Civil union

During the Roman era, there were inflexible rule against adultery, but it was only applicable to sexual intercourse with a married woman. In the early Romanian era, the jus tori belonged to the husband. It was therefore not a crime against the wife for a husband to have sex with a slave or an unmarried woman. In 18 B.C., the Emperor Augustus turned his attention to social problems at Rome. Extravagance and adultery were widespread. Among the upper classes, marriage was increasingly…

In the First Amendment, it states that we should have “freedom of religion.” About a quarter of the U.S. either believes in god, many gods, science or in no god. Many people believe that “God” should be removed from the pledge because it violates the First Amendment and doesn’t allow them to express themselves and believe in their own religion. This begins controversy because they don’t want to do the Pledge of Allegiance or even listen to the National Anthem. They also believe that if it’s…

Every U.S citizen has to follow the law regardless of his or her beliefs. James Higdon is a writer for The Washington Post and has written the article “Kentucky Clerk Ordered to Jail for Refusing to Issue a Gay Marriage License”. The article concerns Kim Davis, a clerk for marriage license and her refusal to adhere to a court order. Higdon has also written many different articles for different companies such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. Higdon wrote “The Cornbread Mafia” which…

"The Transgender Tipping Point", the Trans world was introduced to the society we know today. After one year of the decision from the Supreme Court to allow people to marry who they loved, no matter their sex, transgender people begun to build a civil-rights movement to challenge the long-term norms and beliefs. What were news to me that I learned in the article, there is no concrete correlation between a person's gender identity and sexual interests and many insurance plans have explicit…

Both Supreme Court justice argue in valid points. The world is changing and so does technology and the views of citizens. While making decision justice(s) must think about when was constitution written and how the world have change since then, if not it would be like watching black and white television today. So I support the Justice Breyer approach and court must be guided by the views of the citizens. Just a caution note I’m not trying to say we must ignore the constitution and do what we like…

There is a huge difference between marriage in the modern times and marriage in the traditional society. The advent of modernity has led to several challenges for marriage that were never experienced by couples in the past. The traditional society had well laid out rules on how differences in marriages are to be handled. Similarly, in traditional times life was less demanding and resources to support a family were easily available. The strong social fabric of the traditional society made it…

Abraham Lincoln once said, “Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.” Two-hundred and thirty-nine years ago our Declaration of Independence and our freedom was established, along with these came what are know as the American ideals. These are recognized as equality, rights, liberty, democracy and opportunity. Today there is a constant debate of if whether or not present day Americans live up to those ideals.…

In “Intermarriage and the Social Structure”, Robert K. Merton’s classic theoretical work on mixed marriages, Merton tells us: “No society lacks a system of marriage. In no society is the selection of a marriage partner unregulated and indiscriminate”. Marriage, and the laws regulating it, can be seen as emblematic of a specific lens through which the historian might view certain topics in history such as migration, citizenship and race. While interracial relationships between colonial…

Diversity in practice of a culture: In a similar manner, dating a person within the U.S is a common practice. One might want to imagine that the practice of dating a person is prohibited in Pakistan. This is partially true because more than a decade ago, Pakistan introduced websites for online dating with positive claims that supported the Islamic ideology of marriage. Given that, these dating websites are used as a tool to find a good marriage proposal, it is important to point out how much…

Section One: Myths and Facts “ That's not a valid religion.” “You don't dance or drink, you’re no fun.” “Marriage has problems, why are you so against divorce?” “You don't believe in organ transplants.” These are a few comments and myths a Jehovah witness gets. I got news for you, these are all myths. Jehovah Witness is in fact a religion, they love to dance and drink, they believe divorce should be a last resort, but it's understandable, and if offered an organ transplant they would gladly…