... define the most critical decisions in any married couples' life. The legal precedents and laws in these states specifically support what many consider to be the "pros" or advantages of gay marriage, and these include the legal right to have children, jointing owning property or splitting it up, inheritance and death taxes, transfer taxes, government benefits, immigration, and the ability ... -sex union often is one that is contentious and marked by extensive lawsuits over assets. From this perspective the issue of how to best manage the financial considerations of a gay relationships favo...

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... is being pursued. The Latin King Goonies gang, as they call themselves, tortured two teenage boys and one man after discovering a rumor that one of their recruits was gay. They found the alleged gay recruit and then proceeded to strip him, beat him, and sodomize him with a plunger handle until he confessed to the rumor. The Goonies then moved on to another ... recruit that they believed to be gay and tortured him as well. Then, they invited the man, who one of the recruits confessed to having had relations with, to a house party. When he showed up, they burned ... ? That's not showing y...

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Assessing Gay and Straight Marriages from a Parenting Perspective The re-ordering of family relationships is re-shaping the way western society considers the role of each parent, with the traditional roles for ... ...

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... the same, and sexual meaning sex; same sex. This word would help define who you are lot better than the word gay would. The word gay also gets confused with meaning happy, if the gay community were to get rid of the entire stigma associated with the word homosexual there would no longer be any more confusion ... LGBTQ stands for an even larger group of minorities made up of many smaller groups. Because we use the words gay rights; rights for gay people. Gay marriage, marriage to gay people. Gay people are a group of people, so the word gay also stands for a group of people, not only the ...

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... wanted to get married because they were denied the blessing of the Episcopal Church. This is one of the first examples that shows that churches were against gay marriage. But gays would not stop fighting for their rights, on October 10th, 1987, gays and lesbians were a part of the largest mass wedding ... 000 same sex marriages began that day. This was the beginning of the rising of gays and lesbians. In 1989, the California Bar Association declared that gay marriage, will be legally recognized in the city of Seattle and in San Francisco. In May 1993, Hawaii declares that same sex marria...

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... Safe School Anti-Violence Project reported some interesting statistics. Out of the 8,400 students: "95% characterize themselves as heterosexual; 5% as homosexual or bisexual, and 4% as uncertain." (TSSA-VPW) Among the gay/lesbian/bisexual students, "34% has been harassed" due to their "sexual orientation." Also, they were "3 times more likely to be injured in a fight that requiring medical attention." (TSSA-VPW) ... as damaging as physical, sometimes more so. Teachers that hear the verbal harassment "fail to report about 97% of it." (Hopkins, Gary) While in school about "69% of all GLBT ...

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... deal with them, don"t you think? All a child needs is love. It dose not matter there parents are gays or straight. What the support gay-adopting group thinks is that gays can provide children well upbringing as good as straight people can. They also point that many normal family are being dysfunctional ... targets of hate. Is that a reason those groups of people should not adopt children either? I do not think so. Those who are against gay-adoption think that gay have no ability of making lasting commitment. They believe in men and women married lives and only straight people can build lo...

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... , then, but in custom and tradition(and, to talk turkey for a minute, a personal discomfort with gay sex that transcends theological argument)."(652). Obviously, Miller mentions that the Bible never oppose the gay marriage. Gay marriage is a new and different event for people all over the world. Therefore Miller suggests that we should ... ;(653). As we can see, she explains that we should learn from the Bible and combine the world that we live now. Which means that although gay marriage is a new event, we cannot deny it like we do with the slavery system. Human beings need improve, need ...

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... person may not have to go through surgery but acts or dress like the opposite sex. Usually people just refer to them as gays. Gay Adoption is frowned upon in most countries, very small number of countries legalizes it, but more people support it in America. Around the ... world, very limited amount of countries allow gay adoption. The Netherlands legalized it in 2000, Belgium in 2003, Canada in 2005, Spain in 2005, South Africa in 2006, Norway and ... that same sex couples provide supportive, healthy homes as heterosexual parents. Abbie Goldberg, a psychologist at Clark University in Ma...

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... by the government to say anything that may incriminate his wife. Since homosexual couples are not officially married, the spousal privilege does not protect them. In a landmark case for gay marriages, three gay couples filed a suit against the state of Vermont in 1997. They claimed that their Constitutional rights were being denied to them because the state refused to grant them marriage ... Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to deny marriage licenses to homosexuals (Victory 1). In response to the ruling, the Vermont state government enacted a law permitting civil unions of...

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... The Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control's National Vital Statistics System, he reported that "in states that recognize or perform gay marriages, the number of divorces in 2009 was 41.2 percent of the number of marriages. In the 36 other states for which 2009 ... society. Nevertheless, same-sex marriage does not damage family. What is wrong with the coexistence of same-sex marriage and heterosexual one? Evidently, legalizing gay marriage does not put an end to traditional marriage. Moreover, if reproduction is a problem, then infertile couples should not be allowed to marry...

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... that, for most people, though they would argue differently, isn't an issue of right or wrong, but what makes them feel uncomfortable. The issue of gay marriages is a very controversial one, for obvious reasons. It makes people uncomfortable, it is not the "norm", and to many people it is immoral. ... However, there are valid arguments on both sides of the issue. People for the legalization of gay marriages argue that denying gays these marriage rights is a violation of religious freedom, that state and church are supposed to be separate. Another argument is ... a woman. Also, they argue...

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... has been to these places who gave me my information about what goes on at these places. I will first discuss what goes on at gay bars. This person stated that gay bars operate, in some respects, like regular bars. People go to drink, party, dance, and have fun, like people do at regular bars ... considered normal. Some people use a bible analogy that goes as follows: God created Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve. Knowing a certain person is gay may make some people feel uncomfortable being around that person simply for that reason. Gays look and mostly act like the normal average person. ...

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... their lives together, and live their lives quietly. Should gender really be an issue? There is now controversy surrounding the issue of legally recognizing gay marriages and giving the benefits of marriage such as joint tax returns, and benefits for spouses. Canada has just made it legal for gays to ... wife." There is no same sex orientation in that definition. As a Christian, you are taught to believe homosexuality is a sin. The church states that gay people choose their lifestyle, and are going to rot in hell for their immoral actions. The Bible teaches that it is wrong, and it is a ...

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... for their rights. For themselves to be treated equally in the society. However, the question today is, what makes a "straight" person any different from a "gay" person? What is the difference between these two groups? Both groups of people are exactly the same, both need food, both need water, and both need ... weird cults practice, or it's something these people were pressure into doing. Its "nature"! Its nature that made these people for being who they are. Being gay is perfectly a natural thing, its natural for these people to act the way they do. With this in mind, yet, there has not...

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... any other couples getting married. Everyone deserves to be with who they love. As said by George Clooney, "At some point in our lifetime, gay marriage won't be an issue, and everyone who stood against this civil right will look as outdated as George Wallace standing on the steps keeping James Hood ... and that it helps bring society together. The constitutions commitment is for liberty and equality for all people not just for some. Society has problems against gay marriage because it is believed that in the bible marriage is supposed to be between man and women. "Marriages typically thr...

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... . Others are finding adoption to be their preferred method of bringing a child into their family. Since state laws vary on adoption rights, not every gay and lesbian person has the same ability to adopt. Only four states, Vermont, New Jersey, Massachusetts and California permit same sex couple adoption. Some ... states permit single people to adopt, others discourage it. Because gays are not allowed to marry, it can be hard for gay people to adopt a child in those states. Because Vermont has Civil Unions , both parents have equal rights in adoption cases. Currently Florida specifically b...

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... baby, and the mothers voice is the first voice that the baby hears. That is a strong psychological bond that brings the mother and baby together. A gay male parent in a couple is not able obtain such a strong bond. Although two lesbians would not bring up a child as well as a normal ... you feel when there is only a space for "mother" and "father" on a questionnaire? You watch television shows and you do not see happy gay parents raising children and solving the problems that they bring to families, but you see happy straight parents helping out their children. When you see dolls ... in...

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... between members of the same sex is ludicrous, mainly because of the objections raised" (Bidstrup 4). A large part of the reason people are against gay marriage is because of what they have been taught within our narrowminded society. If people were able to make up their own minds about what they think ... of their own sex. People need to open their minds to change instead of constantly listening to what society has taught them. Another issue revolving around gay marriage is legal rights. According to our Constitution, there is a "separate, but equal" clause. This shows this is more of a...

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... community and the activities within are decidedly adults-only. Queer kids here are being ignored by these adults usually. Some of them use false identification to enter the lesbian and gay bar, exposed to "atypical and inappropriate socialization atmosphere, involving alcohol and a sexual focus." (Owens, 68) The contrast between the bar scene and the school/family scene may further confuse ... concludes: "The most frequent victims of hate violence today are blacks, Hispanics, Southeast Asians, Jews and gays and lesbians. Homosexuals are probably the most frequent victims." (Owens, 69) L...

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... not, and ye shall not be judged. Condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven" and banning gay marriage is judgmental. What would Jesus do? Kim Davis of Covington, KY is being sued for refusing to provide licenses for marriage, this includes same ... sex and opposite sex. She made this decision after the country wide legalization of gay marriage. She says, "It wasn't just a spur-of-the-moment decision, it was thought out, and I sought God on it. " ... 't forget that we would totally be trashing on Kim K's 72 hour marriage to Kris Humphries. Couples like ...

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... 's village? Lot's village forgot about God because of the extreme freedom that they had at that time; I hope we are not next. Gay marriage or homosexuality has developed deadly diseases throughout the years. Those diseases, such as HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ... Tom's mother is okay. Since then I haven't seen him. Now he is between the hands of God. That should be a red signal to gay people; saying that there is something wrong in their beliefs. A belief of homosexuality is not a belief; it's a sin. For instance, killing is ... be cons...

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... goes against god while others prefer to believe that it is just another form of expression. The Catholic Church is one of the largest anti-gay groups in the world. Many Christian conservatives utilize the following passage from the bible as justification to condemn homosexuality as a deviant lifestyle, "Thou shalt ... society developed new words to describe a homosexual person including fagot, dike, queer, and divas. Now society has many ways to tell if a person is gay or not. For instance the way that a person looks at their nails, crosses their legs when they sit, how they dress, or h...

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... and their spouse is needed to make a medical decision. Also, it is more expensive to have legal documents, such as a Power of Attorney. If a gay couple is raising children together, issues arise when one of the parents die. If the couple is not married, whom does the child go to? Another instance ... , and I speak as a heterosexual, is that every person on this earth should be given equal rights. Regardless of whether you are white or black, gay or straight. It's not fair to not allow some couples to be recognized by the government as well as society as a legitimate union and not others. ...

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... a new form of commitment called a "civil union", which essentially is marriage without using the word "marriage". Many politicians have said they are against gay marriage but think it should be left up to the states to decide. However, the "full faith and credit" clause of the Constitution says that ... tax filing status, joint ownership of property, insurance benefits, and agency law. It affects critical medical decisions. For example, if one member of a gay couple that has been together for 20 years gets critically ill, visitation may not even be allowed since the other isn't consider...

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