Essays on Gay Marriages

Question 1

Civil and human rights involve many dynamics. They are also a question of evolving law. Although the declaration of human rights is categorized on the scope of human entitlements, it nonetheless leaves out important information on the modalities of implementation. This fact imputes much controversy. As a growing area of law, related events are important mileage in clearing certain uncertainties. The Supreme Court decision of the year 2008 in the district of Colombia and Heller is an important event on human rights. The case involved the interpretation of the second amendment of the US constitution. The amendment recognized in ...

Traditionalists are rather unwelcoming to the idea of same-sex marriages because it is deemed wrong for several reasons. First, there are raised religious issues that it has been forbidden by almost all the faith systems to carry out establishments of such sort of relationships; then there are raised social issues that question the effect of such actions on the wider society in the matter of shamefulness and the upbringing of children. Gay marriages have therefore been under the clouds with a lot of objection on its legitimacy. It is, however, worth noticing that there are more and more cases ...

Gay Marriage and Three Sociological Perspectives

Some people living in the society are in the favor of gay marriages, while some people are against gay marriage as they consider that such types of marriages exert negative influence on the society. People do not like concept of gay marriage because it paves the way to reduction and corroding of traditional marriages between a male and a female, and is also against the religious values and reasons. But, some people are of the view that gay marriages should be promoted as gays also have the right of getting married, and gay people committing marriages are significantly contributing ...

Chapter 1

Culture War? The book, Culture War?: The Myth of a Polarized America sought to demystify the notion that America is a polarized country, divided into half by two different ideological factions. In the first Chapter of this book, Fiorina et al laid the foundation of the culture war narrative by referring to pronouncements by Pat Buchanan that there was a culture war for the soul of America as well as Pew Research’s observation that the red States could only get redder while the blue States were getting bluer. To counter this position, the authors indicate that such a ...

Introduction

Gay marriages have been a controversial issue in the recent past. Quite interestingly, it has received mixed reactions from different people of different nations, religions, and cultures. It is essentially a marriage between individuals of the same sex (ProCon.org, 2016). This is a contradiction of many religious and cultural beliefs since traditionally, marriage is meant to be between people of different genders. On the contrary, times have changed, and people have been brought up under different circumstances. Some people have an attraction towards people of the same sex, and this has led to same-sex marriages. The differences in opinions ...

The responsibility of fighting against same-sex marriage rests with all and sundry. Gay marriages not only have lasting consequences to the parties advocating for it but also to their communities, nations of their residence and the entire world. For instance, gay men are at a high risk of contracting sexually transmitted ailments since they have a firm belief that such diseases are no longer life-threatening. Additionally, homosexuality can lead to a decrease in the birth rates in a given society while any typical country requires a stable human population base to function properly. In other words, by legalizing same-sex ...

The question of legalizing gay marriage is actual and affects almost all world countries. It is the part of discrimination against sexual minorities, which has been taking place in our world for a very long time. The issue is controversial, and it is argued on civil as well as political levels. There are many supporters and opponents among stars, political leaders, public figures and citizens of world’s countries. While some states have already legalized same-sex marriages and support gay people’s rights actively, there still are plenty of countries, where the conditions for them are unfavorable. Although the ...

A review of the literature provided reveals that Senegal has been experiencing a rise in cases related to prostitution and homosexuality. Mills (2) argues that the men who practice homosexuality are nicknamed góor-jigéen in Senegal. The term góor-jigéen is loosely translated to mean man-woman. These assertions are supported by Cohen (276) who asserts that the numbers of men who dress like women have been on the rise. According to Cohen (276), men who dress like women are called jankhas. Judging from the assertions and examples given by these two authors, I concur with them. From ...

Gay marriage

Introduction My position about the issue of marriage has been the following: marriage is a scared covenant between a man and a woman. This union is by nature ordered towards procreation and advancement of the human race in the world. My position would be against gay marriage. First reason. Denying gay persons, the right to get married may be considered as discrimination and treatment of people as second class citizens. This particular view is interesting as it introduces the concept of discrimination and the notion of some people being considered as second class citizen. The issue of discrimination is ...

Gender Roles in the Same Sex-Marriage

Introduction The issue of same-sex parenting is has been hotly debated and subjected to different views. Some people argue that partners in same-sex marriages should be allowed to raise children while others are of the contrary opinion. Nevertheless, it is now clear that the issue of same-sex parenting tends to move from the obscured fringes to what seems like the rolling center of the family-policy debate (Meezan & Rauch, 2005). The issues surrounding parent-child relationships in same-sex marriages are many. Ranging from the identity of the children to the division of gender roles, the same-sex parents tend to face challenges ...