Same-sex marriage in the United States

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…

The law, as constructed by the state, creates a system of rules that we recognise instinctively as regulating our behaviour and defining what is right and what is wrong. The law is not necessarily linked with equity, yet in general society tends to view what is legal as that which is moral, decent and legitimate. Law regulates individual behaviours and identities by encouraging us to manage ourselves and to live our lives in particular ways (Stychin 2003, 4). That which is not supported or…

Unfortunately, the same environment that these children grow up in will be similar to the ones that children in the same sex marriages will experience. A child whose parents are in a same sex marriage will at all times not have the privilege of growing up with either his natural father or mother. The child will be raised by one half of the marriage institution who has no blood connection with him in any way and in the process will be deprived of a father or mother figure. Therefore, same sex…

twelve or thirteen years old, when people were starting to protest for or against legalized gay marriage in the state of California. It was then that my parents explained to me what this was and how it was against the Bible. I then went on to do my own studying to see where I stood on the issue. I agreed with my parents that this was unbiblical and that I disagreed with the relationship between same sex people. However, I have come in contact with gay and lesbian people, and I do not…

been about whether same-sex couples who love one another should have the right to marry as heterosexual couples. Those who are for same-sex marriages argue that same-sex couples should have a right to marry as heterosexual couples. They argue gays as individuals will be better off because marriage has not improved and women may be worse off. For this reason they say same-sex marriage will benefit gay individuals. They also argue gay couples will be better off because marriage entails that…

not believing in homosexual. Communities support gay’s rights with parade, there are growing rates of same sex marriages and in the future that number goes up even more. Talking to a co-worker about same sex marriages, in the future nothing changes but only positive and not negative towards gay rights. Politicians can change their minds when coming to the office and want change same sex marriages due to their own believe or due to the numbers that affect gay rights. Even now, there is a…

legislation regarding marriage has changed due to the constitutional referendum held on the 22nd of May 2015 which is now inclusive of same-sex couples. This social revolution circulated international news and found its way on…

hot topic I will be summarizing is the same-sex marriage. This video talks about two lawyers that once went against each other in the case of Bush v. Al Gore. Now there teaming up together to get same-sex marriage approved. This issue was brought up when California had passed the same-sex marriage bill. Certain people were not happy with it and sadly proposition 8 was formed. What proposition 8 is that it eliminated all same-sex couple marriage in the state of California. There was no live…

Punished for Studying “They were remarkable, he said -- as sober as judges,” (Martin 70). These extraordinary sit-ins were to achieve rights for colored people who suffered atrociously. Can you imagine sitting at a diner counter with someone you love and knowing you might get beat to death? In the short story, “The Welcome Table” by Lee Martin from his collection, The Least You Need to Know, explains a seventeen year old boy experiencing this first hand, by displaying the atrocious acts on…

couple can reproduce the same way a heterosexual couple can, but that still doesn’t make it right. Many people believe that a child is better raise with a homosexual couple but sometimes is not always like that. In the book Thematic Reader, Sullivan says “since there’s no reason gays should not be allowed to adopt or be foster parents, it could also help nurture…