American Civil Liberties Union

cultural group many things can differ, but for the most part they are just like any other American relationship. While same sex marriage has just recently been legalized in all 50 states, it is still frowned upon by many religious members, older generations, and those who strictly believe that marriage is intended for a man and woman. Dating customs and marriage would be the same as any other couple in American culture and getting married would require the same legal documentation as that of a…

In the book “Virtually Normal” by Andrew Sullivan published by Vintage Books, Sullivan talk about different political parties and their views on homosexuality. Andrew is in no means justifying the views of homosexuality in terms of political viewpoints, in fact, he himself is a gay man.This book shows the political views of prohibitionists, liberationists, conservatives, and liberals. Prohibitionists believe that homosexuality does not exist, Liberationists believe that homosexuals should be…

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…

quotes that “An atheist high school student” was forced to stand for the “Pledge of Allegiance against his will” and was “a mistake rooted in ignorance” of his “1st Amendment protections.” (Rocha) In an article, “Atheist Poll Claims Over a Third of Americans Want 'Under God' Removed From Pledge of Allegiance”, “21.4 percent of Christian respondents, 40.9 percent of respondents professing different faiths, and 62.7 percent of those professing no religious affiliation supported removal”…

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…

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. Present day Americans do live up to the ideals of our founding fathers in all five…

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…