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    Gay marriage has been a controversial topics for years, especially during the 2004 presidential debate. Political figures, churches, and citizens seem to have their own views on this subject. People should be able to marry whomever they want and they shouldn't have the fear to be judged and have the same rights of everybody else becasue they are people just like us. Gay marriage has affected the country in many ways. It was legalized just two years ago by the Supreme Court ruling it (www.theatlantic

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    Essay on Gay Marriage

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    Gay marriage is a very talked about topic in are country that shouldn’t be ignored. I believe men and women should be able to love freely and not be shamed by it. Marriage is a great factor in the United States. To some people it’s what we live for; is to get married and start a family. To not give everyone the same opportunity to have a happy marriage and family is unlike us. This problem is bringing a lot of hate, the same hate that was used in racial discrimination so why not give gays equal rights

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    Gay Marriage Essay

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    Gay Marriage People should be able to marry whomever they want and they shouldn't have the fear to be judged and have the same rights of everybody else becasue they are people just like us. Gay marriage has affected the country in many ways. It was legalized just two years ago by the Supreme Court ruling it (www.theatlantic.com). I chose this topic because people should do what they want and marry who they want so they have the same rights as everybody else. There was 14 states that did not allow

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    Reinforcing Gay Marriage

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    Opposing same sex marriage and my solution of reinforcing the same sex marriage law would be people who have homophobia and some religions or religious people. Although people who have homophobia and some religious people are against gay marriage with the idea of out ruling gay marriage,my solution of reinforcing the same sex marriage law is superior to all other solutions out there. To begin with, people who are against gay marriage are those who have homophobia or the hatred or fear of

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    The Legalization of Gay Marriage: A Step to Equality Imagine a world where heterosexuals are the minority. Straight people would be the ones fighting for the same rights as homosexuals. Same-sex marriages would be average and normal, while straight marriages would be frowned upon and considered unholy in the eyes of religion. Heterosexuals would be denied service at restaurants because of their sexuality, they would be called derogatory names while holding their partner’s hand and most importantly

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    Gay Marriage Controversy

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    Gay marriage has been a recent controversy for many reasons. Many people (religious conservatives) believe that same-sex marriage is immoral, sinful, and threatens the traditional structure of a family. But gay and lesbian supporters feel marriage is a right that everyone should have, backed by the Due Process and Equal Protection of the Fourteenth Amendment. It has been proven that the outlook on gay marriage has changed drastically based simply on the fact that younger people had supported it

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    Gay Marriage Cons

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    In this essay, the pros and cons of gay marriage will be distilled. There are many pros and cons to this topic. Many gays and lesbians have fought for the right of marriage, while homophobes have fought against it. Marriage is a privilege that everyone deserves, even gays and lesbians. Same sex couples have access to the same benefits as straight couples. For example, there are social security benefits, tax benefits, veteran and military benefits, federal employment benefits, and immigration

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    Essay on Gay Marriage

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    Marriage is the legal or religious ceremony that formalizes the decision of two people to live as a married couple. Marriage should not be based on what others think. When people get married in a heterosexual union, they do it for their own happiness, not for the happiness of others. Gay marriage is the same way. Homosexuality has always been around and will continue to exist. Why should homosexuals be denied the rights of heterosexuals? No one has the right to say that homosexuals can not marry

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    cultural development in America in the last twenty-five years has definitely been the legalization of gay marriage. Few other issues in public policy have resulted in such a dramatic shift in public opinion as the controversy same-sex marriage and the rights that come along with the institute of marriage. The decade of the seventies was the time when numerous state statutes materialized defining marriages to only be valid between and man and a woman. Later in the nineties and on into two-thousands waves

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    Gay Marriage And Adoption

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    Gay Marriage and Adoption There are approximately “3.5%” of Americans who identify themselves as gay, lesbian, or bisexual”(Greve). Obviously, LGBT people are still a minority, but that does not mean that they have any less rights than heterosexual people. LGBT people deserve the same rights as heterosexuals because they should not have to be discriminated against. One right that is already legal, and I hope it stays legal, is allowing same sex marriage. This is a huge accomplishment for the LGBT

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