Abstract Gay marriage is a legally or socially recognized marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or social gender. It first became legal in the U.S. state Massachusetts in 2004 after many debates. Same-sex marriage supporters make several arguments in support of their position. They compare their struggles to the civil rights movement and the fight for women rights. Supports believe they have the right to marry whoever they chose as long as it doesn’t hurt anybody. Some Homosexuals
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Two editorials were posted in the “New York Daily News” and “Times of Trenton” pertaining to the subject of legalizing gay marriage. Both articles argue the position against gay marriage and use the same focal point in their articles: the negative effects that legalizing gay marriages will have on children being raised by same sex parents. Also‚ both articles contain logical fallicies in their argument and use many of the same tactics to argue their point such as scare tactics‚ statistics‚ and quotes
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Bibliography: "Gay marriages should be allowed‚ state judge rules‚" The Wall Street Journal‚ Dec. 4‚ 1996. Stoddard‚ Thomas‚ "Gay marriages: Make them legal"‚ Current Issues and Enduring Questions‚ Bedford Books‚ Boston. Wald‚ Michael S.‚ An Analysis of Proposition 22 – The "knight" Intiative; The Stanford Institute for
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polygamy‚ and bestiality. The original purpose of marriage was to procreate. Since homosexuals can’t have children‚ they are only doing it for their own gratification. It also promotes the gay lifestyle which studies show leads to a lower life expectancy‚ psychological problems‚ and other problems. If the gays do decide to have children those children will grow up incorrectly. A perfect child is raised in a perfect home. Mother + Father = Good Child. Two dads or two moms don’t know how to properly
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there are two objectives in regards to gay marriage; those who say “green-light” and those who say “red-light”. In essence‚ when you consider the marriage battle between homosexuals and heterosexuals -- it’s like fire and ice; they both have the potential to overcome each other’s privileged power. “It’s this tug of war between whose gut feeling is better or morally correct that perpetuates the cycle of bitter feelings‚” suggests David Myers ‚ a spokesperson for gay rights (Myers & Scanzoni‚ 2005‚ p.
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Gay Rights Speech The word gay‚ in the common school setting often has a negative connotation associated with it. “Hey‚ homo!”‚ “Hey Faggot” and “That’s so gay” are some of the most commonly used slurs‚ degrading the meaning of those words to something one could instead call ‘stupid’ or ‘bad’. This presents the constant negative image of a different sexual orientation. There was supposed to be equality; Equality in marriage‚ and equality in lifestyles between all people of all sexes and all
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of lesbians and gay men forming their own families. Many do this through adoption‚ foster care‚ artificial insemination‚ and other means. Today‚ researchers have estimated that the number of children living with one gay or lesbian parent is six to fourteen million. Some have described this current period as a lesbian and gay "baby boom". However‚ lesbian and gay parents face many social and legal obstacles (Lambda Legal Defense and Educational Fund‚ 1997). In the past‚ most gay and lesbian parents
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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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The children’s benefits of Gay Adoption out weight the negative effects. Gay adoption has been a very controversial topic for many of years. Gay adoption is pretty self-explanatory. It’s when a same sex couple adopts a child or children from foster care or an orphanage. Some people believe that gay adoption is wrong‚ and against many religions because two people of the same sex should not marry or adopt children. If two people are happy together leave them alone. If they are not hurting‚ or bothering
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Roger Lopez INRW 0405-340 Professor: Michele Forbes 07November 2014 Journal 22 Should Gay Marriage Be Legal In Texas? An Annotated bibliography According to Bothelo‚ a federal Texas judge did not implement the ban for same- sex marriage. The judge‚ stated “the current prohibition has not legitimate governmental purpose.” However the ruling by Judge Orlando Garcia will not go into effect immediately; there is a process that will take
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