...Same Sex Marriage? Ban Same Sex Marriage The Ultimate web site providing information on the issues. We should be anti-gay marriage, and should ban gay same sex marriages and such practices. Pro-Family Groups in Connecticut Rally Voters to Overturn Court's Gay 'Marriage' Ruling" Pro-family activists in Connecticut are urging the people of the state to vote yes for a constitution convention when they head for the polls on Nov. 4. Though the 4-3 split decision by the Connecticut Supreme Court on Friday effectively redefined marriage in the state, Connecticuters will have the opportunity to have the final say if enough voters rally behind a call for the state legislature to convene a state constitution convention. Every twenty years, under the state constitution, the ballot question "Shall there be a Constitutional Convention to amend or revise the Constitution of the state?" is placed on the ballot for consideration. This year marks Connecticut's 220th since its admission to the Union in 1788. The Court's willingness to undemocratically impose same-sex marriage on Connecticut has made it necessary for us to demand the right to Let the People Decide, expressed Peter Wolfgang, executive director of the Family Institute of Connecticut (FIC), in a press release following Friday's high court decision. And that is why thousands of us will vote 'yes' for a constitutional convention on November 4th." If enough votes are found to favor a convention, it will be incumbent...
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...Americans would legalize gay marriage nationwide, favor equal rights for such unions Fifty-two percent of Americans would vote for a federal law legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states. Americans' broader support for recognizing same-sex marriage, at 54%, hasn't changed since the Supreme Court's recent rulings. PRINCETON, NJ -- If given the opportunity to vote on a law legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states, the slight majority of Americans, 52%, say they would cast their vote in favor, while 43% would vote against it. Across the nation's major demographic, political, and religious groups, support for the proposed law ranges from as high as 77% among self-described liberal Americans, and 76% among those with no religious affiliation, to as low as 23% among weekly churchgoers, and 30% among Republicans and conservatives. Other groups showing at least 60% support for legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide include Democrats, adults aged 18 to 34, those who rarely or never attend a church or other place of worship, moderates, Easterners, and Catholics. Others showing less than 50% support include Protestants, adults 55 and older, Southerners, and men. The groups showing the most ambiguity about such a same-sex marriage law, with between 51% and 53% in favor and 43% to 45% opposed, include Midwesterners, nonwhites, and adults aged 35 to 54. No Shift Since Court Decisions in General Support for Legalizing Gay Marriage In the same poll, Gallup asked a separate half-sample...
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...Mill’s On Liberty and Same-Sex Marriage Legalization There has been a significant amount of controversy in the past few years leading up to the current regarding the issue of legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States. In the recent election, many states have voted in favor of the legalization of same-sex marriage. However, there has been little movement towards legalization on the federal level. Earlier this year, President Obama made the statement supporting the idea that same-sex marriage should be legal. Thus, making a statement on one of the most vexed, and politically charged social issues being faced in the United States presently. Obama made this statement knowing that in a few months he would be announcing his campaign for reelection, and thus received fierce opposition from many groups as well as his Republican opponent in his race for reelection. My personal stance on this issue is that without a doubt, same-sex marriage should be legalized. In the process of legalization, it would give every American citizen regardless of sexual orientation the ability to marry and their union to be recognized on the federal level. Many individuals might argue that this would degrade the sanctity of marriage, but with the percentage of marriages ending in divorce or otherwise that argument can hardly be supported. Another opposition that is brought up repeatedly is that the Bible and other religious scriptures do not speak in support of same-sex marriage and thus deeming it...
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...families based on women’s dependency on men to survive during the hunting-gathering period, or the nature of child bearing and women’s isolation and freedom to organize with other women? Clearly politics was men’s domain, and they were physically suited for it. They even selectively banned women from their meetings. Or was it in the psyche of men, perhaps the innate fear of female power and endurance. And if so, they could control it by organizing men and creating a single god to lay down the rules as long as they were the interpreters. Women by their nature, their romantic inclinations and their power to seduce men to take care of her colluded in this process. The men, once they had won the women over and with a religiously sanctified marriage that gave men all the decision making powers and control over the women, there was no possibility to reverse this process. Once set in motion the women gradually enforced the rules over the other women in order to survive, even to the point of extreme cruelty, viz. cutting clitorises so women would be denied sexual pleasure. In the 19th Century in America women could not yet own property, get divorced, have rights over their children and were confined to few available positions: prostitution,...
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...Harvey Milk continuously fought to de-marginalize the LBGTQ community fighting and dying for his cause. Milk would be assassinated in 1979 becoming the communities first great martyr. Over the following 24 years this fight would meet with great victories and terrible disappointments. Today the battle for these rights still continues, with passionate people on both sides. Attitudes in most parts of this country are evolving, more people are in favor of gay rights and same-sex marriage, but this is not enough. This issue, which has been labeled so many things, needs to be called what it really is. This issue is a matter of civil liberties, this is a fight for the civil rights of a persecuted minority in the United States of America. Today this fight is being waged on the battlefield of marriage and until all people’s of this great nation are able to legally marry, not anything less, only then will they be treated with the respect and dignity that we are all granted in The Constitution of the United States of America. Claims-Making These claims are being...
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...Same Sex Marriage December 3, 2013 A significant political policy issue that has been gaining more attention is same sex marriage. Currently same sex marriage has been legalized in 16 states. Some argue that same-sex couples should be able to get married, have access to the same marriage benefits and public acknowledgement enjoyed by heterosexual couples, they argue that prohibiting gay marriage is unconstitutional and discriminatory. While the other side argues that allowing same sex marriage would be altering the traditional definition of marriage, they argue that by allowing same sex marriage it will further weaken our institution and that it may lead to polygamous and interspecies marriages. The Republican National Committee have passed resolutions reaffirming its commitment to defining marriage as between a man and a women, and calling on the Supreme Court to “uphold the sanctity of marriage” as it weighed rulings on cases involving gay marriage. Their 2012 platform called for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and woman. The Republican Party has held this stance of opposing same sex marriage because it believes that the sanctity and value of traditional American morals need to be upheld and marriages can only be held between a man and a woman. In the recent years there has been a shift in views as more people support same sex marriage. As the country is “evolving” on the issue of same sex marriage, Republicans have been taking a closer look...
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...countries 2. In the United States, all states except one use a similar source for their law. Which state is different? a. Louisiana c. Alaska b. Hawaii d. California 3. The United Nations has three major components: a. General Secretary, Chief Justice and c. justification, excuse, alibi and Council procedural b. justification, excuse, alibi and d. General Assembly, Security Council, procedural and Secretariat 4. The state with the largest death row population is a. Texas c. Georgia b. Virginia d. California Modules 4- Drug Laws & Policy and 5-Marriage & Homophobia 5. In the United States, what percentage of federal prisoners are incarcerated for drug and drug related offenses? a. 5% c. 50% b. 10% d. 100% 6. One major problem of physical dependence on drugs is a. as time goes on, the user develops a c. as time goes on, the user gets bored tolerance to the drug, requiring smaller with the drug and/or less frequent dosage b. as time goes on, the user develops a d. there are no problems associated with tolerance to the drug, requiring larger physical dependence on drugs and/or more frequent dosage 7. In Loving v. Virginia, the United States Supreme Court was asked to rule on a case about a. homosexual marriage c. child marriage b. interracial marriage d. arranged marriage 8. In Georgia, same-sex marriage is a. permitted under the State’s Constitution b. prohibited under the State’s Constitution c. recognized if the couple was married in a state that allows...
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...Marriage is 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. Nonetheless I feel that marriage should not be limited to couples of opposite sex since it is just as equally possible for people of the same gender to fall in love with each other. Gay marriage is frowned upon by many religions like Christianity and Catholicism which both consider gay marriage a sin. Although opinions on the topic vary throughout the country, nine states have already legalized same-sex marriage, all of which include Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Washington and Vermont; three of which became legalized as a result of popular vote. The Full Faith and credit clause is a section in the United States Constitution which conditions that states must respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state", marriage is of course protected by this clause, however this does not apply to same-sex marriage because of the Defense of Marriage act. Same-sex marriage is a personal choice that in no way harms society therefore should not be discriminated against. Marriage is a special union and a way of expressing to one’s companion how much you love them and that you are willing to spend a lifetime together with them, whether the is a couple of opposite sex or same sex should not matter. In conclusion same-sex marriage will continue to be debated topic...
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...According to the general definition, divorce refers to a process of legally dissolving a marriage. The concept of divorce did not exist under Hindu law as the marriage is considered to be a sacred relationship. However, the concept of Divorce was introduced when a law to this effect was codified and presently section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act provides for dissolution of marriage. Mozley and Whitley define divorce, in their 1967 law book: "Divorce (is) the termination of a marriage otherwise than by death or annulment ." As Justice Gray of the Supreme Court of the United States of America wrote in Atherton case: "The purpose and effect of a decree of divorce from the bond of matrimony, by a court of competent jurisdiction, are to change the existing status or domestic relation of husband and wife, and to free them both from the bond. The marriage tie, when thus severed as to one party, ceases to bind either. A husband without a wife, or a wife without a husband, is unknown to the law ." Theories of divorce: - a) Fault theory: - under this theory marriage can be dissolved only when one of the parties to the marriage has committed a matrimonial offence. In this theory it is necessary to have one innocent party and one guilty party. If both the parties are guilty, then no remedy available...
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...Liberals Believe in government action to achieve equal opportunity and equality for all. It is the duty of the government to alleviate social ills and to protect civil liberties and individual and human rights. Believe the role of the government should be to guarantee that no one is in need. Liberal policies generally emphasize the need for the government to solve problems. Liberal. There is injustice still. But look at how much we've accomplished in the last 50 years. We just have to keep working at it. Both the liberal and the radical positions seek to make the infrastructure more effective in the equality of access to resources and rights. For Jeanne, the liberal sees many of the problems with the system and the injustice it produces. She wants to change the system to make it more just, more equal. She does not want to examine deeply those aspects of our culture that have not changed: such as "economic growth achieved by corporate politics." But she also fears that radical change brings chaos, and has a vested interest in the system that exists. Thus, she is less critical than a revolutionary, and more pleased with results that make the system just a little better. The liberal is more likely to see improvements in race, class, and gender issues, while still recognizing that much more needs to be done. Libertarianism view • Variation of conservatism that believes government should be small and should play only the most minimal possible role in social life • ...
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...People of America! I am standing here today to tell you that America need to change. It needs to change for the better. Too many issues have increased and the American dream is far from how we know it. I grew up thinking America was the country where all dreams come true. I still believe it is. We just need to take a seriously look in the mirror, and ask ourselves, whether we can live with the system we are living in, or not. The American Dream should be possible for anyone. Black, white, female, male, hetero or gay - everyone should have the possibility to persuade the American dream. But the reality wants different things. As it is today, young children, sometimes infants, are brought to this country by their parents. They grow up with an American feeling in their heart and mind. They play in the streets. They go to our school. They are Americans, like everyone else, in every single way, but one: on paper. Through their entire life, they live in fear of deportation. Even though they worked hard, studied hard, and achieve great success, they still face a risk of going home to a country they might not even know. Deporting these young Americans are deporting the possibility of the next great genius. Everyone can become something big, if they have the will and the strength to do it. These are future soldiers, scientists or highly successful politicians. I want everyone to be able to persuade the American Dream and achieve great success, and that is why I will make sure every...
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...Zulamita Robles Government Mr. Allen 3/26/14 Public Opinion Essay (Conservative) Being raised in a Hispanic Catholic Home I do highly believe I am a conservative. While thinking it through it came to mind that it may be because of how I was and am being raised or perhaps my religion or possibly even my race. Then it came to mind that being a Hispanic girl raised with Hispanic parents in a strongly enforced catholic home has greatly influenced my beliefs. We all want the same things in life. We want freedom; we want the chance for prosperity; we want as few people suffering as possible; we want healthy children; we want to have crime-free streets. Conservatives believe in personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, individual liberty, traditional American values and a strong national defense. We believe the role of government should be to provide people the freedom necessary to pursue their own goals. Conservative policies generally emphasize empowerment of the individual to solve problems. There are several topics in which my belief of me classified as a conservative is put up to its meaning for example Abortion a Liberal would believe that A woman has the right to decide what happens with her body. A fetus is not a human life, so it does not have separate individual rights. The decision to have an abortion is a personal choice of a woman regarding her own body and the government must protect this right. However a Conservative would argue that a Human...
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...Lam Ka Kiu(54390709) Should same sex marriage be legalized in Hong Kong Legalizing same sex marriage(also known as gay marriage,a kind of marriage between people of the same sex) has long been a controversial issue.It is said that gay people should enjoy the same right as ordinary people while the others think that marriage should be between a man and a woman.I aim to explore whether same sex marriage should be legalized in Hong Kong.It is my belief that same sex marriage should be legalized. Everyone should have the right to love others and be loved,even for the same sex couples.All of us are equal and it applies to marriage as well.1,138 benefits, rights and protections are provided for married couples in Federal law"(Members of The...
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...relationship end , possessions of benefits will be chosen by property law; the courts have no prudence to reallocate resources ; as happens on separation 2.2.2 De-Facto MARRAIGES: De-Facto is a term to characterize marriage associations with couple , who is not legitimately wedded , yet meets the common prerequisites for marriage. Whether the relationship is lawfully perceived as a marriage normally relies on the locale in which the couple dwells. In the United States for instance, most states perceive true relational unions, albeit such unions are presently characterized as residential association. Numerous locales in Europe and Joined Kingdom, and in addition Israel, Canada ,Australia additionally perceive these sort of relational unions. On the off chance that two people live with each other for a predetermined timeframe, they might be legitimately hitched according to law, regardless of the possibility that no genuine wedding service has occurred....
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...campaign. In 2007 a poll was taken on whether or not they should strengthen the laws on hate crimes and 56 percent of republicans and 63 percent of evangelical Christians expressed support. Also many people have shown support for the group through social media such as facebook and twitter. The group also appeals to people between the ages of 13-17 through their program growing up LGBT in America. Also a lot of celebrities have supported the HRC such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Cyndi Lauper, Christopher Meloni, Kevin Bacon, Anne Hathaway and many more. Most people join this group because they believe that all basic rights should be given to everybody. For example most people who join this group feel that gay marriage should be legal because who are they to say what’s a true and pure marriage. Also people join to receive some sort of justice of the many gay, lesbian and transgender people who are discriminated against and deserve to be treated as equals. Some goals of the HRC are stricter laws for committing hate crimes, equal...
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