1. Legality Of Same Sex Marriages
In 1556, the first recorded execution of someone who engaged in same sex activities occurred in Florida. This was followed years later by a law in 1610 that made sex between two men a capital crime, punishable by death. ... Census Bureau (2012), statistics reveal a growing number of same-sex marriage households. A committee has been formed to discuss the wording on the census survey to reflect same-sex marriage. In 1990 an option was added to include "unmarried partner," this became a new way to classify same-sex (and opposite-sex) cohabiting couples. ...
Homosexual acts were forbidden by law in most of the states in the 1960s, same sex couples were also not allowed to marry or to adopt children. ... Even years ago, when I still knew nothing about sex psychology and my own familiarity with homosexuals was limited to a few women whom I got to know in jail, where I wound up because of my political convictions, I firmly stood up in defense of Oscar Wilde. ... Mattachine Review had a circulation of 2453 in 1961, which made it the second largest invert publication.7 Mattachine continued the discussion groups, started nationwide educational programs...
Sexual orientation, biological sex, gender identity, and sex-role comprise sexual identity. ... The range of sexual identity now also is inclusive of those that are transvestites (those having characteristics of both sexes). ... Same gender attraction violates a fundamental norm of society where men and women are encouraged to be attracted to the opposite sex, marry and reproduce. ... Other studies show younger ages, such as 10, where most heterosexuals discover opposite-sex attractions. ... There are psychological, biological, and physiological explanations of the etiology of same-sex a...
For example, transsexuals often report feeling trapped in the wrong body; they experience themselves as female, but their biological sex is male, or vice versa.... Relation to EDPS 322 Material: "During adolescence, about 8% of boys and 6% of girls report engaging in some same-sex activity or feeling strong attractions to individuals of their own sex. Males are more likely than females to experiment with same-sex partners as adolescents, but females are more likely to experiment later, often in college. ... If 14% of adolescents are engaging in same sex relations during the 7-12 grade...
1. Today, opinion polls consistently reveal that a majority of people in Western countries respect and endorse homosexual marriage. For instance, in US, among those aged 18 - 32, support is as high as 70 percent (West, 2013, para.5). Along with the support of homosexual marriage is the request of ch...