
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acceptable. Given this trend of greater acceptance of gay marriage‚ the issue of whether to legalize same-sex marriage naturally arises. Massachusetts has made great strides by legalizing gay marriage. Responding to this example‚ some states have taken steps towards accepting gay marriage while others are considering laws and constitutional amendments banning gay marriage within state borders. President George Bush has proposed a ban on gay marriage in the U.S. Constitution (Hulse). If Americans take
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