... two legal parents, especially if one of the parents dies or becomes incapacitated (screen 2). Using "the best interest of the child" standard, more than 22 states have permitted lesbians and gay men to adopt either through state-run or private adoption agencies. They include Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New ... their right to equal protection. Previously, gays in New Jersey only could adopt as individuals, forcing couples to undertake the lengthy and expensive adoption pro...

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... some homosexual thoughts or experiences become very concerned that they are homosexual, but only a small portion of all people who have such experiences adopt adult gay identities. (Trioden 47) Gays and lesbians are the subject of jokes and many of them are the victims of physical violence. Many are ignored ... dimension of their lifestyles. In this way, many people have a hard time believing that gays are, for the most part, loving, capable, and decent individuals. Gay relationships can include many dimensions - emotional,! intellectual, spiritual, as well as sexual. (Hyde 12) So, then,...

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• Grade Level: High School

... government, or anyone for that matter, should restrict marriage to a predefined heterosexual relationship. Because it is the right of the homosexual legally, socially, and economically, matrimony between lesbian and gay couples should be accepted in the United States. The United States was founded on the Constitution in which all men are created equal; A class of individuals cannot be denied the ... was struck down as a violation of the 14th Amendment, which guarantees all persons the equal protection of the laws (19). Even though marriage should not be denied legally to gay and lesbian ...

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... is negative, would it? By promoting negative interpretations of homosexuals, for example, groups like NARTH can help to influence and enforce what is considered deviant. NARTH warns that a pro-gay "philosophy usually includes the redefinition of marriage; the disparagement of gender differences as arbitrary "social constructs"; the undermining of family and religious authority with the substitution of a different set of ... tactic of demonizing and vilifying the deviants to enforce traditional gender and sexual constructs by pointing to the many ways in which homosexuality threatens to ...

• Word Count: 3118
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate