American Social Equality

The definition of marriage has changed over time. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the United States defined marriage as a union between a consenting man and woman, of non-African decent (Stahlberg, 2008, p. 443). This, however, changed after the civil war. In 1868 two consenting adults of opposite gender could marry someone of the same race, but this was also restructured in 1967 to allow marriage of all consenting adults of opposite genders regardless of race (Stahlberg, 2008, p. 443). Today, the law looks very different. Recently, on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marriage (gay marriage, 2015).

In the late 1860’s the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendment were passed, in order to bring equality to blacks. Even though newly freed men were legally granted the same rights as fellow white citizens they were not given social equality. Politically, by the 13th 14th and 15th amendment blacks were given equal representation and rights as citizens to due process and voting, however, through such things as the introduction of the Ku Klux Klan they were scared away from voting or seeking jobs. Economically, African Americans were legally given the same opportunity to own their own business and farms and no longer considered property, but because of whites greater knowledge of business and racism towards black farmers and merchants, blacks

The Supreme Court legalized Same Sex Marriage on June 26, 2015. Same Sex Marriage is all the homosexual people in United States now can legally marry. Homosexual people has hard time with their family, people who didn't come out not dare to tell their family, so they will find some who is hetersexual and marry without telling the truth. Once hetersexual person find out about it or homosexual person sick to live with it , they will be divorce. The article “ 10 reasons why Gay Marriage should be legalized” the article stated “More than 50% of married couples in America get divorced. Allowing gays the opportunity to get married will increase marriage rates because less couples will get divorced due to incompatibility or infertility.” We can see from the evidence that half of people in America get divorced. Once they passed the Same Sex Marriage Law, the situation will become better also the percentage of getting divorced would be decrese. American people rejoice with wild excitement not only because this, it also prove that human has improved. To homesexual people is accomplishment of equal rights. The article “ 10 reasons why Gay Marriage should be legalized” the article stated “In the 50's, interracial marriage was illegal. But now, modern society understands this to be an unjust law that denied equal rights to couples who loved each other.” Mind

     A debate is raging in America about who people have a right to marry. In response to lesbians and gays asking for the right to marry, many legislators are writing laws to ban same-sex marriage in their respective states. Even President Bush supports a Constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage (prez.bush.marriage/). Opponents of such legislation do not want discrimination passed into law and are protesting at every opportunity. One must understand the reasons that people want to ban same-sex

My local political party, recently our President claimed that inequality is the “defining challenge of our time,” but today I stand before you to challenge that notion in its entirety. I do not wish to demean such enthusiastic thinking, but I would like to indicate that this notion acts under the assumption that there is equality. How can we fix inequality if in its premise it is immeasurable? Instead, we should focus our efforts on the more pressing challenges in our own community such as hunger or the illegal drug epidemic.

Over the course of time, the United States of America has been to many the land of equal opportunity and prosperity for all. For many years, a plethora of families made their way to the United States, legally and illegally, for better opportunities in the areas of financial gain, social gain, or educational opportunities. I believe that every parent has one common in goal for all their children and that is to be successful in live, and to have a more productive life than they did.

Our society is in a downhill spiral. There is no liberty, no equality and there is no physical value of money. We live in a world in which prison companies and children’s hospitals are traded publicly on the stock market. Virtual currency is the only thing that these corporations strongly care about. There are no boundaries when profits are in concern. We live in a society that is dominated by the attraction of money. Greed is the characteristic that is pervasive, not generosity or compassion. People are encouraged to be selfish, not charitable. The idea and function of governments will only change if people’s minds alter first.

America is one of the most diverse countries in the world in that it has a manifold of nationalities, races, languages, religions, and cultures. While there are plenty of differences between all of the American citizens, there are some aspects that unite us all such as liberty, equality, and opportunity. Thus, an American uses his liberties that are given, is accepting and fair towards others, and utilizes the various opportunities offered. An American must commit himself to these ideals since these are the very ideals that America was founded on.

Equal opportunities. This is one of the fundamentals that America has been built upon for numerous years until The idea of equal opportunities/rights has become tarnished.throughout our lifetimes, rules and laws have been put in place in attempts to restrict our rights and freedom. In the latest news, one of the ways trump has been trying to make America “great again” is by removing government funding for abortion.I do not agree with the idea of trump removing government fundings for abortion for multiple reasons such as the fact that it is removing people's choice, putting children in a possibly bad circumstance, and it will increase crime rate do to an increase of birth in areas of poverty.

The United States had made big steps into making men and women have equal job opportunities. In earlier centuries women didn’t have any jobs they stayed at home and did all the house work and took care of kids. Then when they were able to get jobs they got paid less than the men even if they did the same job. A lot of men think that women cannot and should not do the same jobs as them because they are too weak or they just don’t want to work alongside women. Now women fight in the army alongside men and a lot of people don’t think they should do that. Today women represent 15 present of the active military, 18 percent of the reserve, and 20 percent of all new recruits. More than 80 percent of military jobs are open to women. A lot of people

State legislatures, voters and more recently the courts have made sweeping changes over the past two decades in laws defining whether marriage is limited to relationships between a man and a woman or is extended to same sex couples. Gay marriage and gay rights are a major controversy in the world today. It is a constant debate on whether or not traditional marriage is out-of-date and that a new way is better. Although many believe in gay rights, it is difficult to support something that is against the foundation of America, and something that is harmful to the people of America.

Same-sex marriage has been an issue of discussion for long in the United States even after its legalization. Some people have argued against its legalization by saying that it is what the bible defines as marriage. The other argument against the issue is that it is against the human morals. Gays, as well as lesbian organizations, have been pushing for its legalization for a long period through the expression of their sexuality predilections. Same-sex marriage required the legalization because due to its importance in ensuring the society view on the gay and lesbian associations’ changes and also to enable children who are born same-sex couples are recognized as citizens of the United States legally. The other reason for the legalization is that sex-same marriages should enjoy legal rights similar to those enjoyed by the heterosexuals.

One of the most reasons that legalization of the same-sex marriage is equality of civil rights. Civil rights are the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality (Oxford dictionaries 2015). People deserve their rights which are permitted by government. Law-abiding citizens who pay their taxes and serve the community should be guaranteed the rights equally under the law. However, not all the citizens are assured equal rights. In some way, some people are denied their rights by government, especially, same-sex couples who want to get marriage, even they are upstanding citizens. Because of sexual orientation, they are treated unfairly by government and people. It is also discrimination. This discrimination should be stop because same-sex couples are eligible for having same rights as heterosexual couples.

The concept of marriage is in danger of being misunderstood due to same-sex couples wanting to be married and acquire the same benefits as heterosexual marriages. The fundamental purpose of marriage is uniting a man and a woman in a worthy cause to preserve human civilization. If everyone was homosexual, then how could our species be repeatedly produced? This problem could end human existence. Besides, even those who are not homosexual have restrictions on marriage so they can not assume they are being discriminated upon. Restrictions are created to keep the balance and concept of the idea from being muddled. Their sexual orientation has nothing to do with why these rules were put into place. As a result, homosexual individuals have the right to marry along with everyone else as long as the restrictions are not crossed. All rights are equal among the people even when dealing with marriage. Just because somebody has different

Same-sex marriage is also used as a synonym for gay marriage. It is the union between two people of the same sex in a marital relationship. Same-sex marriage are obtaining acceptance in some countries, but some others still do not give permission to gay couples to marry. In 2001, Netherlands was the first country that legalized same-sex marriage. In the United States, Massachusetts was the first state that legalized same-sex marriage in