Final research paper Same sex marriage has been a hot topic in the news lately‚ as well as in the political arena. Marriage between a man and a man or a woman and a woman are felt by many to be morally wrong‚ but is it really? Or do these people fear the unknown and are using morality as the excuse for their negligence of the unknown? The utilitarian follow the utilitarian moral guide lines in their beliefs utilitarian’s would not be against same sex marriages. However if the Ethical
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Same Sex Marriage Hollingsworth v. Perry With the addition of the 14th amendment to the US Constitution came the equal protection clause‚ and the due process clause. The equal protection clause requires that all people be treated fairly and the due process clause prohibits government form depriving a person’s life‚ liberty or property without legislative authorization. Denial of same sex marriage rejects the right of a couple to pursue their natural rights‚ due process of law‚ and equal protection
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Gay marriage around the world has hit everyone in a tremendous way. Whether a good way or a bad way‚ just about everyone has something to say about it. Doesn’t matter whether you are gay‚ straight‚ old‚ or young‚ the publics’ opinion on whether it is right or wrong has influenced a lot of decisions lately. The most known public dispute about gay marriage and equal rights is Proposition 8. Proposition 8 was a California ballot and state constitutional amendment that was passed on the November
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There is not a single piece of history that determines whether or not same sex marriage is right or wrong. There is absolutely no legal‚ logical‚ or governing reason that same sex couples cannot be wed and it’s extremely unconstitutional in every way to tell them they can’t. Same sex marriage should be legal for a number of reasons‚ a few being‚ it’s no one else’s business if two men or two women want to get married‚ not allowing them to marry makes them seem inferior‚ and it rids them of their civil
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The Controversy of Same Sex Marriage Same sex marriage has been a huge controversial issue since the 1970’s. It is considered to be a civil rights‚ political‚ social‚ moral and religious issue in the United States. Only 17 states over the past ten years have legalized same sex marriage while thirty-three of the fifty states have had it banned. In 1998‚ Hawaii and Alaska were the first states to ban same sex marriage but since then‚ Massachusetts was the first state to finally legalize gay marriage
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several discussions about this issue. The controversy is to approve or disapprove a law that will let people of the same sex get married. Many countries such as: Netherlands‚ Belgium‚ Spain‚ Canada‚ South Africa‚ Norway‚ Sweden‚ Portugal‚ Iceland and Argentina have allowed this new movement and also have agreed that couples conformed by two people of the same sex can adopt children. Many people think that gay marriage is not incorrect because all everyone has the right to be happy and this means
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and build a future with together. But there are people‚ no matter how hard they try‚ can’t get their dreams to ensue; these people are the homosexuals. As defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary‚ a homosexual is a person who has a tendency to direct sexual desire toward another of the same sex. Homosexuals cannot marry each other in the Philippines mostly because of close mindedness and homophobia. However‚ some parts of the world are open to same-sex marriage which will be tackled later on this
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Same Sex Marriage “A Matter of Justice” Amy Joyner PHI 103: Informal Logic Professor Russell Fail March 18‚ 2013 The American dream‚ one of freedom and equality‚ is treasured in the heart of every citizen of the United States. With this dream in mind‚ most of society will say they support equal rights for homosexuals. When asked if they support same sex marriage‚ their support of gay equality comes to a screeching stop. In the most recently debated public votes‚ the majority of
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Judith Huggins Period 2 AP English Language 9 September 2014Same-Sex Marriage Gay marriage or same-sex marriage has been a controversial topic for approximately the last ten years. While legalized in some states‚ it is not legalized in all. Out of fifty states in the United States of America‚ gay marriage is only legalized in nineteen of those states; meaning there are still thirty-one states where same-sex marriage is illegal. For this reason gay marriage should be legalized in all states because
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Proposal For my semester project I am doing a photo essay on same sex marriage and children. I am choosing This topic because I know same sex couples who are going to/already have children together. This topic also interests me because I have recently become very close with moms of a friend of my 2 year old daughter. Before this relationship flourished I did not have a close relationship with anyone in a same sex relationship‚ therefore I do not feel like I had an opinion on the matter; however as this
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