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manner inconsistent with the intentions of the people in enacting that provision. Yet that is precisely what has happened in the S...

homosexuality was not a lifestyle in the eighteenth century. Rather, having sex with someone of the same gender was something that...

in our society advocate same-sex marriages vary dramatically. Individuals of the same sex have cohabited throughout history witho...

purpose" (Cross, 2002). Opponents to same-sex marriages also oppose gay activists appeal to pity in regards to their arguments. Th...

Lesbians have few sexual partners, tend to be faithful, and value affection and intimacy. By contrast, homosexual males are highly...

that will be addressed on the following pages. Possible Causes of Homosexuality When exploring a subject as controversial and vo...

et al, 1998, p. 883); and marital problems: establishing whether specific traits of each individual is the motivating factor behin...

the world. Whether an individual believes in free agency the right to personal decisions (privacy) or a system of behavior and co...

for the most part, Biblically and legally, heterosexual unions are the only ones legally recognized when it comes to marriage. The...

on the sanctity of traditional matrimony, traditional values, where a man and a woman join lives to create a family. Sex may be a...

women being "accepted in the diaconate which is a part of Holy Orders" (Womens Ordination Conference, n.d.; also see The Campaign ...

In four pages this paper examines how the definition of marriage has changed over the years with same sex unions among the topics ...

to allow same sex marriages, the savings to the court system would be enormous and the separation of the assets and arrangements f...

but that indeed is the premise of Americas religious right. While the religious right condemns homosexuality, Christian churches h...

In nine pages the ways in which these novels reflected gender attitudes of the 18th century regarding chastity, sex, and marriage ...

involved to some degree because of the tax status that is given to married people. A married person may be given certain entitlem...

measure of repetition. According to information from the United Methodist News Service (05-09-00), the issue has come up at every ...

This 3 page paper argues that the Supreme Court’s decisions in Loving and Brown v. Board of Education demonstrate its ability to p...

to everyone, therefore, nobody is denied equal protection of the laws that exist (Benne and McDermott, 2004). Activists also argu...

to Father: "but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made ...

the religion the people already possessed. What was different was the book that he would begin to orally present, the Qoran which ...

legal definitions of marriage exclude same-sex marriage but reveal little about what constitutes "marriage" other than as an insti...

by many as having originated in Greenwich Village New York in 1969 with the Stonewall Inn riots (Ahearn, 1996), is of course not a...

the fact that historically, men have had sex with men and women with women. Sexuality is really a separate issue. Sex can occur be...

individual has many different rights, and they have the right to pursue their own well being, their own dreams, their own style of...

it is possible for these breakaway churches to form a communion or fellowship that can participate as a fully-fledged member of th...

and even to couples who remain celibate within marriage. The multiple exceptions listed effectively refute the power of this argu...

who subsequently play a central role in Hays study, as the Bible clearly indicates that these people were black Africans. He offer...

argued that some cultures allow for a couple of the same sex to live as though a man and woman. Marriage, in the eyes of Violette,...

this paper, however, is to explore the thesis that sexual attraction has nothing to do with marriage. The thesis can be presented...