Same-sex marriage in Canada

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…

Marriage has always been between a man and a woman, right? Well, then what happens when you suddenly change the definition and turn it into a “loving, romantic union between committed adults?” (Vogt). It doesn’t work like that. It confuses society and children. What then, is to stand in the way of those who want to make polygamous or incestuous relationships legal? In several countries, “three-way relationships were…granted the full rights of marriage” after same-sex marriage was legalized in…

Should Gay Marriage be Legalized? Over the past few years the issue of same-sex or gay marriages have been debated by many people and has quickly become one of the most controversial issues that there are today. The question has been asked any times now, “should gay marriage be legalized”? The majority of Americans now days are all for legalizing gay marriage, with most of them saying that “everyone should have their rights and be able to do what they want”, or that we are “discriminating”…

Several states, including Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee, banned or refused to recognize same-sex marriages that occurred in states where it was legal. Same sex couples from those states turned to suing their respective local agencies on the matter. Plaintiffs in each case argued that the ban failed to uphold the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. One group also brought claims of the ban going against the Civil Rights Act. In all the cases…

it against all odds to make it to the top. After making it to the top, you do not have to rest but you can as well take it upon yourself to make a great impact on that which you've left behind you Stephen Joseph Harper brought about change all over Canada especially those districts and provinces he represented during his tenure in politics. Stephen Harper turned out to be a prominent and well respected member of the Reform Party. He proved to be very active when it came to constitutional…

Gay marriage is no longer a new phenomena around the nation. Same sex marriages have existed in some way or another around 600 years ago. According to Tulchin (2007) gay activists have been fighting and striving since the early 1960’s to be granted the right to marry. However, only in 1990s the issue of same sex marriages arose when three same sex couples filed for a lawsuit against the Hawaii state for prohibiting gay marriages in US. According to Bower (2010), the case was concluded by…

issue when legalising same-sex marriage? The issue is the government. The public although divided on the topic, have a majority of supporting votes. Currently in Australia the legal definition of marriage is “the union of a man and a woman to the exclusions of all other, voluntarily entered into for life.” This needs to change to allow equal rights to all Australians regarding marriage. Individuals that have a vested interest in the issue and the outcomes of same-sex marriage are called…

Overview Same-sex marriage is a highly controversial topic of discussion spreading from communities to parliaments and governments, and has become increasingly recognised all around the world over the past few years. Since 2001, many countries have passed bills to legalise same sex unions and provide them with equal rights, and then years later have fully legalised gay marriage, the first being The Netherlands (2001), however Australia is not one of those countries. Gay marriage and obtaining…

post-traumatic stress disorder, compared to heterosexual individuals. Furthermore, Statistics Canada’s 2010 police-reported hate crime data confirms that violence against the LGBTQ community continues to be the most severe of all forms of hate crime in Canada. Moreover, LGBTQ bullying occurs extremely frequently in school, especially during the years of secondary education. In fact, according to a 2011 study conducted by The Frances McClelland Institute, 90% LGBTQ students report hearing the…

Although the marriage lacks a universal definition but marriage has always been defined traditionally and historically as a union of a ‘man’ and ‘woman’ to fulfill the purpose of procreation. Almost all definitions of marriage have one common thing that is the union between ‘a man and woman’. This is the reason that the unions between two men or two women have not been considered marriage in history. The same sex marriages involve a committed relationship and sharing of responsibilities and…