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

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

In six pages this paper emphasizes social tolerance in an examination of marriages and parenting of same sex couples. Six sources...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

decision to allow gay marriages, a new Pew Center poll shows 59 percent of Americans oppose such marriages, thats up from 55 perce...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

strictly forbidden. Supported by the assertion that "the life of a person is not his - rather, it belongs to the One Who granted ...

In eight pages this paper discusses sex without marriage in terms of physical implications such as STDs and emotional effects. Ei...

This paper consists of five pages and examines the Catholic Church's position regarding chastity, sex, and marriage. Eight source...