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Legal issues surrounding gay marriage 32 Articles

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    by Joann Johnson

    Gay marriage is not acceptable in my eyes.I beleive God made a woman for man and the man for woman.I beleive it is wrong and it goes against God's law.If you are a Christian then you know that God did not condone such acti...read more

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    by John Tabler

    The most common argument stated by the opponents of gay marriage is the God created the institution of marriage for the relationship that exists only between a man and a woman. This, coupled with the proof offered in the ...read more

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    by Ben Doree

    You know, I wasn't going to write a piece on this topic, but after reading one particular article, I felt I had to. I'm appalled that the article in question has been rated as the most valuable of all that had been written...read more

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    by Hamlet Pericles

    The legal issues surrounding gay marriage are just outrageous. There are plethora of important issues to address in this world like war issues, healthcare issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration, and so forth. ...read more

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    by Jen Post

    Getting married is usually a two-fold process. First, you apply at the court house in the county you are going to be married in for a petition to marry. Upon completion of whatever legal rules and regulations that coun...read more

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    by Brenda Bowers

    Society will soon have to grapple seriously with the issue of just what constitutes a marriage and who is eligible to form this special union. There are advocates for only the Traditional Family, or a union of only one man...read more

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    by Seneca Creation

    I truly believe that there is absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt in my mind, nothing wrong with gay marriages. In fact I encourage it. Maybe then the divorce rate would start to go down. We as human beings have no ...read more

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    by Matt Co

    Over the past few years there has been a political war over the right of gays to become legally married. However, I have yet to see the collection of politicians to stop and take a look at the big picture. The gay commun...read more

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    by Katie Lamberto

    We've all heard the arguments against gay marriage. Many religions, including most forms of Christianity, consider homosexuality a sin. Homosexuals cannot have children together, negating the most virtuous reason to get ...read more

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    by Mary Laclair

    LEGISLATORS TAKE NOTE: SAME SEX UNIONS COULD FINANCIALLY BANKRUPT YOUR STATE Responsibility it seems is being shifted from the people who exercise their right of free choice, to the people who conceal the harm...read more

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    by Geri Lee

    And Another Thing... "Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for." ~Will Rogers I think these days we are getting more government then we can afford. As the headline reads: Immediate Th...read more

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    by Faron Poser

    Everyone has a different opinion about gay marriage; most opinions are based on religion and moral reasoning. However, if everyone just stopped for one minute they would be able to realize that the backbone of America is f...read more

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    by Mitzie Lu

    I've read so much on this "issue" that sometimes I throw my hands up and say "enough!" When is it going to be enough? It is 2007, we are supposed to be an evolving species and yet we revert back to our judging, even if uni...read more

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    by J. Roy Stevens

    The legal issues surrounding gay marriage can be easily overcome if common sense is applied and personal idealists and political agenda is ended. Perhaps if we changed the word marriage to something else then there would ...read more

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    by Christine D. Patterson

    Why do we bring religion into every topic that makes the headlines? I have read several articles on this topic. One wrote; "I am Christian." What does that have to do with someone being gay? Christians are not saints. Anot...read more

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    by Elinda Harrison

    Legal issues surrounding gay marriage.... The great debate. Should gays and lesbians be allowed to marry? Should they not? The argument that we should or should not afford every person the right to marry the person ...read more

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    by John Osborne

    What follows is a that letter I wrote to Governor Schwarzenegger back in 2005 when the Marriage Protection Act was being voted on. Recently, the California Supreme Court decided that Gay Marriage, is, in fact, constitutio...read more

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    by Kevin Nickoson

    Let me make known some of my beliefs. I am a Bible believing Christian. I interpret the Bible literally, save for the poetry at the beginning of Genesis, and perhaps Revelation. I believe that homosexuality is a sin. I...read more

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    by Patrick California

    I heard something the other day that made me think. It's something I've heard a lot lately. A gay rights activist advocating legislation to legalize gay marriage compared his struggle to the struggle of the black community...read more

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    by Ken Alexander

    SAME SEX MARRIAGES A Discussion of the legal basis of the California supreme court's decision In an opinion by the California Supreme Court, filed on May 15, 2008, in a close 4-3 decision, the court decided tha...read more

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