Civil union

Marriage which is widely defined as the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship has been an integral part of the world. It has also been channel where individuals come together and legitimately demonstrate and show care and affection towards each other. This has made marriage a form of institution that provides the platform for people to come together for the purpose of love, goals, relationships etc. In his writing on “The…

I'm going to talk about AMERICA’S gift to me because I was born in this great country but i thank the freedom for granted. But people died for me and everyone in this country for the freedom of life I am very lucky to live in this great country a lot of country have no freedom to speak,or our army, and the gays get the right to marry each other. We have the freedom do anything we want that isn't against the law like killing someone or stealing a tv or anything but weI more freedom than…

Marriages today are not your traditional weddings. Over the past 50 years, there have been major changes in marriages. According to Pew Research Center (2010), some people think the present institution of marriage is becoming an obsolete. In other words, marriages are out of date or no longer exist. Traditional marriages use to consist of a men, women, and a child/children whereas now marriages consists of same sex marriages, interracial/interethnic marriages, common law marriages, and/or no…

The laws pertaining to marriage in the legal codes distributed throughout the Old Testament are few and scattered. Most of these laws address issues such as: anathemas pertaining to who to marry, how to determine virginity, the dissolution of marriage, remarriage, childlessness, widowhood, etc. This is unlike the ancient near Eastern codes which tend to discuss matters of legal interest in an orderly manner; thus, the laws of marriage, for most part, are successively arranged in blocks like…

You might have heard of “The War Between the States,” a name for the Civil War some Southerners use instead of the more antiquated “War of Northern Aggression”. The fight over whether or not to legalize same-sex marriage is a different kind of war between the states. This fight is between the states and the national government over who should have the authority to decide if same sex marriages are allowed or banned. When our founding fathers decided to make federalism a founding principle of…

Dear Malcom Turnbull, Australia is a wonderful country because of the freedoms extended to its citizens – We allow people to celebrate their cultures, pray to their gods and express their opinions, but gay people can’t unite and prove their love like any other straight couple… I personally find this outrageous, as a country, the whole 23.13 million of us, we have invested our trust in you to create a successful and overall happy environment to live in. But how can you claim you’re doing us…

Gay marriage should not be legal. There are many reasons why same sex marriage should be deemed not legal. One of the reasons is because same sex couples cannot produce children. The purpose of marriage is to have children and raise them (procon.org) “The movement for polygamy and polygamy is poised to use the successes of same-sex couples as a springboard for further deinstitutionalizing marriage.” This quote from Glen Lavy explains that the legalization of same-sex marriage could lead to…

“Inspired by the example of civil rights activists, it abandoned the accommodationist approach of the 1950s. He discusses Ernestine Eckstein, a black lesbian woman, was involved in the NAACP during college at Indiana University, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in New York City, and the New York chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis, the first national lesbian organization in the United States. While D’Emilio uses Eckstein as an example of the connection between the civil rights movement and…

Victorian England’s morality can be associated with the term prudish. Principles were set in this era which included sexual limitation, harsh conduct and no criminal activity. Social interaction and traditions changed due to the Victorian era’s changed morality. Religion also played a very important role in what is known as the Victorian era moral. If there was one belief that embodied the Victorian era, ten it would be Christian belief. “Victorian” has become associated with a set of values…

The debate on whether to have an arranged marriage or love marriage is making marriage a controversial issue nowadays. Although both are recognized union of a man and a woman as partners in a relationship, the criteria of this unison is different. Some oppose arranged marriages, in which the bride and groom are chosen by their families, arguing that there is lack of love between couple; however, arranged marriages not only cause love to bloom, but it also consider family affairs and has low…