HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIP

It was not until the twelfth century that homosexuality started to be condemned. This condemnation proved to live through then until now. Due to the fact that America incorporated these early views into its early laws, even the most bland of today's sex acts were seen as unlawful (“Homosexuality and Mental Health”). Since then, these laws have changed, however, there is still a primarily negative connotation on homosexuals when coming from a church or legal standpoint concerning the masses of America.

In addition, a historically misrecognition constructs homosexuality as the deviant. According to Fraser (1998: 141), misrecognition is a ‘status injury’, which marks certain identifications as the deviation from a normal condition. For example, from a heterosexist’s perspective, HIV is assumed as a disease that is diffused between gay men, which they have been targeted as the key group to prevent HIV (Rosengarten, 2009). Besides, gay men’s bodies are labelled as ‘virus carriers’, and it links with the norm of moral degeneracy. Indeed, to associate gay men with HIV carriers conveys an injustice of their status, which can be seen as the social patterns of evaluation and interpretation (Fraser, 1998: 143-144). Young (1990) uses homophobia as the

with homosexual unions we must make sure that we look at marriage in this way.

For most of human history sexuality was thought that one man belonged with one woman and anyone that thought or practiced otherwise was punished very harshly, even punishments as harsh as death. The unfortunate heteronormativity of our society’s history caused many sexual minorities to retreat into the social underground and live in secret. The consequences for being a sexual minority have decreased drastically over the course of history. In today’s society most developed countries in the western culture have accepted sexual minorities and allow them the same benefits that heterosexual married couples receive. There are still countries that do not allow sexual minorities to get married and many more do not allow them to live their lives truly.

Similar to Modern Europe, negative attitudes of homosexuality exit in today’s society.where it continues to regulate individuals into hiding ones sexuality.

Different cultures across the world have developed various views on homosexuality. Most cultural perspectives developed from religious or humanitarian sources. Living in 21st Century America, I have personally witnessed some of the strides and struggles of GLBT (gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender) youth. In the United States there exist laws that both promote sexual diversity and laws that restrict the complete rights of such individuals. On a more cultural than legal level, tolerance for this group of people has grown significantly. America is currently in the midst of cultural change. Nonetheless, this story does not hold true for other cultures. On one hand, the

Marriage is defined as a sacred union between two people, traditionally a man and a woman. The 21st Century has pushed the boundaries of societal views of ‘traditional marriage’ with the legal recognition of homosexual partnerships. In 2001, the Pew Research Polling Center began conducting surveys to gage public opinion on homosexual marriage. They discovered that over the span of 15 years the approval rate for homosexual marriage increased from 35% in 2001 to 55% in 2015. While the approval rate for same sex marriage grew 20% in 15 years (around .75% per year) the percentage of those who opposed naturally decreased at roughly the same pace. The disapproval rate in 2001 was 57% but by 2015 it had declined to 39%. What changed? Advocates of

Responding to how sexual prejudice stems from how an individual constructs what is moral, Christopher Rosik and his coauthors contends that religion is one medium used by individuals to shape their attitudes towards homosexuality. While religion plays an important role in constructing these norms – the moral phycology of an individual serves as the primary agent in shaping any attitudes towards Gay and Lesbian (GL). The group of researchers break moral indictors into 5 separate categories – in which Purity and Sanctity are not explicit to just religion. They frame their argument in a way that places responsibility on how the individual construct the way they see the world and anything that goes against the contrary to that reality is a violation

The political aspects of whether same-sex couples should be allowed to federal and government recognized marriages are a very complex issue. There are basically two sides to the political argument of whether same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. On one side are the liberals who feel that marriage is a civil right that should be denied based on the basis of a person's sexual orientation. On the other side you have conservatives who feel that marriage is an institution in which should only constitute one man and one woman. In this report we are going to examine how the issue of same-sex marriages are affecting our current political environment, how politics is affecting the movement for

Over the years in our country’s history it has been apparent that the idea of same sex marriages is becoming much more popular, however in most states there is still one thing stopping them. That one thing stopping two people from the pursuit of happiness which they desire is a social injustice. Social injustices are situations where a person or group of people is treated unfairly due to certain factors for example discrimination, prejudice, racism, heterosexism, sexism, and so forth. In the case of same sex marriages, the factor playing a major role in this social injustice is where most people believe that opposite sexes attract, but in the case of a same sex couple wanting to be married, this brings about many topics to be discussed by

The realization of the homosexuality in the modern western world as a cultural, sexual and a social category has been a result of complex power relations that surround sexuality and gender. The acceptance of homosexuality in the society has met its fair share of resistance and skepticism. The view that homosexuality can be in the same league as heterosexual has led it to be viewed as a normal behavioral and moral standard (Gallagher & Baker, 2006). Inasmuch as the skeptics may not want to accept the existence of homosexuality studies show that the habit is rampant today with many gay people coming out in the open. Of interest is the political acceptance of homosexuality with passing gay rights so that it can be recognized by law. This move has given homosexuals the ability to engage in legal entities like marriage (Gallagher & Baker, 2006).

One of the leading political debates in our country today is the legalization of same-sex marriages. The very image of marriage is evolving on an on-going basis due to society and the major changes between society defined unions. The definition of marriage, as defined by Webster’s Dictionary, states “Marriage, n., (1) the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2) the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage <same-sex marriage>.” The change was not made until 2003. Marriage, as per society, is a special event in

The purpose of this paper is to shed a positive light on homosexuality. The paper will also look at how religion has shaped the views that people have regarding homosexuality. It will be seen that, for the most part, Christianity in the West has encouraged people to take a negative attitude on the subject. By contrast, the Eastern religion of Buddhism has taught people to have a more tolerant attitude toward homosexuality. It will be argued that the negative view of homosexuality which is frequently encountered in the West is actually based more on political reasons than on moral reasons. It will also be argued that once the political reasons for opposing

The legalization of same-sex marriage has been a battle that has been raging since the late twentieth century. By not allowing same-sex marriage, the United Sates is creating discrimination against same-sex couples. People of faith are the biggest advocates against same-sex marriages. Seeing that there are many rights and responsibilities associated with marriage, same-sex couples are denied these and are being discriminated against. Same-sex couples are denied the right to make decisions regarding their partner’s health and medical treatment. The inability to adopt one another’s children is experienced by same-sex couples every day. Although many states have adopted civil unions, they are separate and unequal. Same-sex marriage should be legalized to create equality and eliminate the injustice involving same-sex couples. Marriage is a basic human right for every individual. Same sex marriage should be legalized everywhere.

In this paper, I tried to discover the real reason behind India’s widespread disdain of homosexuality and found that, as expected, its not religion but sentiments of insecurity, and lack of education that really are responsible for this negative perception of homosexuality.