be able to do it." These remarks reflect a common misconception held by many people: Same-sex marriage will secure new liberties for homosexuals that have escaped them thus far. This will not happen because no personal liberty is being denied them. Gay couples can already do everything married people do - express love‚ set up housekeeping‚ share home ownership‚ have sex‚ raise children‚ buy property‚ receive inheritance‚ and spend the rest of their lives together. It’s not against any law to do any
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today. Anything that includes the word "sex" appeals to most adolescents. However‚ the word "homosexuality" may not be as appealing to others. As we embrace the 21st century in this sex-driven world‚ the gay community is rapidly being recognized by society. Some states have even tried to legalize gay marriages. However‚ a few people who believe that homosexuality is wrong and they will do whatever is possible to justify that. Sadly‚ discrimination against homosexuals still exists to this very day. I
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Kimberly Paul Topic: Gay Marriage Thesis: Gay marriage has a major impact on today’s society‚ in regards to its legality‚ how future generations will be affected‚ and how it will affect the institution of marriage in the future. Topic Description: Gay marriage is one of the most controversial yet sensitive topics that have been discussed around the world. Politicians often hold debates on this subject trying to decide whether it should be legal for same sexes to be married. Gay marriage is often
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are opposed to homosexual adoptions due to the fact that the bible states it is a sin and individuals perceiving themselves as homosexuals will go to Hell. There is also the outlook on being raised in a homosexual family will result in the child growing up to be homosexual themselves. Although homosexual marriage is now legal across the nation‚ adoption agencies can still discriminate on homosexual adoptions. Whether the potential parents of an adopted child are lesbian‚ gay‚ bi-sexual‚ or transgender-
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Jackie Lien English 101 Critique of Bennett’s “Gay Marriage: Not a Very Good Idea.” Gay Marriage is always an argumentative topic in our society today‚ or perhaps the most controversial issue in 21st century is the concept of accepting homosexual marriage into our life as a way that we viewed the normal marriage. Gay marriage is always a debatable topic in both political and ethnical ways‚ because the idea of same sex marriage is against people’s norm. By the definition of Marriage today is different
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Gay Marriage Soc 120 Amy Lyons June 27‚ 2011 Just because someone doesn’t love the same way as you do does not make them wrong or make them crazy‚ it makes them unique. Majority of people around the world feel that marriage should be between a man and a woman and that gays should not have that right because they believe being gay is morally wrong. If being gay is morally wrong then why are their gay people? That is like saying being white is morally wrong. People honestly who believe this don’t
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The gay community didn’t help prevent the spread of AIDS in many ways. The first reason being‚ bathhouses were very popular in the 1900’s especially gay bathhouses. During the 1980’s ( when the AIDS breakout began ) gays were being discriminated against and looked down upon by a great amount of people. When the AIDS epidemic started entered within the gay community‚ the government initiated that a way to prevent this from happening consisted of shutting down all bathhouses. However‚ the
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Domestic Adoption vs. International Adoption People want to adopt for different reasons. A person or a couple decide to adopt domestically which is adopting child from the United States because they can receive a child at a young age and has access to the child health information. On the other hand‚ when a person or a couple decides to adopt internationally which means adopting a child from outside the United States but with a domestic adoption there is a possibility for the birth mother to
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to any same-sex marriage performed in any other state (…..).” It also defined "marriage" as exclusively the union of one man and one woman for all purposes under federal law. Clinton signed it almost sneakily because he had won considerable lesbian/gay support in 1992 and hoped to do so again in 1996‚ but he feared the political cost of not opposing same-sex marriages. The government—they hold such a vital role in this controversial issue. The Constitution says that “full faith and credit shall be
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and religious affiliated organizations condemn homosexuality which causes less gays to be open about their faith. This brings upon the stereotype that the gay community is not religious at all. This‚ however‚ has been proven false. According to Dan Giloff’s article‚ “While 72 percent of straight American adults describe their faith as ‘very important’ in their lives‚ so do 60 percent of gays and lesbians.”(par. 3)‚ the gay community has plenty of religious affiliates now; The United Church of Christ
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