Sex and the law

Should the names of registered sex offenders be available to the public? By: Kaalynn Jackson On May 20, 2010, Governor Perdue signed into law House Bill 571. It made important changes to Georgia’s sex offender registry laws. Employment and residence restrictions were reduced. The restrictions that apply to a person is now based on the restrictions which were in place in the law at the time of the offense conduct. If the offense conduct occurred prior to June 4, 2003, the employment and…

trafficking as: (1) sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained 18 years of age…” (p. 134). This is a pretty self-explanatory definition; it appears to easily identify what a victim of sex trafficking is, however, sex trafficking can be extremely difficult to recognize due to the victim often times being mistaken for a prostitute that has willingly entered into the sex trade. In this…

across the globe. Between 60,000 and 80,000 sex workers are prosecuted each year in the United States. In much of the world, selling one’s body for sex is against the law but for over fifty countries like New Zealand and the Netherlands, prostitution is legal and is regulated by the government. These countries verify through statistics that decriminalizing the act of prostitution creates a much better environment for sex workers who are protected under labor laws, resulting in reduced violence,…

Same-sex marriages has been an acceptable practice since 2001 when Netherlands and although not very well known it has been an accepted practice in a few U.S. states as early as 1975 when a Boulder, Colorado clerk issued a marriage license to a same-sex couple (Lahey & Anderson, 2004). It is a well-known and accepted fact that marriage for centuries have been defined as being between a man and a woman; however, over the years same-sex couples have fought diligently to receive the same legal…

changed the law regarding “minorities”. The practice of civil disobedience has helped improve laws to make them fair to all, this is due to it being started by “the people” who feel that the current laws in place, put in by the government or those in power are wrong, misconstructed as well as out of line, and must be changed. John Locke believed that the law was a reflection of the people, and that the government must insure life,liberty and property to all persons. Throughout history the law…

USA In 2003, Lawrence v. Texas landmark case struck down statewide laws against sodomey making it legal to be gay in all fifty states. In 2015, gay marriage and same sex adoption was made legal across all fifty states. “Don 't ask, don’t tell” was repealed in 2011 making it legal to openly serve in the military. America is funny in the sense that every state has its own laws for discrimination based on sexual orientation varies from state to state, some things are protected in some states and…

Marriage law in Australia does not legally recognise same-sex marriage, and therefore, does not uphold society’s values and expectations. The phenomenon of same-sex marriage is gaining more popularity every day as society strives for equality for all individuals. The matter has already been enacted in many jurisdictions around the world. However, the Australian legal system remains reluctant in regulating same-sex relationships into marriages. Although this may be true, there has been recent…

should give service to same sex couples. There has been an incident where a private owned cake business refused to bake a cake for a same sex couple. Another incident that has occurred is a woman refusing to give a same sex couple a marriage certificate. Accepting same sex couples allows religious groups to follow Jesus’s teaching, to avoid discrimination, and to follow the law. In many religions such as Mormonism, Christianity, and Judaism homosexuality (or same sex couples) are prohibited.…

In 2001, the Netherlands was the first to call a same-sex nuptial "marriage." Many people refuted the concept of same sex marriage, as it was a complete culture shock and taboo of that time. At this time, no man could have seen such an epidemic to come. From 2001 to 2015, we have gone from a single case in the Netherlands to seventeen states in the U.S allowing some form of same-sex marriage acceptance. Now, homosexuality and LGBT acceptance is a worldwide phenomenon and has been brought to…

Same-Sex Marriage in New York "Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law" ("Boethius"), a quote stated by a Roman philosopher Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius in 524 (Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius - Biography). Obviously, laws have nothing to do to interfere the love in theory; however, as the discrimination that homosexual people receive for a long period, people in New York has to fight for their equal right to have the law and live under the…