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    and do not pass the law for same sex marriage. According to a “November 2012 survey by LifeWay, only 37 percent of adults in the United States affirmed traditional teachings that homosexual behavior is sinful” (Mattingly, 2013, p.1). Moral of homosexuality is not changing just becoming more acceptable in today’s society. Some people have a religion and some don’t to why people form their own opinion about…

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    Homosexuality was a crime for most of the United States history. As early as the 20th-century people were working discreetly until the Stonewall riots of 1969 for the acceptance of people who are gay in society. The Stonewall Riots were a major turning point for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community. It was beginning of societal awareness of the persecution and needed rights of the LGBT community. This seminal conflict eventually led to increased social acceptance and legal…

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    Deprivation Homosexuality is a combination of two words homo and sex, which means having sex or a relationship with the same sex. It is one of the most debatable topics between two kinds of thoughts. The first one, which is against homosexuality, takes religions as a leader of fighting against homosexuality, and the second one that defends it. So, it seems like a fighting between religious and non-religious people. In addition, some of the people agree with killing, persecuting homosexuals, and…

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    Homosexuality: Cultural Relativism Introduction: What is Homosexual? There is no precise definition of homosexuality .The phenomenon of ‘Homosexuality’ also called as same-sex attraction means that men are sexually or emotionally attracted to men, women are sexually and emotionally attracted to women. According to Lawrence J. Hatter, author of ‘Changing Homosexuality in the Male’ has given this definition: "One who is motivated, in adult life, by a definite preferential erotic attraction to…

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    of heterosexuality and homosexuality from an essentialist or social constructionist view is a topic that can be covered over the span of numerous textbooks; therefore, for the sake of this argument, sexuality…

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    Analyse the attitudes and perceptions of the US government and Australian government towards homosexuality in the 20th century and the policies that instigated Throughout the twentieth century homosexuals were persecuted for their sexual attraction to the same gender. Homosexuals constantly endured physical, verbal and cognitive harassment from the government which furthered the social harassment. The government implemented many methods to ostracize homosexuals from being a part of society,…

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    coupled with changing social norms and the development of a politically active gay community in the United States, led the Board of Directors of the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)” (Herek). For over forty years homosexuality has not been categorized as a disorder, and the APA had gathered quite a bit of data from different data, scientists, and studies they did not take this lightly. Confronted with…

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    Marriage Equality is A Pursuit of Happiness It started with a call in the office. The caller told them that their partner was in the hospital in a grave condition. Anxiety whelmed and the worried partner left their home to see the other. When he arrived at the hospital several nurses asked who he was and what relationship he had with the endangered partner. Letting the nurses know who he was and his relationship to the patient the nurses frowned, and told him that he could visit at another time…

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    Homosexuality Tanzania remains to be a nation dwelling on ideals of the past; male dominated societies, women forced into early marriages, and grand families. Homosexuality, rather the negative perception towards it is another example of that. Although it has always been a subject that has been looked down on by in many communities, the Tanzanian government recently made an approach to eradicate the practice as a whole. Homosexual acts have been sanctioned illegal, and anyone who is in contact,…

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    Andrew Beckett is a creative, self-assured intelligent law graduate from the university Penn. He is on his way to senior partnership at his huge law firm. But he 's hiding a private secret from his high esteemed employers, he 's been diagnosed with AIDS. When he gets terminated while being infected with AIDS he decides to file a lawsuit at his company. He is shown as kindhearted and cares deeply for his very lovely family who are very supportive during the entire length of the case. He plans…

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