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    Homosexual Marriage and the Catholic Church Imagine you were born into a world where being straight was taboo. You were raised by same sex parents, as all of your friends. Fornication of the opposite sex was merely to have children, but a relationship between the two was virtually unheard of. It was believed that same sex parents provided a better home for children. Love between a man and a man (or a woman and a woman) was believed to be the perfect love because it was loving an equal

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    although significant progress has been made, there are many aspects within their relationships that are not yet equal to heterosexual couples in similar situations. Gay and lesbian couples have to deal with daily discrimination within issues such as marriage, legal issues, medical issues, and mamy forms for homophobia. Adoption has been a big question and fight for gay and lesbian couples for many years, one that is still being found today. Questions of whether or not a gay or lesbian couple can “properly”

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    Critical Analysis Paper In the Article “10 Reasons Why Homosexual “Marriage” is Harmful and Must be Opposed” by TFP Student Action the group lays out ten points on why it believes homosexual marriage is not only wrong but is harmful to society. The article gives 10 reasons why same-sex marriage is wrong: it is not marriage, it violates natural law, it always denies a child either a father or a mother, it validates and promotes the homosexual lifestyle, it turns moral wrong into a civil rights, it

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    MLKs Dream Did Not Have Homosexual Marriage In It Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was many things to many people. He was certainly the driving force behind the civil rights movement, and he sought equality for people of all colors. MLK was also driven by what he referred to as “the moral law of God”, and did not support the gay agenda; nor would he support it today if he were alive. Racism is Biblically immoral, and homosexuality is, too. According to Charisma News, this is the reason MLK gave this

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    Movements such as Black Lives Matter and the gay rights movement have gained rapid popularity in modern society. This spike of interest in social justice in pop culture has created a “fad” in which celebrities, public figures, and regular citizens feel an underlying pressure to support social justice movements which alter rights for large demographics of people. And while the cultural trend of social justice becoming a fad creates the illusion of a more progressive society, the truth of the matter

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    Back in the 1940’s, gender stereotypes existed to a larger extent. Tennessee Williams casts a light on this issue in his play, “A Streetcar Named Desire” in which he shows how Homosexuals; such as Blanche’s husband Allan Grey was cut from the society. During the 1940’s, the concept of homosexuality was completely unusual and many people termed it to be unethical and almost a crime (Straight from the Closet). As a result, Allan Grey has been briefly mentioned but he has a huge role to play in Blanche’s

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    them. According to Alan Bray’s book, Homosexuality in Renaissance England, “the modern image of ‘the homosexual’ cannot be applied to the early modern period, when homosexual behavior was viewed in terms of the sexual act and not an individual's broader identity.” (Columbia University Press). This difference between homosexuality as a “sexual act” and an

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    romance, this may lead to several possibilities such as a relationship, an engagement, a marriage, or even the start of a family together. For many years within the United States, there have been legal restrictions and limitations placed on the love of individuals, such as homosexuality, which is considered to be the sexual attraction for and between members of the same gender. Due to recent growth of homosexual relationships, this phenomenon had been widely and commonly debated universally often in

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    Today's society accepts homosexuals! Now the issue arises over whether we should allow homosexuals to marry. And you know what? It is really none of the government's business.      America can no longer deny its homosexual citizens the right to have a legal marriage. Looking at today's society, we can see that there is no good reason to deny gay couples the rights that straight couples have in

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    Rebuttal Marriage is not about a piece of paper, a ring, or sexual preference. It has never been about any of these matters, and should not be considered so. Marriage is the commitment between two people who love each other unconditionally. According to Psychology Today, “marriage is the process by which two people who love each other make their relationship public, official, and permanent” (Psychology Today, 2002) . Anyone can get married, but it takes dedication and work to make a marriage last

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