Jack Price, forty-nine years old, was viciously beaten by two New York men. These men held a strong hatred towards Price even though he was a complete stranger to them. The affects of the beating on Price were tremendous: a broken jaw, several broken ribs, two collapsed lungs, and a lacerated spleen. “What was the reason for these two men attacking an unknown man on the streets of New York,” one might ask? Well, Price was openly gay. Falling in love is not something that one can make happen, it just does. Imagine meeting a soul mate after years of searching and wanting to get married, but the law makes it a possibility for that marriage to ever occur. This feeling has been the center of many same-sex couples’s lives ever since our country
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According to Jeffrey M. Jones, 81% of people with no religious affiliation support same-sex marriage, and only 48% of Catholics are supportive of same-sex marriages. The very first amendment of the United States Bill of Rights states that each individual has religious freedom, and anyone who lacks it shall be protected. Claiming that homosexuals should not be allowed to have a legal marriage because it may offend people who’s religion goes against it is unconstitutional. The immorality of states making laws against same-sex marriages simply because some religions consider it to be a sin is astounding. All religions have different beliefs. The difference in everyone’s beliefs is the reasoning behind why the United States has a separation of church and state. For example, if a law was passed forcing all citizens to celebrate the Catholic tradition, Lent, any religion that is not closely related to Catholicism would be angered. Marriage applies the same way. Not everyone should have to be married to the opposite sex if that is not how they wish to live their own life. No one should be forced to behave a certain way because all people have different …show more content…
According to the Family Research Council, it is important for a child to have both a mother and father figure. “Mothers excel in providing children with emotional security and in reading the physical and emotional cues of infants….[and] fathers excel in reducing antisocial behavior and delinquency in boys and sexual activity in girls.” The affects both parents have on their child are unique, but homosexuals are just as capable of raising a child as a typical married couple. Assumptions should not hold any weight when determining the laws of the land. http://news.discovery.com/human/genetics/parents-gender-children.htm Discovery News has found through research and studies that homosexual couples are just as capable of raising a child as heterosexual couples. In fact, it has been found that homosexual parents raise children with greater self-esteem and not as many behavioral
According to Jeffrey M. Jones, 81% of people with no religious affiliation support same-sex marriage, and only 48% of Catholics are supportive of same-sex marriages. The very first amendment of the United States Bill of Rights states that each individual has religious freedom, and anyone who lacks it shall be protected. Claiming that homosexuals should not be allowed to have a legal marriage because it may offend people who’s religion goes against it is unconstitutional. The immorality of states making laws against same-sex marriages simply because some religions consider it to be a sin is astounding. All religions have different beliefs. The difference in everyone’s beliefs is the reasoning behind why the United States has a separation of church and state. For example, if a law was passed forcing all citizens to celebrate the Catholic tradition, Lent, any religion that is not closely related to Catholicism would be angered. Marriage applies the same way. Not everyone should have to be married to the opposite sex if that is not how they wish to live their own life. No one should be forced to behave a certain way because all people have different …show more content…
According to the Family Research Council, it is important for a child to have both a mother and father figure. “Mothers excel in providing children with emotional security and in reading the physical and emotional cues of infants….[and] fathers excel in reducing antisocial behavior and delinquency in boys and sexual activity in girls.” The affects both parents have on their child are unique, but homosexuals are just as capable of raising a child as a typical married couple. Assumptions should not hold any weight when determining the laws of the land. http://news.discovery.com/human/genetics/parents-gender-children.htm Discovery News has found through research and studies that homosexual couples are just as capable of raising a child as heterosexual couples. In fact, it has been found that homosexual parents raise children with greater self-esteem and not as many behavioral