Maryland became the first state to pass a statute banning marriage between same-sex couples on January 1st, 1973. Then, President Bill Clinton signs the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) into law on September 21st, 1996. The DOMA mandates unequal treatment of legally married same-sex couples. 3 years later, California becomes the first state to create a domestic partnership statute, on September 22, 1999 allowing same-sex couples to receive some, but not all, of the protections afforded by marriage
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Do you think same-sex marriage should be legal? Some cons of gay marriage is that it will legalize other marriages. Like, fathers and daughters, people and animals and group marriages. Also, it will raise taxes and people should not have to pay for things they do not believe in. Gay couples cannot have children. They would have to adopt or find a surrogate mother. Children need both a mother and father. A father and mother both play very different roles in a childs life. With same-sex couples it might
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because they are sinning. In my religion, it’s a sin to be married to the same gender. Being gay and married confuses the minds of small children who don’t understand what it means. They will wonder why they have two moms or two dads. Kids could be judged over their parents decisions of being gay and married. The possibility of being bullied because of having the same gender parents is more than when a child has straight parents. This can cause the child to wonder why they were put in that position
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self evident that all men are created equal.” This is one of the most famous quotes from the Declaration of Independence, and sadly, the most untrue. The American Constitution states that everyone deserves the same, equal rights and yet gay people are not allowed to marry. Banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. It is true that it is difficult for everyone to be equal and everyone to be happy about it. If gay marriage was made legal there would be problems arising in the religious community
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Jansen 1 Adoption: Same-Sex Couples Kim Jansen Business and Professional Writing Professor G. Micevski September 29, 2011 Adoption Jansen 2 There is an alarming rate of children in need of homes in the United States. This year 423,773 children are in foster care awaiting homes (Child Welfare Information Gateway 2011). With a number so high, why are we discriminating against same-sex couples adopting? Homosexuals
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influenced the gradual acceptance of gay marriage by showing more homosexual people in media, and also discuss some of the psychological and sociological effects, researched by psychologists, that gay marriage have said to produce in children who live in same sex parental homes. History of Gay Marriage Gay marriage has been a hot button issue in legislation ever since it’s conception. There have been many strides and setbacks for the movement before it was federally recognized as a legal union on June 27
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Social Imagination and Same Sex marriage and society. To me social imagination is the ability to remove yourself from a given situation whether it affects your life or not personally and try to imagine the situation or conflict from a different perspective or more global view. It’s the personal aspect that affects our judgments, opinions and actions in a particular situation. Removal of the personal viewpoint gives us a much fairer and unbiased way to make a decision that is fair. Removing our
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Same Sex -Marriage What comes to one’s mind when he or she hears same-sex marriage? Same sex marriage or gay marriage is the union of two people from the same-sex. In the United States marriage is approved, currently five states have legalized same-sex by vote to the State Legislature. The issue has been controversial, because for many people same-sex-marriage is considered immoral. Most religions see homosexuality as abnormality because of their religious believes. In the article “Gay Marriage
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We are now living in the 21st century. Everything around us is changing. Our society is broader and our global network is smaller than ever. Technology has permitted us the opportunity to become global citizens. Our world has evolved from the days of Abraham and Sarah, of being a patriarchial, agrarian society. We are now a society of consumers and capitalism drives our economy. Everything about our society has changed. Even for some, the definition of marriage, a covenant before God between
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Family Values in Australia Today Introduction When family values are invoked, several questions are raised. Does it belong to the right or to the left, in political terms? What is its history? Christian fundamentalists draw on a very particular reading of the Bible and cultural tradition in the West to display their concept of the 'natural family.' Feminist philosophers analyze the symbolic order of Western metaphysics to explain the society’s conception
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