approval for same sex marriages. Although the Declaration of Independence says that every American has the right for the pursuit of happiness‚ for some reason neither the government nor the people in the US seem to understand that happiness can and should be different for every individual. As time goes by and news show up‚ I am more than convinced that same-sex marriages are not harmful for the society and therefore‚ should be approved right away. Many people see marriage as the culmination of the
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Gay marriage has been a critical topic in many countries since 1924. Around the year 2000‚ countries such as America and the UK started approving gay marriages‚ although not everyone agreed with this decision. Still in 2013‚ homosexuals are fighting for their right to get married to someone of their same sex. People against gay marriage feel that if it was to be legalized‚ the importance of marriage would fade away and some people would refer to marriage in a different way. According to an article
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I know there are differences on same-sex marriage‚ but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination. The men and women who gathered there could’ve heard many things. Tomorrow‚ I will visit Buchenwald
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Gay Marriage and the Constitution Amberlee Ozment Axia College of University of Phoenix Gay Marriage and the Constitution Is it okay to not believe in gay marriage‚ yet at the same time support the constitutional rights of life‚ liberty and pursuit of happiness for homosexual couples? Even though most churches’ beliefs conflict with marrying same-sex partners‚ government should not deny a person’s right to their happiness; because any person‚ no matter race‚ color‚ sex‚ religion or sexual
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to Recognize Same Sex Marriage Homosexuality has always been around in both human society and animal kingdom. However‚ the issue of homosexuality is not really taken into debate until the last century or so. As society becomes looser with its judgement‚ people start to perform homosexual activities more openly‚ which eventually leads to the pursuit of legal marriage among homosexual couples. However‚ society is still well divided on this issue of recognizing same sex marriage‚ with the question of
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their daughter will be a target of societal stigma‚ especially due to the persistent ascent of tolerance for same sex marriage and homosexuality in general. Over the past decade the percentage of Americans that support marriage equality has reversed: in 2006 only 35% supported marriage rights for gays and lesbians with 55% opposed‚ while in 2016 55% expressed support for gay marriage while only 37% remained opposed. Even more telling is the number of conservatives that now express tolerance for homosexuality
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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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recently‚ California‚ gay marriage has been a growing trend in the United States. In the 8 months since the legalization‚ more and more gay couples have been rushing to California to tie the knot. However‚ California and Massachusetts are not the first to make an effort to strengthen the bonds of homosexual couples some European countries including Denmark‚ Holland‚ some Scandinavian countries‚ and others have legalized same-sex marriage and have found the results positive. Gay marriage has been a contradictory
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Legalization of Gay Marriage What is the definition of marriage? The dictionary states it as being the legal union between a man and a woman as husband and wife. However‚ times are changing as the gay life style becomes more accepted by society it is time to allow all couples regardless of sex to enjoy equal protections‚ rights and benefits under the law. Perhaps‚ it makes the most sense to consider arguments against same sex marriage to realize why it should be legalized; these arguments touch
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short lived. II. The American culture has grown accustomed to the rights of life‚ liberty and pursuit of happiness; however there have always been minority groups restricted from these basic rights. A. According to Merriam Webster Dictionary marriage is the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law. i. The definition excludes the union of same sex couples. III. Today I’m going to share why same sex
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