The Defense of Marriage Act became effective on September 21st, 1996, when the president at the time, Bill Clinton, signed the law. ... I do not think that the Defense of Marriage Act should be in existence for multiple reasons. This act conserves the unequal treatment of homosexuals by not allowing them to marry. ... A huge reason that this act is filled with so much controversy is also because of people's different religious views. ... "The Internal Revenue Code states that a single taxpayer may exclude up to $250,000 of profit due to the sale of his or her personal residence fro...

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Albeit voted as one of the most gay-friendly country, Australia still bans same-sex marriage, after the passing of the Marriage Amendment Act in 2004, in which the government chose to update and amend the Marriage Act 1961 and insert the words "marriage means the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life." The ban serves only to hurt, to discriminate and to deprive more than 33,700 same-sex couples and their families of equal dignity, rights and protection by the law. ... In federal law alone, it is assessed that there are more than 1,100 lega...

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On the federal level, President Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act or DOMA into effect in 1996, discriminating against same-sex couples in two ways. ... Second, it denies otherwise legally married same-sex couples the right to receive federal benefits and protections that heterosexual couples enjoy (Minter pp-pp). ... However, with the passage of The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996, marriage became explicitly defined in federal law as a union between one man and one woman. ... Section 3 of the Act defies the recognition of same-sex marriage for all federal purposes, incl...

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Bob Barr of Georgia introduced the Defense of Marriage Act in May 1996. ... The act does not prohibit states from allowing gay marriage, nor does it obligate them to recognize it. ... According to the ACLU, the law is "an unmistakable violation of the Constitution" and "a deplorable act of hostility unworthy of the support." In the end, despite strong arguments that support congressional powers to pass it, DOMA won't survive activist judges bent on using their evolving interpretations of personal liberty, equal protection, or due process to advance their policy objectives. ... This equa...

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On appeal, the United States Supreme Court ruled that interracial sex was not a violation of the equal protection clause because whites and non-whites were punished in equal measure for the offense of engaging in interracial sex. ... The case presents the constitutional question whether a statutory scheme adopted by the State of Virginia to prevent marriages between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications violates the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. ... The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution forb...

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Parents are expected to provide unlimited care, protection, and emotional support to their children. ... Whenever a parent denies their child the right to remain a child by forcing them to act as a partner, then the child becomes a victim of sexual abuse. ... I don't see how anyone can excuse the act of sexually molesting a young girl or boy who is stilling learning about their surroundings and environment. ...

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Although, there are articles in magazines that inform their readers of the dangers of having sex without protection or having sex before marriage the main opinion today is that sex before marriage is ok and very much acceptable. ... In a sexual relationship the act of sexual intercourse should not only be unitive but also procreative. ...

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Another reason one would be able to consider this an anti-feminist story is because the law officers in it do not act in a fair and honest way. ... Another one of the main reasons why this is an anti-feminist story is because the law officers do not act in a fair and honest way. ... The police did not even investigate to insure Jelka's protection or take Jim into jail even though he committed a crime of great significance. ... These police officials acted in an unjust way, in turn endangering Jelka and the rest of society. ...

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So the Defense of Marriage Act and the proposed Constitutional amendment seem put ideals into the constitution and naturalize them, something we the people originally decided would not be allowed. ... The courts rested their decisions on the circular argument that the couples equal protection rights were not violated because they were excluded by the traditional definition of marriage, which in turn denied them any rights under that definition. ... However, in that case, the Court stated "The Equal Protection Clause requires the consideration of whether the classifications drawn by any statute...

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A number of these changes have been in the areas of: Property, Medical Rights, Superannuation Rights and Taxation legislation, there was also attempt of Gay Marriage in ACT. ... The De-Facto Relationships Act 1984 (NSW) was amended and renamed The Property (Relationships) Act 1984 (NSW). The newly amended act dud recognise same sex relations as de-facto relationships through the amendment in Section 4. ... " This now more open piece of legislation provided a range of new protections for same sec couples in Property Divisions, Inheritance, Decision making powers in terminal illness and ar...

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The main controversies are exactly how much violence is too much, and is killing someone an act of revenge or self-defense. ... There should also be better protection for the victims of domestic violence to help this problem stop. ...

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The Vermont Supreme Court attempted to answer this question response written by Jeffrey Amestoy stated the issue of same sex civil unions as "May the State of Vermont exclude same sex couples from the benefits and protections that its laws provide to opposite sex married couples? ... Section seven stated "The state has a strong interest in promoting stable and lasting families, including families based upon same sex couples. " In the following section the legislators said, "without the legal protections, benefits and responsibilities associated with civil marriage, same sex couples suffer nume...

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Both parents are concerned about Dan and Denise's health and the fear of pregnancy so Solange has purchased him a box of condoms for protection. ... The most common form of protection against disease is the male usage of the condom. ... It is one thing to provide him with condoms, it is quite another to provide a cozy place for the act to occur. ...

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In their Constitution, Article I, Section 5, reads: "No persons shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor be denied the equal protection of the laws, not be denied the enjoyment of the person's civil rights or be discriminated against in the exercise thereof because of race, religion, sex or ancestry." ... Gay men and women are citizens, entitled, like everyone else, to equal protection. ... There is no logical reason that society should reject the act of same-sex marriages because it is the right of gay and lesbian couples legally, socially, and econ...

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Women who lived in the cities without the security of a man's wealth and protection were limited to unskilled labor typically because they were not allowed to further their academic education and therefore were not admitted to trade schools. ... According to the Oregon Donation Land Act of 1850 a bachelor who could claim 320 acre of land could double his claim up to 640 acres if he had a wife. The irony of the Oregon Donation Land Act was that the land was to stay in the woman's name, but she could only claim the land if she was married; a woman could not claim 320 acres on her own. ...

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Does the equal protection clause in the fourteenth amendment guarantee same-sex couples the right to marry? If same-sex marriage were to be federally legalized would the sturdy backbone of our culture be broken? Is it not morally wrong to deny the citizens of the United States of America the basic h...

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There is a natural theory for the forming of a family, which is the desire for physical protection and cooperation, but we are going to look more deeply at family intimacy for reasons other than the biological ones. ... Family contains several relationships all of which represent a unique way of living together, that is, a person has to act in different roles. ... Second, what we believe and how we act in the family will reflects the way we are in our social life out of the family; that is, family is an initial place where individuals practise and act in roles without having to take risks. ...

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When offering reasons to justify the minorities act they bring up the accounts of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob Moses, David and Solomon in Biblical times. ... The majority feel that laws that define marriage will violate equal protection laws. ...

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As a result of this, the Republican Congress drafted into its "Contract with America- a small but noteworthy provision entitled "The Defense of Marriage Act-. ... The Defense of Marriage Act is just a scapegoat for rightwing conservatives to justify their religious and moral beliefs, and to try and inflict their ideals upon Americans. ... First of all, this unconstitutional bill is referred to as, "The Defense of Marriage Act."" ... This Act is a thoughtless solution to solve a non-existing problem. ... Identifying this Act as a "Defense of Marriage- is saying that homosexuals are attacking he...

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The government isn't making laws because of religion; religion is its foundation and God is against the act of homosexuality and forbids it and so should we. ... Yes, not all marriages are religious marriages, but then the argument is that it is their civil right and they lean towards equal protection and equal treatment. ... God despises this immoral act as it has been said in the Bible many times. If the Bible is the foundation of our Constitution and the moral guidelines we have always been taught to follow, then the act of homosexuality is sinful and unmoral. ... Christians must a...

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United states, the 3rd section of the DOMA (defense of marriage act) was unjustly removed, depriving the real meaning of marriage away from people. Many claimed the DOMA was meant to exploit and shame the views of homosexuals, however it was meant to defend the traditional meaning of marriage, thus the name of the act. ... The 14th amendment says: No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person with...

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She is basically telling Janie that she can't marry Johnny Taylor, the one she is exploring her womanhood with, the one she wants, and that she must marry Logan, for protection. ... She was expected to do things and dress and act certain ways. ... She didn't need to be with him for protection, or she didn't need to be the leading lady of a town or a mayor's wife, she just needed the right kind of love and affection to bring out what was best in her. ...

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She is basically telling Janie that she can't marry Johnny Taylor, the one she is exploring her womanhood with, the one she wants, and that she must marry Logan, for protection. ... She was expected to do things and dress and act certain ways. ... She didn't need to be with him for protection, or she didn't need to be the leading lady of a town or a mayor's wife, she just needed the right kind of love and affection to bring out what was best in her....

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She also believes that her act will be overlooked because of her desperate situation. ... Although she progressively understands this position, she still clings to the hope that her husband will come to her protection and defend her from the outside world once her crime is out in the open. ... Nora finally decides to leave Torvald, aware that a true marriage between them would be an act of a miracle because neither of them loves the other, or is even capable of doing so. ...

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The fourteenth amendment guarantees equal protection and due process of the law to all U.S. citizens, therefore many fight for what they believe to constitutional. ... In 1996 the Defense of Marriage Act was passed which is a federal law that allows states to deny the acknowledgement of same-sex marriage established under the laws of other states. Section three of the act was then considered unconstitutional in 2013, which banned same-sex couples, to be recognized as "spouses....

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