Heterosexism

A Man and A Woman My family practices Catholicism, we believe that God put a man and a woman on the earth for a reason. I believe this is so they can love one another and repopulate the world, like Jesus wanted us to. Since everybody dies, we need to create new bodies so we can live in the world for until Jesus comes again to save us. Same-sex marriage is becoming more and more popular in our twisted world. This is not how God wanted us to live and people just do not care about that. A…

In "When Freedoms Collide" George writes about Elane Photography, in specific the horrid files of discrimination and law suits thrown at the owners: Elane Huguenin and her husband. It all began when Elane was contacted by a women named Vanessa Willock who asked to hire Elane Photography for her same gender commitment ceremony. Elane simply rejected because of religious reasons. After Willock got a response from Elane stating she does not photograph same sex marriage, her partner decided to also…

Sexual Orientation and Inequality Out of all of the social problems in America, inequality based on sexual orientation has been one of the most talked about issues in quite a few years. Americans have been forced to gradually accept homosexuals due to the supreme court’s ruling on gay marriage. However, the struggles and issues that LGBTQ(XZ) people face are far from solved. People still discriminate against people in the LGBTQ(XZ) people are a part of our country whether everyone likes it or…

Gay marriage has problems with being accepted in today's society. Even though it is legal for gays to get married, people still do not accept it. When people think of marriage they normally think of one man and one woman. But in some cases it is two men or two women getting married together. Religious families believe that gays will go to hell and straight people will go to heaven. People should not judge others because of their sexual orientation. Gay marriage should be more accepted. After…

Sikhism is a Religion of uniqueness. It has beliefs from two other religions; Hinduism and Islam(Borak 53). This religion is very scarce in the United States. However, the main area for Sikhs is in the Northwest India (Borak 53). Sikhs has a very rare formation. However, this religion is a mixture of two religions, known as Hinduism and Islam. Therefore, this joining together is known as syncretism (Hopfe188). The Hindus and Islam began to mix and some thoughts of joining the two together. Not…

In Chavez’s essay, “The Case for (Gay) Marriage”, he takes on a persuasive tone to be able to achieve his goal of getting the audience to view issues in his perspective. The issue that is presented at hand is the very controversial topic of gay marriage and Chavez effectively attempts to get the audience on his side—he manages to do so by using the three rhetorical appeals of logos, pathos, and ethos. From the very beginning, Chavez strikes his audience with the appeal of pathos. To be able to…

Gay Marriage and Equality Gay marriage, these two words can make people go from being completely civilized, to arguing like crazy. This is a very sensitive topic for many people, and I honestly don't know why it has to be. I am fully supportive of the gay marriage law and rights. I think that through the years we have had this image of what a perfect society is supposed to be like. Trying to make the perfect society has ruined us we no longer accept people for they are, we only accept people…

To “persevere” is a good thing, right? Kids persevere through school, struggling families persevere through challenging times, and injured people persevere through the pain to live to tell the story. We never think of the bad things persevering, but they do. Traditions of hate and segregation and homophobia hang on for life. Though we have proven that love is stronger than hate numerous times, other hateful traditions are lingering under our noses, waiting to be sniffed out. One being the…

People in this time period were living in an era were homosexual sex was illegal in every state except Illinois. Homosexuals were discriminated against homosexual sex was punishable by prison. Within Greenwich Village is the Stonewall Inn which was a common area for homosexuals to hangout and drink. In the 1960's, New York created police vice squads that's purpose was to raid gay bars and baths. They began using decoys to solicit and entrap gays. By 1966 over 100 men a week were arrested as…

In both the interview with Rick Santorum and the interview with Jonathan Rauch, the arguments around same-sex marriage are based upon what marriage is biblically, societally, and how it relates to the community. Santorum carefully states that the impacts of same-sex marriage are unknown while Rauch claims that all marriage is beneficial. Lately, marriage is supposed to be emotional, romantic, and based on love and dedication to each other. However, the marriage culture’s foundation of…