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that the state must show that there are compelling reasons why marriage license should be issued only to heterosexual couples (Dor...

reason why gay parenting is wrong is that it sets up identity issues. That is not to suggest that it sets up gender identity or co...

who interview military women in any depth is that sexual harassment is pervasive and ... fundament to womens military experience" ...

of gay marriage actually found its way into the patchwork of society. "Lesbian behavior does not fit within that framework of pub...

said they had an obligation to give witness to the whole moral truth and reinforce Catholic teaching that gay sex is a sin" (Bisho...

has returned home for a visit with his mother and to reintroduce her to his lover, Wayne, who joins him at his childhood home. Nei...

government - harbored toward the homosexual population. Lumped together with such socially unsavory issues as Communism, Katz ill...

gays and lesbians within their own ethnic group, one might readily surmise how the lack of religious tolerance is partly to blame ...

they affirmed their intention to found a Christian nation under God.1 Historian Frank Lambert refers to these men as the "Puritan ...

It could be said that the ban, as well, could likely violate the concept of equality, which is also implied in the Constitution (T...

many questions which arise. II. Questions and Answers As requested by a student writing on this subject, this part of the pape...

of marriage and those who are against same-sex marriages argue that this issue will only serve to erode the institution even furth...

(Religious Intolerance, 2004). Pressure from lobbyists has prompted this decision but it appears to be a growing trend in the mar...

family rights" (Farrell 130; Stacey and Biblarz 159). In September of 2000, the Dutch parliament followed suit by also granting e...

play dumb. However, she was not dumb and was essentially victimized by the media, something she was not strong enough to deal with...

was viewed in the modern era as not so much a disease but was seen as lack of upbringing and evil intent. Gay relationships were s...

the authors personal bias. There was much about this book that challenged my personal beliefs and outlooks. For instance...

establish a legal precedent in 1967 which declared bans on interracial marriages as unconstitutional that states were forced to re...

This means that they are obliged to live a totally celibate life while serving, or participate in a loose "underground network" of...

a "dont ask, dont tell" policy. This policy, however, is in reality short sited. The military must open its eyes and look to oth...

is retained and that African Americans are able to live in the world in peace. Yet, historically, peace is not always something th...

boy. That said, there is a lot one can glean from the essay from the fact that gender roles may indeed be socially constructed to ...

can be viewed as a socially constructed contract, opposition to applying marriage to homosexual unions extends from the social con...

extremely difficult (Nardi). In other words, we can pick our friends but we have no choice about family, even when that relationsh...

unacceptable to have negative attitudes towards different groups of people, e.g., different races. Despite the publicity and even ...

social development of an adopted child (Averett, Nalavany, & Ryan, 2009). Averett et al. (2009) were able to determine through exp...

and boundaries or the actual physical contact among its members, but by the mental image of affinity," which he associated with "t...

wedding is what this event implies about secularization, as a deep fear of the Catholic Church has been that secular attitudes wil...

be relatively conservative in terms of ideals. "Many of my fellow conservatives have an almost knee-jerk hostility toward gay marr...

never have children, and how many couples never have children nor intend to have children. They are not asked if they plan to have...