Same-sex marriage in Canada

Families and Marriages? No Marriages and Increasing Adoption More Americans are shunning marriages as they pursue career and educational advancements. This reality is reflected by the age at which individuals are marrying. Census data suggests that in 2013 the average age at which men and women were getting married was 29 and 26.2 respectively. This is a rise from the 1970 figures which stood at 23.2 and 20.8 in 1970 for men and women respectively (Babay, 2013). The institution of marriage has…

‘for’ gay marriage and parenting will possibly disagree and point out that a homosexual couples does not necessarily need to have children or the case that children will not be affected with same sex parents. As for the argument ‘against' this topic, that is not necessarily the case. In order to build upon this idea of children having both a mother and a father figure as apart of their lives, Jane Edwards’s article builds on Rod Benson’s claims in relation to arguments against same sex marriage…

hetersexual couples. Gender should not be covered by marriage law, as the constitution protects US citizens from gender discrimination. While love is blind, justice should be blindfolded to gender. Since legal marriage is a creation of the state, same-sex marriage should fall under the same guidelines of non-discrimination that the state holds for all other circumstances (Baird…

Obergefell v Hodges Winning side: The petitioners was two gay men whose same-sex partner had died along with other court cases that brought their cases to their respective District Courts that were challenging the denial of their right to marry or to have the right to have their marriages performed out of the state they reside in (Obergefell et al. v. Hodges). Each petitioner sought certiorari, which is the review of the decision the Court of Appeals have made. The petitioners argued that the…

I believe that regardless of gender people should be allowed the right of marriage. Now that’s just my personal opinion but others in the state of Texas are mostly conservative I was surprised to see that the polls for same-sex marriage and against sex-marriage were practically split fifty-fifty. “Texas voters are split on whether gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry” and so as I looked at the polls I realized that the way things were before as in the way people think is starting to…

lost, and now they lost in the battle of prohibiting same-sex couple marriage too. The world always in the motion of changing, and no ideas or beliefs can last forever. Soon or later they would fall and crumble just like the Berlin Wall, which was once stood high and mighty. Gay people have been oppressed for generations and it cannot stay the same any longer. Especially not in America, this is a land of freedom. It is a good thing that same sexes couples are allowed to get married because they…

Olsen, editor for The Wall Street Journal, is about how gays and lesbians deserves equal rights like everyone one else and to stop discrimination in all of the states. In his article he stated "... Withholding marriage causes infinite and permanent stigma, pain and isolation" (Olsen Para. 11). It is possible to feel isolated from society when you 're not allowed to marry but other heterosexual couples can. Denying gay couples their rights to marry denies their…

which is not supported or encouraged by the law rests in a kind of limbo, outside of what is legitimate or illegitimate. Same-sex marriage embodies this experience. That the law continues to endorse heterosexual marriage and, by implication, discourage homosexual marriage means that…

Civil unions and Same-Sex Marriages God created man and woman to join in union to have and to hold, for rich or poor, through sickness and health. As man and woman join union, than they are to procreate and have children. This has been was the Lord’s way, since the creation of time until the 1960’s. However, there are some that have sexual attraction for man to man, woman to woman, and to both. Like man and woman these couples long for each and eventually fall in love to plan to be together…

All throughout time, gay and lesbian individuals have been denied certain rights for many reasons. Whether the issue be with same sex marriage, adoption by same sex couples, or gay and lesbian groups in school, these issues need to be addressed. Many of them, in recent times, have been addressed, and rights like gay marriage have been legalized. However, even though many matters involving gay rights have been legalized, they have not been accepted by society today. Book: Gay Rights- Kafka…