Sex

Gay marriage, also known as same-sex marriage, has and will continue to be a highly controversial topic throughout the world today. According to the Williams Institute at UCLA, only 3.5 percent of Americans claim to be homosexual, yet it continues to divide this great nation. In the United States, 39 out of the 50 states oppose gay marriage, 6 states allow it, and 5 states allow a civil union between same-sex partners, but do not allow them to marry. These numbers seem like they would…

There are two main ways to teach sex education, comprehensively or abstinence only. Comprehensive sex education focuses more on the idea of protecting yourself during sex. Abstinence-only education focuses on the idea of abstinence, and waiting until marriage to have sex. Teens need to be taught because of the high teen pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) rates. Comprehensive sex education is more effective than abstinence-only education. In the U.S. the teen pregnancy and STD…

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 marriages can be considered selfish as they ignore the best…

What is marriage? There are many types of marriages, yet the two most popular are opposite sex marriage and same sex marriage. Opposite sex marriage is two people of the opposite sex combining as partners in a relationship by law. Same sex marriage is the same as opposite, but instead of the opposite sex it is the same sex. People have questions such as does it affect family members. Although many people would say it does not, it does. The people that are making the affect on their family are…

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 laws. Rod Benson (2011, para 5) argues that “marriage has a place in the law because a…

favor expanding same-sex marriage, by all means celebrate today’s decision, Celebrate the achievement of a desired goal. Celebrate the opportunity for a new expression of commitment to a partner. Celebrate the availability of new benefits....”. This quote along with many others justifies just how remarkable June 26, 2015 was for many Americans in the U.S. as well as government officials. To date, the arguments trying to explain the cultural and behavioral effects of same sex marriage is mainly…

Should same-sex marriage be legal in United States and nationwide? Should homosexuals have equal rights? Will same-sex marriage have negative impacts to our future? All these controversial debates on same sex marriage plays a big role where new era is approaching and society start to change. According to the development in recent years, same-sex marriage is now legal in twenty-two countries worldwide. The United States Supreme Court has passed the law on June 26, 2015 to legalize same-sex…

the love of your life being one of those rights. Same-sex marriage has been a widely debated topic throughout the United States over the past couple of decades and has been unsolvable. Same-sex marriage is defined as the marriage between individuals or partners of the same sex. Same-sex marriage laws vary by jurisdiction. As all other controversial topics, same-sex marriage has two sides to the story. On one hand, people believe that same-sex marriage is immoral and unnatural. They do not agree…

idea of same sex marriage. Social rights and movements have always been a problem in the United States and has always been what has defined it. Same sex marriage has been one those social issues that has been of hot debate for quite some time and has heated up in recent years and split the country. Though same sex marriage is still not legal under federal law in the United States even though in many similarly advanced counties it is. The question then becomes why is same-sex marriage…

Same Sex Marriage Marriage is a legal union between two people. When these two people are of the same gender, it is called same sex marriage. Same sex marriage laws are accomplished through court rulings based on the constitutions, or through a direct popular vote. As of 2015, same sex marriage is legal in some countries; however, it is explicitly banned in some countries. Seventeen countries, including the United States, legally recognize same sex marriage (Flores, 2015). Netherlands was the…