Marriage is universally understood to be the legal union between a man and a woman. This acknowledgement‚ however‚ has recently generated dispute and controversy in certain individuals‚ primarily homosexuals and supporters of homosexual marriages. This opposition‚ due to this mainstream view‚ exists because certain states such as Minnesota deny same-sex marriages. In Thomas B. Stoddard’s article "Gay Marriages: Make Them Legal‚" Stoddard begins by defending homosexual marriages through partners
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An Inappropriate Relationship Marriage is legally defined as a union between a man and a women unified until death do them part. The bible describes marriage as a sacred bond between a man and a woman before God. Therefore‚ same sex marriage is not applicable legally nor religiously in the United States. It’s meaning remains clear the same in both legal and religious definitions. I do not agree with same sex marriage because it confuses children and it complicates government laws. I do agree that
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02/20/2014 The State of Gay Marriages Marriage is the formal union of a man and a woman‚ typically recognized by law‚ by which they become husband and wife. However‚ in an article “Gay Marriages: Make Them Legal” by Thomas B. Stoddard is talking about the marriage of gays and the author try to argue for gay marriages. Just only reading title‚ we can see how strong of this argument‚ because Stoddard have showed us many evidences that can support his point of view. Stoddard begins with a story
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Legalizing Gay Marriage (resubmission) Imagine you’ve met the love of your life‚ but he’s slowly dying from a terminal illness. He doesn’t have medical insurance and can’t afford the operation that will help him recover. If he dies‚ all his belongings would go to his brother and sister. You can’t even visit him in the hospital because you aren’t married. But the thing is‚ you can’t get married because both of you are of the same sex‚ and the state you live in does not allow same-sex marriage. This
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September 2013 The Irrelevancy of Gender in Marriage Gay Marriages: Make Them Legal is an article written by Thomas B. Stoddard‚ an executive director of a gay rights organization called the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund. In the aforementioned article‚ he painfully illustrates the injustices and imbalance of the typical “traditional marriage” and its impact on average‚ devoted homosexual couples. More than just state his opinion on marriage between homosexuals‚ he emphasizes the injustice
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Should gay marriage be legal? Gay marriage should be legal because as woman and man‚ all individuals have the same right in society; because same-sex couples can constitute a good based family; because it is just a way to make official a common union nowadays‚ even with the religious issue; because it is not related to polygamy; and because love matters and it does not differ in nature according to the sex of its object or the person who experiences it. The first reason why same sex marriage
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before. Now‚ gay men and women fight for the right to be married. In Christianity‚ marriage is a life long commitment under god. It is well known to many Christians that practicing homosexuality is a major sin. How can a union‚ which is created for man and woman‚ under god‚ bond two partners of the same sex if it is stated in god’s book that it is morally wrong? Homosexuals should be allowed to make a lifetime commitment to their partners‚ but it should be called something other than marriage and should
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Should Gay Marriage Be Legal? The same-sex marriage has been a controversial issue for a long time. Same-sex marriage should be legalized because it is a large part of their civil rights. One of our civil liberties is the pursuit of happiness. Homosexual people cannot be married to the person they love and it violates their freedom. Same-sex marriage has always been looked upon as wrong for one reason or another. Everyone has strong opinions towards gay marriage. The point is‚ it shouldn’t
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debating on whether it should be legal for homosexuals to get married. Margaret Court wrote an article in the herald sun 25 January‚ 2012‚ contending that allowing same sex marriage would be a “steep moral decline” and is a purely a religious institution. She argues that people get trapped in a pattern of saying something is right when deep down they know it isn’t‚ she believes that a person’s sexuality is a choice‚ and that we need to protect the sanctity of marriage. She directs these arguments towards
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There have been many arguments over the years against same-sex marriage. “Marriage should only be between a man and a woman.” “It’s a sin.” “If we allow gay people to marry‚ what will we have to allow next?” All of these are not very convincing arguments if you ask me. There are a lot of people that go to great lengths to prevent this from becoming legal and my question is: Why do they care so much about what other people do with their lives? Everyone should have the right to marry whoever they love;
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