Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts

violations affect allows us to see how some countries have better human rights than others. Many of the countries across the world have harsh violations towards LGBT people such as prison and death but on the other hand, other countries have legalized gay marriage in all or most of their states. After seeing other countries…

decision. One thing I stand up for is Gay rights. Gay rights have a lot to do of standing up. There is many people who think gay marriage is wrong and others who think it is wrong in many ways. They all have their reasons. For example, they might be against it because of their religion. Then there is those who think it is alright. I mean I have nothing against gay marriage but my religion does. Religion might be another thing anyone can stand up for. For those who are atheist and the ones who…

The question of whether or not legalizing same-sex marriage causes damage to traditional marriage and society is the center of the debate between Robert P. George, who is against same-sex marriage and Andrew M. Koppelman, who is in support of it. In their written debates, they lay out some interesting observations and claims to support their subservient views. Therefore, I intend to summarize their arguments and follow up further upon the wider question of whether religious morality or any set…

the Bible and Qu’ran, condemn same-sex relationships.The King James Version of the Bible has over 31,000 versus. There are five versus and one passage in the Bible that refers to same sex behavior: 3 in the old testament, 3 in the new. The Qu’ran contains 6,236 versus. There are five versus that are believed to refer to gay relationships. Throughout the different translations of these sacred texts, the meaning of certain versus have changed to focus more on same-sex relationships. In the Bible,…

Gay Marriage?” by Katha Pollitt. Katha Pollitt was for Gay marriage. Pollitt thinks her idea is write because she uses logical things. For instance she says that there still is “ forced marriages, child marriages, marriages predicated on the subjugation of women- gay marriage is like a fairy-tale romance compared with most chapters of the history of wedlock,(Pollitt 460). Pollitt basically says how it is ridiculous how we let these types of marriages but we do not allow people of the same sex to…

“Gay marriage - it's not about two people being gay: it's about two people who love each other and who have decided to commit to each other for the exact same reasons any other couple would get married.” This is a quote by Luke Macfarlane, a Canadian actor. This truly explains what marriage in general is. While being gay can be described as “different,” the love there isn’t. Gay marriage doesn’t break down on what marriage is, the relationships can be as, or even more stable than heterosexual…

kids object to this circumstance so much that they decline to call or visit their parents, speaks to right around a shift of traditional roles. The kids appear to have taken the part of parents who tell their kids that living together or sex outside of marriage isn't right. This falls into the category of the Divine Command Theory (Thiroux & Krasemann, 2015). By dismissing and excluding them, the children have made their parents feel remorseful of the way that they are upbeat and adore each…

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…

With recent events ruling in accepting the gays more with the United States having all their states allow same sex marriage to occur, today’s numbers would be even higher.These percentages would be higher than they would be thousands of years ago and shows how easily people hide their orientation just because religion may have told them not to. Many churches have followed suite in this same idea of allowing christians to be gay but it's still a minority. According to a survey by the Gay church…

Association and Alfred Kinsey. During this time homosexuals were in fear of being imprisoned, psychiatric lockup, losing custody of their children, and losing their job. On December 15, 1950 a Senate report titled "Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government" was passed to Congress saying that it was a security risk to hire homosexuals because they are mentally ill and aren’t emotionally stable.…