Sex and the law

been several laws passed on both sides, the LGBT community and the…

any other job. For years now, sex works have been looked down on by society and told that they're not respecting themselves enough. They've been subject to physical and sexual assault and there's been plenty of unsolved cases and cases that were never opened simply because law enforcement didn't want to waste their time on it. Prostitution needs to and should be decriminalized because sex workers deserve the same rights and protection as…

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in the case Obergefell v. Hodges, the court heard a case in which the plaintiffs argued that a ban on same sex marriage violated certain provisions of the 14th Amendment. The plaintiffs specifically argued that the ban violated the concept of protection of liberty. The court ruled in a 5-4 decision that same-sex marriage is legal across all 50 states because they view marriage as a union of two people and not solely as a union of a man and a woman. Although…

allowing same-sex couples to marry in all fifty states; however, there’s still a long way to go for LGBT equality. One struggle same-sex couples face today is adoption. Since same-sex couples cannot conceive on their own, many couples look to adoption to create families, which is no easy task. When trying to adopt in the United States, same-sex couples face prejudice and legal barriers in the court system based only on their sexual orientations (Brown 17). It’s unfair for states to stop same-sex…

There are many dangers today dealing with sex offenders, and why the law should not change. Sex offenders are people that abuse someone else sexually which causes harm physically or emotionally to the victim. Sex offenders are more than likely to have reoccurring sexual abuse acts. Victims should not have to live in fear every day because their accused abuser is walking freely. Sex offenders should not be able to live freely as law-abiding citizens because of the damage they have caused to…

Same-Sex marriage, this controversy has been going on for years, with a complex history. The problem with this falls within what people believe in. Those for same sex marriages usually are fighting for civil rights, while those against it are arguing for moral ethics. Congress should pass a law that would overturn the US Supreme Court same sex marriage decision, is the new debate regarding gay marriages. To understand all sides of the argument it’s essential to be aware of others beliefs. Those…

The passing of House Bill 2 (HB2) in North Carolina has been surrounded by controversy. Some groups have stated that the bill is designed to protect citizens of the state and therefore needs remain law. However, others believe that the bill is transphobic, homophobic, does not represent the state in the best light, and needs to be repealed. Both groups defend their positions by saying that the action they would like to see is the best course of action for the state and its citizens. Ethically,…

Ultimately, the Commonwealth's power to enact legislation for same-sex marriages depends on whether the constitutional meaning of 'marriage' in s 51 (xxi) includes same-sex unions. The connotation/denotation distinction is argued to accommodate adaptability and flexibility within the Constitution as it recognises the core meaning of a term as well as its application on evolving circumstances. However, there are also arguments against this model, asserting that it is contradicting and does not…

The current issue of sex trafficking today is the lack of efficiency within the laws implemented for sex trafficking . Many laws today are in effect that intend on assisting victims and punishing the traffickers, but currently within this time period more woman and children are being trafficked into sex slavery then the victims being saved by the Trafficking Protection Act. Various reasons can be concluded from this as stated in many sources below, the lack of identification of a victim plays a…

process. Jared Rayborn states in Willamette Law Review that “the laws criminalizing prostitution are designed to protect society’s moral sanctity, regardless of any individual choice or will” (Rayborn 126). Rayborn flat out says there that law isn’t an individual choice but the moral code which the government is making for the United States and for the people. Our laws have moral theory behind them in order to protect others. In the case of murder, it is morally wrong because it diminishes of…