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    Phil 5 Gay Marriage Should be Banned 1. Introduction Gay marriage has been in hot debate for a while now. What once was shunned in almost every culture and society is now creeping into our laws and customs as normal and even acceptable due to the increase of radicals found in Anglo-Saxon societies such as the US and UK. Fueled by the recent revolutions of women and interracial groups, homosexuals (a group less than 1 percent of the world’s population), have finally taken a stand. Marriage has been

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    sexual orientation. Though the LGBT community has made headway, especially with the Obergefell v. Hodges case decision, they have had to deal with a large amount disparity, much more than there heterosexual counterparts’ relative to issues of love, marriage, intimacy, and relations. Ultimately, there are still issues facing the LGBT community, but with the ruling in the Obergefell v. Hodges case, there is evidence of those issues, as they pertain to equality, being addressed. Case Presentation: Facts

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    Gay Marriage,” author Andrew Sullivan claims that without the right to marry that heterosexuals possess, homosexuals are denied equality. Sullivan argues that withholding this right will not prevent homosexual relationships; instead, it would be a measure simply to restrict the same right heterosexuals enjoy. Not allowing these homosexual couples to marry and prove their love to each other would prevent gay adolescents from having role models in which they can learn how a committed homosexual relationship

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    Today’s culture seems to not be able to accept anything that is out of the norm. As a result, gay marriage has been under constant backlash due to the idea that the “true marriage” and a “real family” is constituted by the union of a male and a female. Although the model family was previously seen as the union of a male and female back in the 1950’s, things change over time and with it news

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    view marriage as merely a public expression of the eternal love between two people, and because of this it does not matter who that love is between. Whether it is a homosexual or heterosexual relationship, according to society, all that should be required for marriage is love. Unfortunately, however, marriage is not that simple or solely emotional. Marriage is a centuries old institution designed to legally unite two people (“Marriage”), and because of this, what a government allows marriage to be

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    The Catholic Church should accept that gay marriage is morally acceptable and doesn’t contradict their beliefs. Gay marriage has been a topic of controversy ever since the 1970’s. May of 1970 to be exact. Around This time two men named Richard John 'Jack ' Baker and James Michael McConnell in Minnesota applied to Hennepin County District Court clerk Gerald Nelson for a marriage license. They were denied because they both were men. This issue of two people of the same sex getting married is

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    how to behave, and are shown what a healthy marriage looks like. If their parent 's relationship concludes in divorce, they will not see a truly successful relationship, causing the child to have some short and long term effects that can hinder them in their life. Homosexual marriage also has some lasting effects on a child because of the irregular parenting style in a society where heterosexual marriage is most common. Divorce and homosexual marriage can create potential adverse short and long term

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    every one for who they are, they do not have to acc3ept these fact but a least they can respect it. WORK CITED Egan, P. (2014, March 22). Michigan gay marriages Egan, P. (2014, March 22). Michigan gay marriages could fall into legal limbo. USA Today. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/22/michigan-gay-marriages-could-fall-into-legal-limbo-/6739465/ MA voters say yes to minimum wage increase, no to government shutdown. (2013, September 26). Public Policy Polling.

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    “How My View on Gay Marriage Changed” At the time, gay marriage is a steaming hot topic of discussion in the United States. The right of marriage between man and man or woman and woman is one of the most controversial debates in the history of America. On several locations around the globe, fore an example in europe, gay marriage is a legal act. But should homosexuals have the same rights as “normal” people when it comes to marriage? A lot of different reasons why gays should not be able to get

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    individuals of the same gender. For centuries, humanity has viewed homosexuality as an unnatural, dangerous and sinning behaviour for numerous reasons including the perceived harm on public, the impact on happiness and the ill intentions behind same-sex marriage. But does society have valid proof to support this supposedly wrong behaviour or are we labelling homosexuality immoral without building a proper premise? Should a man be punished for wanting to marry and raise a family with another man? Is it sinful

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