...Gay Marriage Gay marriage, moral, immoral, equal rights, unconstitutional just some of the words that are spoken when this topic is brought about. This topic is a touchy one to say the least. When talking about same sex marriage or union it can be argued in many different lights. Some argue the morality, some argue about equality, some argue just about using the term “marriage” to refer to it. My point of view on this topic is solely on how I feel about it as an individual not to be considered right or wrong but just to get an understanding of how I feel about the subject. Two individuals committing to one another for life to me shouldn’t matter on gender. I look at us all as human beings and truly believe the meaning of life is the pursuit of happiness and love. So to deny two individuals that, weather they are same sex or different races, religions, whatever to me seems wrong. My first opinion of this subject will be referring to the equal rights as Americans. I feel that same sex marriages should be allowed and they should be given all the rights as traditional marriages. Why should we discriminated against who someone chooses to be with? We as a country grow and progress, we’ve changed over time to give women rights, African Americans same rights because they are just people like everyone else. They are part of this country what makes this country what it is, so I believe everyone should be given the same rights. No matter how people feel about it. If we went by how everyone...
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...Monitor on Psychology journal, Daniel Gilbert began his speech about marriage (2010.) While growing up, Gilbert’s mother had told him to aim for three things in life, “finding someone nice and getting married; building a fulfilling, well-paid career; and above all having children” (Munsey 2010.) Before I read this article, I used to think that getting married made things better. You would be closer to one another, trust more in one another, and build a better relationship with one another. I have been with my partner for almost four years, and even though marriage is one thing on our list, we haven’t felt that it has been something we have to do right away. I have a four and a half year old daughter from a previous relationship. Since my partner and I have been together, it seems that the more time and time goes on, the more the four of us grow together as a family. There are some things about this article that I completely agree with and some that I will definitely disagree with as well. As twenty-three women who has lived with the same man for almost four years, and have risen a little girl together seems fair enough that I can consider myself basically married. There is no paper that states that, but I believe that our history and current state very well proves that. There are three main topics that this Harvard professor discusses and that is bottom line, being married and happy, money and finances, and marriage and kids. In my personal opinion I believe that I can give my opinion...
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...Ethics 1 practise questions What is marriage? Marriage is meant when two people, normally a women and a man celebrate their love for each other and are then called Husband and Wife. State two traditional roles of women in a Jewish family There are many roles in the Jewish Religion for women, firstly women are traditionally the person who looks after them with food and cleaning. Secondly, the women in Judaism when it is Shabbat they are required to light the candles which is seen as a mitzvoth in Judaism. How are the roles of women different from the roles of men in a traditional synagogue? In a traditional synagogue there are many roles which differ between men and women. Firstly, in a traditional synagogue the women and the men are separated, this is so as if the men and women were sitting together the men wouldn’t concentrate on praying but on the women and also if they were together the men would get sexually agitated. Secondly, the men are on the side of the Bimur and the arch as it is said that the men concentrate more on praying than women do, which shows more respect towards the Jewish religion. Thirdly, the men are only called up to the Bimur as firstly they concentrate more on pray then women. Secondly, if a Women went up to the Bimur it is said that the men will get sexual aroused by the Women and that they will lose their concentration which will put them out of their spiritual zone in the Synagogue. Explain Jewish beliefs about divorce. The Jewish belief...
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...decisions in the course of their lifetime concerning the welfare of their children and those decisions can and will have tremendous effects on their children’s lives. Some of these decisions can be very heart-wrenching because a parent has to make a decision without knowing exactly how the decision will change their children’s life. The children may view these decisions very differently. A parent must consider how their decisions will affect the many aspects of their children’s lives in order for that child to grow and learn successfully. In the poem, I Go Back To May, 1937 by Sharon Olds, the author paints a picture through the eyes of a child. The author describes how she goes back in time to see her youthful parents about to graduate and get married. The child sees her parents as innocent, unknowing and not wanting to hurt anyone. She reflects on her past and wants to say, “Stop, don’t do it-she’s the wrong woman, he’s the wrong man, you are going to do things bad things to children” (Olds, 449). But the child does not do it, she wants to live. The child is dreams of stopping her parents from marrying; obviously, the child has felt immense pain during her childhood with her parents. Many parents struggle to decide what is best for their child; moreover, obtaining the answer is quite a mountainous feat. No one knows for sure how a child will react to life changing decisions and parents are faced with some tough questions. For some people, the decision to become a parent is well-planned...
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...Dusk over Atlantic Wharf 1. Write a summary of Dusk over Atlantic Wharf “Dusk over Atlantic Wharf” is about Lata, who is a young woman from India. She is forced into an arranged marriage with Anuj. They live in Cardiff, Wales in England. Anuj has lived there for six years, and Lata for four month. Lata misses her home in India, and she does not feel like home in Cardiff. Anuj and Lata are trying to make their marriage work. One night, they go to the movie, because Lata is bored, and they go to see a Bollywood-movie. While she is waiting for Anuj to buy some tickets, Lata sees a group of girls, dressed in different clothes than her. It makes her feel like she does not belong there. During the movie Lata dreams herself back to India, but when the movie ends, she is brought back to her life in an arranged marriage. 2. Characterize Lata and her relationship to Anuj Lata is an Indian girl, who has been forces into an arranged marriage. She is not happy in her marriage (yet), and having a hard time trying to find her place in England. She does not feel like home, she does not have any friends and she misses her home back in India. She does not want to talk Anuj about how she feels, and when he ask her if she is okay, she just brushes him aside. After the movie, she is crying in the car, and Anuj does not give her a hug or a kiss. It does not seems like they are have any deeply talks together. 3. Comment on the ending Anuj goes to buy tickets to an English film, but all the...
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...Describe how major life events can influence the development of the individual. There are many life changes which influence on peoples life individually. Each individual changes will experience differently. Changes like, starting school, leaving home or losing job may affect our health and well being. Some of the events have positive influence on us but some of them may be stressful and depressed for some people. Some people might be able to able to cope with these changes very ease. Sometimes is depending of person, on individual experience and manage with many problems. Life event results have an individual self concept. Some of life events might change an individual understanding of themselves and the behaviours may get changes. Starting school might be a positive experience for some children, but also might be negative and not nice. It all depends of child and their parents, and how they cope with the change. Starting school Starting school can be the first major of event. Sometimes people will remember the first day in school with some reasons. Children usually are nervous and very exciting that day. They want to now how the school look like, how is in school, how the children are, and who the teacher looks. For some children is might be the first day without family, mother and father. Children might be upset and they might cry because they miss them. In the first day children do not know what to expect from all this new things and people who they meet. They learn...
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...Years ago same sex marriage was never even a question, people just wasn’t open to the idea. Now in society people are fighting to be able to have same sex marriage. In fourteen states so far there has been a bill passed to allow same sex marriage. Same sex marriage is now concerned a moral issue in society. Same sex marriage has its pros and cons on the situation. Just three years ago, support for gay marriage was 44%. The current 53% level of support is essentially double the 27% in Gallup's initial measurement on gay marriage, in 1996. Same sex marriage gives the same opportunity as someone who is in an opposite sex marriage. Everyone wants to be loved by someone that truly makes them happy, expressing love for someone just for being them but not looking at their gender. Most people thinks that it effects society but it has actually been helping as of July 13,2013 the divorce rate has went down in the states that has legalized same sex marriage. Same sex marriage get the joy of honoring their marriage in front of their love ones without being afraid of what others think. Gay marriage can provide care for children due to the fact that they can’t have children of their own that can adopt and take children out of the foster care system. Giving children in society another chance to have a good life. Same sex marriages still live by their morals when it comes to beliefs and how they chose to live. Everyone in the world should be able to live happy, whether it is someone of the...
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...Gay Marriage Ruins the Current Stellar Institution of Marriage Marc S. Fedroff Everest University Online Gay Marriage Ruins the Current Stellar Institution of Marriage Starting with the last prompt of the assignment, according to our textbook, “Win-win orientations assume that there are usually ways to resolve differences so that everyone gains…When all people are committed to finding a mutually acceptable solution, a win-win resolution is possible” (Wood, 2009, p. 230). Unfortunately, here is the precise problem with the religious zealots who call themselves Christians. They are forever stuck in a win-lose orientation. What becomes ludicrous is they believe somehow, the human right to share love with an individual of the same sex in a committed relationship with all of the legal benefits will cause strife for them. None of the gay population is telling them to marry same-sex individual yet they insist, if gays want to marry and raise a family, it must be with someone of the opposite sex. Heterosexuals are doing such an exemplary job of getting marriage right that is common knowledge the divorce rate hovers around fifty percent. The point here is the INSTITUION OF MARRIAGE has been in the toilet for quite some time now and the only thing extending the legal right to gay couples will do is boost the economy with fabulously lavish weddings and then the inevitable lining of divorce lawyers’ pockets. Cynical humor is part of the gay culture’s way of dealing with the...
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... When we think marriage what do you think? We are look at marriage as it being a woman and a man falling in love and joining their life as on in a marriage. That is what we think of when we say marriage. We also call it that it has become and intimate union of two people that have fallen in love that nothing can keep them apart. God has credited this vision as a male and female to receive each other with open arms to look and each other as a gift from one to another. Now in this day we also see same sex marriage and we look at that as being okay with each other and being okay with god. We have seen it more and more often then before, when people fall in love they what to unite the love by being married and that is when we see that same sex marriage is becoming more and more common in todays world. We will be talking about same sex marriage, the pro and cons of this topic have become so enlarged that I will try to bring it back down to be able to get a better understanding of this subject. So when you think that today’s world has become so different from before we have to look at both side before we can even take a side of the issue. We see that some kids are so affect when they don’t have a mother or father figure in there life so now just imagine to have two of the same as being parents and never have one of the opposite side of the sex wall being an influence in your life. In one of the article that I read about it being okay with same sex marriage it states that we...
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...with good values and virtues, which is commonly taught by the family. A home is where a family lives. It may be alternated to the word ‘house’ but a house is more appropriately referring to the material structure, whereas ‘home’ refers to the intangible things that bind together the family members. It is the immeasurable love and care that keeps together the mother, father and their children. However, no matter how ideal a family in the terms of their relationship, there are still hardships and misunderstandings that will come along the way. It is just part of any relationship anyway. But, the sad part is when one of the family members gave up and the others have no choice but to accept and let go. Thus, the family starts to be broken. Broken family varies from numerous reasons why it had to be that way. But usually, misunderstanding starts from simple domestic quarrel that grows impertinently damaging the long-forged relationship between the family members. When a couple split up, it is the children that are greatly affected scarring them physically, emotionally and socially. The most common dispute between a husband and a wife is the financial issue. This is rooted when the father, which should be the provider for the family, can’t give enough money for the sustenance of the whole family. A vice that cannot be given up may be associated with this. Or early marriage could be the reason of the financial setback. Teen pregnancies are very much high in rate in the...
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...of male dominated oppression and relieve each woman felt in their marriage. For instance,...
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...The Right to Be Happy By Michelle Evans English 101, Section QC Nov 7, 2014 Although DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) has been overturned, there is however a lot more work to be done as far as equal rights for gay families all over the U.S. The Defense Marriage Act was originally passed in September 1996 and repealed in June 2013. This was wonderful news for the LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender) community; however they are faced with a few more hurdles. Conservatives are now trying to make it impossible for same-sex couples to be able to adopt, essentially ruining any chances of having a family of their own. Two steps forward, 3 steps back… For decades, the laws against marriage equality have been tight and not in favor for same-sex couples. Conservatives felt and still feel that marriage should only be between a man and a woman and that being gay was not only a sin and an abomination, but also a lifestyle choice. It is also believed that gay unions should not have the same benefits as heterosexual ones. In the case of United States vs Windsor where two women whose marriage was legalized in New York, one of the parties passed away and the IRS denied federal estate tax marital deduction for the surviving spouse. The U.S. Supreme court found that DOMA violated the guarantee for equal protection and due process under the U.S. Constitution (Polikoff).Currently thirty-two out of fifty states now legalized same-sex unions. Unfortunately to this day...
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...Love marriages being accepted Marriages are basically of two types – arranged and those based on mutual attraction between the partners. Arranged marriages were once common throughout the world, but today this institution mostly survives in the eastern countries such as India, China, and most Asian society. Love marriages are the norm in western countries where individual freedom and aspirations are considered more important than what the society, parents or relatives expect from a person. In an ideal arranged marriage scenario, the partners have a major say in arranged marriage. They give the final nod as to the choice of their spouse. However, things do not always go like this. All of a sudden you start your life with a person with you have hardly spend any time. You don’t know the person or you may even not like the person if you have go married because your parents and elders decided your marriage. Most of the cases the girl is forced to sacrifice their likes and adjust to the reality. Some may just live their life it goes believing its their fate and their parents are happy, but some break up. In many arranged marriages, the parents and relatives are often overbearing and try to force their child into a relationship he or she does not agree with. This can be a very difficult situation that may condemn the partners to living lifelong in a marriage that they are not happy with. In an arraigned marriage the blame is mostly on the parents and family members if things...
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...Marriage and Women’s Roles in the Late Nineteenth Century: Kate Copin’s Commentary on Women’s Lives in the Late 1800s Every human being deserves the right to choose how his or her own life is lived. As women in the late nineteenth century began to disassociate with cultural norms of the time period, writers began to reflect this historical shift. In Kate Chopin’s didactic short story, “The Story of an Hour,” the author demonstrates the way many women felt about their marriages during that time: trapped in a meaningless life. Chopin’s story works as a cautionary and informative commentary substantiating how women felt about divorce and marriage in the late nineteenth century, and the author attempts to educate her audience in order to show that women deserve better than a life of servitude to a husband. The circumstances surrounding Louise Mallard’s reaction to the death of her husband are at first predictable but then quickly shift to a surprising response: Louise is elated as she realizes that "there would be no one to live for during these coming years; she would live for herself" (Chopin 353). This realization deontes Chopin’s main argument in this...
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...To Be Happy or Not To Be Happy? That Is Your Choice. Over the past decade, the concept of happiness has enjoyed much resonance among researchers. Economists and psychologists have made tremendous strides in determining the best measures of happiness, ways to increase happiness, and why happiness is important. Marketers have been working under the assumption that promising happiness will pull consumers to their products, but happiness is not something you promise, cultivate, or measure. Happiness is a choice. Particularly in the face of the struggling economy, advertisers have increasingly looked to connect with consumers on a simpler and fundamental level by promising happiness. For example, Nesquik claims, “You can’t buy happiness, but you can drink it.” Dunkin’ Donuts promotes a breakfast sandwich as “The happiest sandwich on Earth.” Through intentional campaigns, marketers have also sought to cultivate happiness. Coca-Cola launched the “Open Happiness” campaign, which recognizes life’s simple pleasures and encourages consumers to take a small break from the day to connect and share happiness with others. BMW developed a “Stories of Joy” global communication campaign that hosts consumer-created videos highlighting the joy of driving. However, happiness is not a product that can be bought; it is a constant choice in choosing to be happy in every circumstance. There are also innumerable attempts and theories in psychology about happiness to explain the nature of reason...
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