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    Rights for Homosexuals Essay

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    Rights for Homosexuals Gay marriage is a hotly debated issue in today's society. Andrew Sullivan and William Bennett offer opposing views in the June 3, 1996 edition of Newsweek. Sullivan's article, “Let Gays Marry,” offers several arguments supporting the issues of same sex marriage. Bennett counters in his article, “Leave Marriage Alone,” that same sex marriages would be damaging to the sanctity of marriage. Each author presents several reasons for the positions they defend and bring

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    Polygamy Essay

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    still exists today. Though no religion mandates it, and it is, in fact, illegal in the United States, it is still a realized phenomenon. Popular occidental culture has veered away from this marriage style. Now a day, a typical westerner prefers monogamy. The emphasis is on the couple, not the several. Both essays, My Husband’s Nine Wives by Elizabeth Joseph and In Defense of Polygamy by B. Aisha Lemu, depict different situations involving polygamy, through a

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    wondering if legalized polygamy may be next, while some like Fredrik Deboer in Politico are already suggesting that it should be. The truth is that restricting marriage in any form between consenting adults, is absolutely a violation of human right. Monogamy, Polygamy, and Gay marriage should all be legal. People deserve a right to marry with whomever they so choose. Cheating has never solved the problem, and cheating will never solve the problem. According to an article published on Sun Magazine, “sex

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    Polygamy in Igbo Culture

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    POLYGAMY IN IGBO CULTURE In the whole world, there are five continents. Africa is the world’s second largest continent, with 80 percent of its area in the tropics. Africa is usually portrayed as a dark continent historically and physically isolated from the rest of the world but it is not. Nigeria is one of the most important country in Africa. It is located in western Africa, bordering the gulf of Guinea between Benin and

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    any of the grounds listed in Article 13 of the Act. Until a Hindu marriage is dissolved under any law of the spouses can contract second marriage. Thus, it is clear from the various provisions of the law that the modern Hindu law strictly enforces monogamy. [1] Even in Muslim law plurality of marriage is not unconditionally vested in the husband. Traditional Islamic law as interpreted and applied in India allows more than one marriage during the subsistence of another and the ability to do justice

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    Same-Sex Marriage: The Obvious Choice Essay

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    propaganda that shields it. To be frank, there is absolutely no validity in the arguments made against same-sex marriage. One of the most ridiculous

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    online dating or whether it’s a personality thing, with a large focus on the convenience of cheating following the invention of online dating. This question was touched on in the first article “A Million First Dates: How Online Dating is Threatening Monogamy” however I don’t feel the article really answered the question but was rather just a mere mention of a persons opinion. The article states that Alex Mehr, a co-founder of the dating site Zoosk, was the only one of the interviewees who disagreed

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    Crime Social Control

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    goal context: Families of the world is diversity across the globe and family’s patterns are constantly changing. The U. S. Census define family as a group of two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption. Some societies recognize monogamy as the only legal form of marriage, wherein other societies permit polygamy as well as same sex marriage. Some of the major changes in households due to the diversity of families are increase in singlehood and older age marriage, delay childbearing

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    Dangers Of Online Dating

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    situation. Whether it be because they thought they liked each other based on looks, or taking a different approach on conversations through online not knowing how someone else really is in person. In an article, “How Online Dating is Threatening Monogamy” by Dan Slater, he informs this with an example of a couple that moved in together after online dating named

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    philosophers today look to his work for a variety of reasons; some applaud his work for being ahead of it’s time. Others dismiss it, claiming that it’s flawed due to personal attachment. Both sides however regard Mill’s writing as one filled with valid arguments, well developed points of interests, and recognizable inclusive nature. This essay’s discussion will include the basic principles of Utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill’s

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