Review of Academic Writing (25 Marks) Read the passage below about elderly people in Hong Kong and answer the questions on the answer sheet. Use of an Urban Park by Elderly in Hong Kong Kam Hung and John L. Compton Leisure Studies‚ Vol 25‚ No 3‚ 291-311‚ July 2006 The average annual growth rate of Hong Kong’s population in 2001 was 0.9%. However‚ the 65 years old and over population increased by 11.1% (Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department‚ 2001). The proportion
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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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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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The time has come to legalise gay marriage in Australia. Gay marriage is marriage between two people of the same gender. I believe all Australians have the right to be able to get married despite what gender‚race and religion they’re. A basic human right is that every grown up has the right to marry but why is that only that a man and a woman can do so not man and man or woman and woman.Why is it that?If you love someone it shouldn’t matter what gender they’re but somehow it dose. At the moment
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Ethics of Gay Marriage What do you think when you see two guys walking down the sidewalk holding hands? Our society is based on improving and recreating to reach perfection. Yet there is this situation of "unnatural" marriage and most of our society wants it eliminated. If you think about the ethics of it though‚ you’ll see that both sides have an equal argument in the dilemma. If you look at the ethical reason behind why people believe that gay marriage is wrong‚ it is purely due to discrimination
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Controversy paper 1st draft Controversy : Gay marriage The forms of marriage vary and always have varied historically and culturally. And now we are at the moment where we see other big change coming. Same sex marriage is that change that has already started happening in our society. There are a lot of perspectives on this issue and gay marriage is among one of the most controversial topics that the United States talks about. One view on gay marriage is the protection of one’s unalienable rights
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My Reaction Paper (Gay Marriage‚ an Oxymoron) I have strong feelings toward this article I read. I have positive points then I have negative points. I can actually take both sides. Many people have their views on "same sex" marriages. It affects people world wide. I can say that I agree with it not being approved for many reasons. Society basically has its morals. "Same Sex" marriages aren’t what you as a person first think of when you think of The United States of America. I’m a Christian
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Gay marriage vs. Civil unions People often wonder why same-sex couples can’t be satisfied with just civil union. They said this because they don’t really understand the difference. Gay marriage and civil unions differ in various ways. To start off‚ civil union lacks the automatic protections and peace of mind that marriage confers. Secondly‚ marriages are recognized worldwide‚ while civil union exists only in the state that the couple resides. The significant difference between gay marriage and
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A proposal for preventing gay marriage rights from being a large topic of debate in the United States. A proposal for preventing gay marriage rights from being a large topic of debate in the United States. By Ciera Miller and Evan Forbes‚ 2013 Equal marriage rights for homosexuals have been long debated topics in the United Sates. It has been so overly done that is has just become an obnoxious way to keep bringing it up in politics. But why would anyone object to this idea? It’s so great for
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