... 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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... almost a decade of being known as social outcasts, gays have been able to clear up their bad reputations to some extent. However the gay community is constantly fighting battles in order to be treated with the respect and equality that they deserve. The latest dispute is the right ... monogamous relationship desire having a family even if they are not legally married. Therefor they may resort to artificial insemination or surrogate parenting. Many times gay couples will get some heat from community members for trying to start in a family for many reasons. For example the school community...

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Gay relationships. They destroy families, and causes uneasiness. They arouse trouble that is unnecessary. Gays also run a higher rate of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD). They are unnatural, and don't do what ... . But, is it right if a persons choice is seen as evil and immoral in the eyes of thousands of other people? For that is what a gay is seen as through the eyes of Christians. For being Gay is considered a horrid sin, and those who do these deeds shall be sent to hell. I can understand WHY Gays want to get married, because they ... will be having inter-species marriages. So stop t...

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Legalizing Gay Marriages Some will say that not legalizing same-sex marriages is against a person's constitutional right of freedom, others say that it goes against the laws ... in America. If same-sex marriages are legalized it could be a major political reform, not only for America, but for several other countries as well. Thomas B. Stoddard's "Gay Marriages: Make Them Legal," has some good arguments against people's and the government's rulings and outlooks on same-sex marriages. One of Stoddard's main arguments is the Supreme ... of woman as well). The freedom to marry, said the court, i...

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... Kelli Carpenter. They had kept their secret relationship within their families for about four years and also adopted three children. After the president announced the issue with gay marriages, and how Florida law prevented gay couples from adopting children, Rosie decided to become public with her lifestyle. "I wanted there to be a reason" to talk about her sexuality, she says. When she learned ... like there parents. Their parents are seen as being normal and looked up to as role models, assurance their lifestyle being accepted by their children. Statistics show that 45% of gay males, ...

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... people take for granted, such as the ability to visit a sick or injured spouse in the hospital, are denied to gay and lesbian people. Because of the law, hospitals and other institutions do not have to respect the basic human rights of gay and lesbian couples. Likewise, if one partner in a married couple is seriously ill and incapacitated, the other spouse should ... be able to make decisions regarding their care and guardianship. This basic right of guardianship is denied to gay and lesbian couples, because, again, their committed relationships are not recognized under the law. If one ...

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... the best detailed) strongly support the legalizing same sex marriages are; Iowa Representative Ed Fallon's speech to the House in 1996, and an article from the Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples. On February 20, 1996 and Iowa Representative (Ed Fallon) was reading his speech to the House of Representatives discussing why he supports the legalization of same sex ... no threat to the society. There is another argument that I think would help clarify the up more it was written by the co-director of the Partners Task Force for Gay and Lesbian Couples. He (like others) believes ...

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... family issue. There was one question that is often discussed when people discuss family, and that is whether gay/lesbians can be considered a family. I would have to agree with the argument that gay/lesbians can be classified as a family; the definition does not specify a specific sexual orientation. I think ... that the gays/lesbians should have the same right as any other person. A number of people do not think that gay/lesbians should be able to adopt or provide foster care for children. However, I strongly disagree with this statement because the need fro homes for homeless ... pare...

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In "what They Carried" by James Currier, several gay men helped take care of a friend who was dieing due to AIDS weakening his immune system. Adam's friends would do anything he asked so he could try to enjoy the ... suicide if he was healthy, but he has AIDS so he knows his death is approaching. The reason why he has this disease is most likely a product if him being gay. If Adam were straight, he would probably be healthy and would not be lying helplessly in a bed. Every ... gay man is aware of AIDS and the effects of it. "It's the fear every gay man carries today," explains that all gay...

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... is attributed to the words. Justice as a Social Control: In recent days, many ground braking arguments have begun (and been concluded) in the courts of the world. Namely, that of gay rights, religious tolerance, the legalization of drugs, and the prosecution of political acts labelled "terrorist". Let us begin to look at the first of these debates ... ; gay rights. Across America live many on both sides of this issue. There are those who are religiously and morally opposed to gay rights, those in who in legal practise are against them (specifically civil union and marriage) and those who...

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... Faith states that many scriptural verses denounce homosexual activity. Christian individuals like to base their ideas on the position of natural law and scriptural arguments, which condemn the position of gay's sexual inclination. I can see the ethical debate here being the idea of people having to accept an idea once wronged by society as good and ok. Most individuals who were ... raised in the last few generations have the impression that being gay is being wrong. They only feel what they have been nurtured to feel and there is nothing wrong with that. But, is it right to not to try a...

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... the society compared to women. However, the issue of inequality in the societies which cause by gender seems to be worse off for the gay men and women, since they have fewer rights in the societies than women. Thus, they struggle in their lives in the society that they are in ... . Gay men and women are also human so they should be treated with equal rights. In several countries today, the law of prohibited homosexual couples to ... to forbid two people from their own love and commitment, or to not be able to marry whomever they wish. Although different in the sexual preferences, gay me...

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... legal dependence for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family". However, the working definition of marriage is being challenged, and many people feel that marriage should be changed to fit a "gay and lesbian lifestyle". This pressure to change the definition of marriage needs to be considered seriously. If the definition of marriage needs to be changed, what will be the consequences ... natural parents than normal adopters. They might as well be influenced by the performance that is seen in homosexuals. This might than result in the child as being seen as gay, by picking up the ...

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... Institution of Marriage Marriage is an issue in America with many changes that could be made. One of these changes could be the allowance of gay couples to marry. With homosexuals pressing to receive the right to marry, there are many strong arguments against their struggle. A first objection in the ... that has a child-making aura to it. Within a marriage, there is a male and a female with the power to create another human being. Although many gay activists will argue that a sterile male or a woman who has gone through menopause can marry even though they cannot create children, they do ...

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... legal dependence for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family". However, the working definition of marriage is being challenged, and many people feel that marriage should be changed to fit a "gay and lesbian lifestyle". This pressure to change the definition of marriage needs to be considered seriously. If the definition of marriage needs to be changed, what will be the consequences ... natural parents than normal adopters. They might as well be influenced by the performance that is seen in homosexuals. This might than result in the child as being seen as gay, by picking up the ...

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... doctors and scientists when they could not figure out what they had one their hands. The movie was a real-life drama about the tragic, time-consuming battles among government agencies, gay groups and scientists that slowed down the discovery of, and research on, the AIDS virus. In the movie, Bill Kraus, a leader for the ... gay population is dying. Not one doctor can pinpoint what is killing him. All anyone knows is that some epidemic is attacking homosexual men. But rather than get down to serious ... disease is transmitted through the blood. To make things worse French and American ...

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... 's for sure. In Michigan like all but 1 other state (Hawaii) same sex marriages aren't marriages at all! When put into a legal view gay marriages do not get any of the rights that straight ones are granted. If 1/2 or a gay or lesbian couple is in a hospital situation where only family members can visit, his or her partner does not have the right to ... in the homosexual relationship still has to cope with the loss of 1/2 of the wages of that household. As for Meagan and Carson they were forced to do what many gay or lesbian couple do when the need for a finalization of the relationship a...

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... believe that homosexuality is about nothing but sex. The reality is that homosexuality is multidimensional, and is much more about love and affection than it is about sex. Finally, if gay people are allowed to marry each other, they are no longer encouraged to marry people that they feel little attraction towards, people who they can't relate to sexually, and people ... molesters out there who are allowed to marry and have children. I believe that it is the love of the parents that make the children happy and healthy, not the gender. Gay people are as capable of loving children as anyon...

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... their own sexual needs and giving them the option to experience sex in a variety of contexts. The net effect is a potential increase in the frequency of recreational, hedonistic sex. The Gay Liberation movement has also been influential in encouraging values that are accepting of sexual diversity. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Scandinavia was seen as an international leader in what is ... porn documenting the Danish. The film Pornography in Denmark also known as Censorship in Denmark: A new Approach is a documentary film on the sexual revolution in Denmark. Under sexual revolution an...

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... always cooperative. If they needed money for research very usually the government gave them money. When AIDS was first discovered the" budget" was too low to give money for the" gay disease" research. It was kind of like the government was being very prejudice against the Gays. The government didn't come around until it was found that it was not only ... a gay disease but women and children were also contracting the disease. The government didn't even respect the voice of the influential gays in the government. Today's government is all about research ... ...

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... then they should also conduct a study for men because I believe that when me don't have sex for a few days their mood also changes regardless of their sexual orientation. I think that gay men are more aggressive when they have to hold out on sex. This is not by experience but by knowing and having friends who are ... ...

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... couple feels no love for one another because the wife thought she could love the money, but realizes she needs something more. The husband cannot love her because he is gay. Being successful, and married, he could never divorce and be seen with men. This dilemma has caused him to vacation where he can pursue a young man who seems ashamed about ... being gay. It seems as though the husband is looking for someone that reminds him of himself as a young man. Someone to hide his gayness with. All of these characters share a common ... ...

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... . By doing this, Gomes creates a pathos, or emotional appeal to the audience. He continues to tell about the author Bette Greene who interviewed four hundred prisoners incarcerated for gay bashing. She found that "Gay-bashers generally saw nothing wrong in what they did, and, more often than not, said their religious leaders and traditions sanctioned their behavior. (Gomes 412)" People generally use ... ...

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... . I highly disagree with his opinion because Rauch believes if gays get married, they will secure a long lasting commitment to each other, but this is not what happens. A substantial number of gay couples openly reject such expectations and declare that their interest in marriage is confined to its economic and legal benefits. Gays also tend to be disloyal to their mates and ... such " who make men, in William Raspberry's words, "suitable for, and amenable to, marriage." It is the unique sexual bond between men and women that domesticates men. The reason gay's desire to legalize marriage...

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... of HIV and AIDS; social barriers and scientific barriers. On the social side of the issue the disease was initially identified as a disease of homosexuals and labeled as the "gay pneumonia" or "gay cancer". Politically, there were barriers posed by a new Republican government that reduced funds for healthcare. As a result there were no funds for research and the general news press refused ... ...

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