Essays on Gay Marriage

Gay marriage is a type of union between two love partners who are of the same sex, especially the male gender. In the United States, marriage of the gay is recognized legally by the federal government and some jurisdictions. A total of eight tribal jurisdictions of the Native Americans are known to issue marriage certificates for couples of the same sex. The main problem of sex marriage in the United States is that it faces great opposition from arguments on religious concerns and parenting concerns. They are seen as changes that would affect the definition of marriage by including

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Over the years, same sex marriage has been a controversial issue among various religious groups and governments in various countries. It has resulted in numerous perceptions among different individuals and social groupings. The issue of the same sex marriage can be viewed from different perspectives depending on its basis. Religious leaders, especially Christians, around the world have condemned the act, referring to it as illegal. On the contrary, some religious groups have proposed the idea leading to conflict among different religious leaders and groups. According to the history of marriage and religion, marriage was embraced in religion through the

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Thesis: What are the impacts that can be resulted by gay marriage? Should gay marriages be legalized? What is your opinion on this type of marriage?
Gay marriage is that marriage where two people who are of the same gender get to marry. This type of marriage has both negative and positive effects on the society’s social landscape. This would happen because gar marriage is seen as immoral and a shame to the society. Most children from broken homes greatly engage in these relationships. This is because their parents are a good example to them that relationships of

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There are several things that Kartha Pollit mentioned in her article “What’s Wrong with Gay Marriage?” that answers the question of why people object to same sex marriage. Among these objections is the issue of procreation, the societal behavior of married men versus single men, as well as the argument on the history of heterosexual marriage (549). Pollit had been able to debunk each of those objections with strong arguments.
However the objections previously stated are not what Pollit viewed as the main reason of people’s

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Introduction

Gay marriage is perhaps the most controversial social dilemma. Mention of such issues would certainly stir emotional responses leading to a debate. Despite the long standing debate on this issue, gay marriage remains an unresolved topic that will continually have social, political and psychological implications as it threatens the long-held tradition of marriage along with its naturalistic procreation and parenting principles. Despite the growing support for gay marriage, it is difficult to penetrate the cultural and social institutions that have been structured to support marriage between opposite sex. As observed by Hunter, same-sex marriage will create more questions and

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Introduction

Marriage between two individuals is mostly based on the notion of love. People who like to spend time with their partner often agree to marry because that is the culturally acceptable way of living in most societies. In recent years, there has been a growing trend towards same-sex marriage. However, many societies still don’t accept same-sex marriage because it is unnatural or against law because generally, marriage is linked with producing children. Some people argue that same-sex marriage cannot produce children; it is also argued that same-sex marriage is not allowed in any religion. Apart from these sacred

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Family values are number one in the life of every person. Everyone get married to pursuit his or her happiness. In general successful marriage encourages people to have strong family and improves the quality of living. The definition of a marriage can be quite different depending on religion’s and culture’s believes. Married people consider it as a vital part of their lives. Marriage is much more important and profound than just a legal contract between spouses. We can speak about rich interpersonal relationships between people. Marriage helps to create best environment for children and grow them up

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Same Sex Marriage: A Human Rights Issue

Today, a majority of Americans live in a state where same-sex couples can legally marry. These marriages are recognized by the federal government and granted by 35 states. However, the debate on same-sex marriages rages on. The American reluctance to embrace same-sex marriages is seen as odd by people from other industrialized countries and is a historical anomaly as well. Same-sex unions have been sanctioned by cultures and societies from the ancient Greeks to twentieth-century Native Americans. In A History of Same Sex Marriage (1993), William Eskridge Jr. dissects the American obsession with heterosexual exclusivity of marriage. According to

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In the recent years the growing support for same-sex marriage has been observed ("The changing landscape of same-sex marriage"). The advance in the attitude towards the issue of gay marriage is prescribed to the qualitative changes in the society and results in a stronger legal representation of the matter.
According to the results of different surveys, the support for same-sex marriage has significantly increased ("Growing Support for Gay Marriage: Changed Minds and Changing Demographics"). There are several reasons for that. One of those is the change of generations: nowadays adults are more liberal and accepting; they strongly uphold the

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For the purposes of this reader’s log, I focused on the topic of gay marriage, with the essay “Gay Marriage Should Not Be Legal” by Peter Sprigg. The primary arguments in the essay revolve around the consequences for legalizing gay marriage, which the author believes are largely negative. Despite believing that their arguments are in the right, the article relies upon a number of incredibly broad assumptions about same-sex couples, inherent prejudice and stereotypes against homosexuals, and an openly dim view of their opponents.
The article uses language that is meant to casually dismiss advocates’ benefits as naï

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Marriage is one of the important institutions in society. In fact, marriage in society is central and ubiquitous. It is worth noting that marriage is a platform of various socialization agents in the community. People in society get married regardless of their class, religion, ethnicity, or education. There are various types of marriage in the world today. Gay marriage is a type of marriage that has undergone various changes. Gay marriage refers to the union between two individual who is of the same biological sex or the same gender. Gay marriages are the controversial issues in the world today.

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The debate over the legalization of same-sex marriages in the USA continue for almost thirty years and concern the social institutions as well as government and religious ones. Although the percentage of gay marriage opponents is decreasing every year, the number of states that legalized homosexual marriage reached 32 this year. It means that almost half of the US still does not support same-sex relationships and refuses to provide gay people with the same rights and benefits that the opposite-sex couples have. The legalization of same-sex marriages throughout the country is necessary for the unity of the nation and

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In the modern worldwide society, within the past few years there has been a fierce debate over gay marriage legalization. The opponents of the issue claim that the society is accustomed to the wedding ceremony of men and women, and the love between a man and a man, a woman and a woman is unthinkable and forbidden. However, the concept of same-sex love is now definitely has its place in the world and to deny it is no longer possible. You can only choose or change your perception of the problem and attitude towards it, for the sake of

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Introduction

The debate on the prominent issue of same-sex marriage has been very popular in many societies. With the passage of time, the countries are revising their legal policies, rules and regulations. There are some scenarios where people are demanding more flexible rules in order to satisfy themselves. One of such case is of same-sex marriage. People are insisting their local governments for making the same-sex marriage, which is a marriage between two people who are having same biological sexes. There are many countries that have completely refuted this concept of same-sex marriage. Some examples of these countries are Pakistan,

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The gay community consisting of lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender are a group of supportive individuals, subcultures and organizations that are united by civil rights movements and a common culture. They construct some form of antidote to homophobia, transphobia, heterosexism, sexualism, conformist and biphopia pressures thought to exist within the larger society. Gay marriage therefore refers to marriage between persons of the same sex. Gay marriage began being a subject of political debate in the 1990s when several states begun questioning if their constitution allowed persons of the same sex to get married. This triggered the federal government to

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Discussion

Question 1
The phrase “laboratories of democracy,” remain the most popular and treasured notion in the American politics. The American Supreme court justice Louis Brandeis remains accredited for articulating and coining the phrase in 1932. In a case involving The New State Ice Company versus Liebmann, Justice Louis Brandeis ruled out that a single state may serve as a laboratory of democracy as it may innovate and experiment novel economic and social policies without inflicting fear and risk to the rest of the nation (Ferejohn, 78). In the ruling, Justice Lous Brandeis dissented that a state can serve as

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Abstract

Gay marriage has over recent years become a widely controversial issue in the United States. Many people have increasingly accepted and embraced same-sex marriage across the United States. Despite this increasingly acceptability of gay marriage in the American citizenry, there has been a moral politick posed against the topic to water down efforts to create amicable laws that would legalize gay marriage in the United States. The paper argues that that failure to legalize gay marriage is a violation of the First Amendment, and also has economic and socio-economic impacts on the stability and cohesiveness of the state.

Introduction

Gay

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The question on whether gay marriages should be legalized remains a contentious topic that elicits a heated debate among politicians, religious leaders, and members of the public. The proponents of this motion support their arguments by providing concrete facts; an idea that is heavily condemned by opponents using the strongest term possible. In most nations, gay marriage remains illegal, but other countries have refrained from this tradition and legalized abortion. Six states in American have legalized abortion, but it remains illegal in the some states, while others are in the process of amending their constitution so that to legalize

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Abstract

The practice of the gay marriage has been in existence for many decades. Recently there have been increases in the level of the gay marriage as the result of change in demographic structure. Many same sex couples have lobbied for legalization of the gay marriage. Some states have amended their constitutions in order to accommodate the grievance of the same-sex couples while other states have prohibited the same-sex marriage. Gay marriages have its pro and cons. The pros of gay marriage outweigh the cons hence constitution should be amended to legalize gay marriage

Introduction

Over the past decades there has

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Introduction 1

Recently, the House of Commons in the United Kingdom voted to allow same sex marriage in Wales and England. The bill, known as the Same Sex Couples Bill will now be tabled before the House of Lords, with the hope that it will soon become law. This same year has seen France legalize same-sex marriage amidst various protests and even the committing of suicide of its opponents. It is not only in France, Wales and England that pressure has been mounting to legalize same-sex marriages. In various countries, gay rights activists have continued in their attempts to demand for

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- Romero, S. Brazilian Court Council Removes a Barrier to Same-Sex Marriage, The New York Times, 2013. Web. May 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/world/americas/brazilian-court-council-removes-a-barrier-to-same-sex-marriage.html?_r=0
The article talks about the how National Council of Justice of Brazil has ruled that “notary publics” in Brazil must perform marriages between individuals of the same sex. This is after the legalization of same-sex marriages in Brazil, the largest Latin American country, following the legalization of same-sex marriage by two of Brazil’s neighbors, Argentina and Uruguay. Brazil however, is still largely divided on this issue with several prominent political figures being very vocal about their anti-gay

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Introduction

Marriage between the members of the same sex is called gay or same-sex marriage. Lately the issue of legalizing gay marriage has evoked a lot of controversy. In several jurisdictions in the US, gay marriage has attained legal status. Nine states including Maryland, Maine, Iowa, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Washington have legitimized gay marriage or same-sex marriage. On the other hand, there are 30 states which have prohibited gay marriage in their constitutions and nine others ban it by statute. The question facing us now is, should the US government reverse the marriage laws of

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A question about same-sex marriage is becoming one of the most debated and controversial topics in modern society. More and more countries start to recognize it legally but is it an evidence of freedom and tolerance or decrease of society’s moral values? Same-gender marriage proponents criticize people with different point of view, claiming them as narrow-minded and bigoted, labeling them as “homophobic”. I think that same-sex marriages are unnatural and wrong from the view of morality, ethics, and religion. Let’s see why it is so and what is on this side of the issue.
The institution of

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Marriage has been, is, and expected to be a powerful cultural force all over the world. It is the institution that is appreciated and esteemed in almost every nook and corner of our planet. Thus, marriage is given an important place even in the modernized, contemporary society of the present era. This is the reason why conflicts over whether gay and lesbian marriage are to be recognized are much more enthusiastic and keyed up in the recent years as compared with the times gone by. Same-sex marriage is a reality which cannot

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Introduction

Marriage between the members of the same sex is called gay or same-sex marriage. Lately the issue of legalizing gay marriage has evoked a lot of controversy. In several jurisdictions in the US, gay marriage has attained legal status. Nine states including Maryland, Maine, Iowa, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Washington have legitimized gay marriage or same-sex marriage. On the other hand, there are 30 states which have prohibited gay marriage in their constitutions and nine others ban it by statute. The question that we face now, should the US government reverse the marriage laws of

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Dnes, A. W. (2007). Marriage, cohabitation, and same-sex marriage. The Independent Review, 12(1), 85-99. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/211224618?accountid=45049
In the article Marriage, cohabitation and same-sex marriage, Dnes (2007) claims that people all over the globe are putting much pressure on the issue of same-sex marriage. However, the author seems not to conflict with the issue of same-sex marriage because he goes ahead stating that gay people should be given rights to marry. He asserts that by denying them those rights is similar to ignoring their civil rights since the law recognizes marriage as a legal civil status, thus implying

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Barbara Frankel from Diversity Inc wrote on her blog that “The California appeals court decision striking down Proposition 8 - the ban on the same-sex marriage - is an important legal and moral victory for marriage-equality supporters including several corporations.” Her comments referred to the decision of the CA 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on “Hollingsworth versus Perry” which declared Proposition 8 illegal sending the lawsuit on its way to the California Supreme Court and then all the way the US Supreme Court. Oral arguments for the case were presented at the US Supreme Court two days during the

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Same sex marriage has been a contentious issue in the world today. There have been differing opinions on whether same sex marriages should be legal or not illegal. A case in point being during the last presidential campaign where the incumbent president revealed that he supported gay marriage. Since then, there have been contrasting opinions amongst politicians and citizens on this issue. Currently, only 18 states in the USA have legalized same sex marriage. Psychology enables one to study the opinions and behaviour of different people on gay marriages. The beliefs of different people on same sex marriage in

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Same-sex or gay marriage is one of the more divisive political issues facing the United States today. Like other hot-button issues, everyone seems to have a strong opinion on the matter, often displaying an uncommon unwillingness to budge from their taken philosophical standpoint. This is because the issue of marriage itself is one that elicits strong emotions in people, and many individuals will take a stance based on their emotional reaction to the issue rather than a logical consideration of facts. However, in the most recent decade, public opinion has been slowly moving away from the more conservative policies

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Table of Contents

Introduction
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Man and Woman, Woman and Woman or Man and Man
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Procreation or Not
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Optimum Environment for Children
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Gay Relationships are Moral or Immoral
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Federal Law
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President Obama
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Politicians and Media Figures
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Conclusion
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Work Cited
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Gay Marriage
Introduction
Gay marriage is also known as same sex marriage. Gay marriage is the union between two people with the same biological gender identity or same sex. This marriage is referred to by supporters of gay marriage as marriage equality. Same sex marriage has been opposed in many countries.

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Same-sex marriage is the legal union between people of the same sex. The debate concerning the marriage rights and benefits to gay couples has been intense since early 1970s. In 1996, the then US president Bill Clinton, signed DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) into law (Pinello 12). This Act gives a legal definition of Marriage as a legal union between one woman and one man. However, this enactment gave the definition of marriage for federal law purposes only and gave authority to the states to make their own rulings concerning the matter.

The beginning of the new millennium marked

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This thesis aims to highlight the issue of gay marriage that is now being seen in a positive light. It has readily gained acceptance over so many years. People are beginning to see it as an acceptable reality. The roots of its acceptance are also traced through various countries with so many countries beginning to understand how essential it is to allow man with the freedom of anything.

Gay marriage, also known as same-sex marriage, is a legally or socially recognized marriage between two individuals of the same sex. The growth of gay marriage has spread worldwide and excepted

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Same-Sex Marriage and Discrimination

Battles over civil rights have been fought for centuries in the United States. Slavery, the vote for women, and equal rights for blacks are just a few examples of civil rights issues that citizens fought for and won. One of the big battles being fought state by state today is the conflict over same-sex marriage. While some states have made same-sex marriage legal, other states have outlawed it. People for and against it provide many reasons why it should or should not be legal. In addition to listening to the reasoning of both sides on the issue of same-sex

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Arguably, in the 21st century a lot of changes has taken place, whereby controversial issues develop each an every day. Many, people may argue that the changes taking place could be as a result of technology, degradation of moral values, or lack of norms in society, others, on the other hand, may assert that the changes are inevitable, and nature is just taking its course. Undeniably, the debate on gay marriages has become a contentious and prominent issue in the world. In this case, view differs on whether to legalize or illegalize the issue. The religious groups have held

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Abstract

Modernization seemed to have taken its toll on some people, especially the ones who are particularly against the notion of allowing same-sex relationship and marriage in the society. Based solely on statistical estimation, Barry (9) was able to quantify the percentage of homosexual people on the planet. According to his work, the percentage of homosexual individuals roaming on the planet could be as low as 1% and as high as 20% of the total world population. This means that there should be, at the most, 1 homosexual out of 5 individuals, using the world population as the context in

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Despite a rise in liberal politics in recent years, homophobia is still a big social problem and this is, in part, due to the until-recently disproved view that homosexuality was something that could be ‘cured’ or as having a ‘cause’ (Herek 1). In short, many viewed homosexuality as being a psychological disorder and as with many things in society that do not fit in with the perceived idea of ‘normality,’ homosexuality was stigmatised. However, more and more countries and states are beginning to accept civil rights for homosexuals and ‘gay marriage’ is becoming a

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