Same Sex Marriage Should not be Legalized Essay

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    Jeannette Shackelford Duane Watson Engle 15 April 2015 Down Hill Slop for Gay Marriage Since the 1980?s gay has fought for the right to marry, according to research. In the year of 2012, it won its case. This allows some states to marry the same sex. But what is not taken into the account, was the children. Children have to in doer so many problems at dealing with being bullied. Having parents of the same sex will put them in more danger. One they are granted to be bullied at school.…

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    married. Homosexual marriage is a relationship of two people of the same sexuality being married. In my opinion, everyone should be given the option to marry whoever they want. Happiness is the most important thing of all. Despite knowing better, denying homosexuals the right to marry is discrimination, unconstitutional, and will cause homosexuals stress Denying homosexuals the right to marry is discrimination, unconstitutional…

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    the Supreme Court gave same-sex couples the right to marry anywhere in the United-states. Now it is 2016, same-sex marriage is legal throughout the entire United States, and things are only going to get better from here on out. In order to understand why the legalization of gay marriage is so important, there has to be a comprehension of the reasoning that people were, and some still are, against it in the first place. Reasons…

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    of whether same sex marriage should continue to be valid or recognized in California. A yes vote on this measure means that citizens are against recognizing same sex marriage in California. The yes ad on proposition 8 portrays the idea of recognizing same sex marriage as something that will cause multiple consequences such as impacting churches, children, adoption, etc. The participants of the ad use strong vocabulary to show that same sex marriage should not continue to be legalized and that it…

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    is a great year of marriage equality because that same-sex marriage has become legal nationwide in the U.S. On June 26, state-level bans of same-sex marriage were judged as violating the Equal Protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by the United State Supreme Court. On the other words, same-sex couples got the legally protected right of getting married as well as what different-sex couples have in the U.S from that time on. Traditionally, marriage is a matter of…

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    Supreme Court in the case Obergefell v. Hodges, the court heard a case in which the plaintiffs argued that a ban on same sex marriage violated certain provisions of the 14th Amendment. The plaintiffs specifically argued that the ban violated the concept of protection of liberty. The court ruled in a 5-4 decision that same-sex marriage is legal across all 50 states because they view marriage as a union of two people and not solely as a union of a man and a woman. Although it was a 5-4 decision…

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    Marriage has been around for thousands of years, and will be around for a thousand more. However, in the past decade, a new topic concerning marriage has surfaced. Specifically, gay marriage. Marriage between same sex couples is something one hears often in this day and age. There are usually two sides: those who oppose, and those who support gay marriage. Two authors, Katha Pollitt, and Charles Colson, bring up the argument with points for and against gay marriage. Gay marriage should be…

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    There is a question that has been circulating around the desks of politicians and judges for many years now, whether or not marriage should be limited to a man and woman or include those considered to be “gay”. In almost every major religion in the world the practice of being homosexual is a sin or blasphemous within itself. However, in the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the US Constitution is states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion” essentially…

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    Sixteen states ban same-sex marriage, some by constitutional amendment,some by law,and the majority by both. In 1970,in the state of Minnesota, Jack Baker and Michael McConnell were the first same-sex couple in the United States to ever be denied the right to obtain marriage. Today,the two men are still together and are still planning to their marriage granted and tie the knot. Same-sex marriage is legal in thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia. It is banned in the other seven…

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    because they are just no different from the straight soldiers. In the United States there are a plethora of single parent households that support their children without a significant other in their life. Marriage is about having an intimate bond between two people not about having children. Same-sex marriage is a couples right and needs to be accepted. Gay and lesbian couples are more likely to stay together because they have fought for their relationships to be recognized. In the eyes of some,…

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