Legalizing Gay Marriage

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This paper discusses the issue of legalizing same-sex marriages. The paper presents the views of both proponents and opponents of gay marriage, claiming that, while both parties approach the issue in America through the legalization process, the issue touches upon personal and religious convictions as well. The paper contends that like the issue of marriage between different races, it may be that concerns for civil liberties and the children produced by such unions will win out over societal definitions of what morally and historically constitutes the uniquely heterosexual nature of marriage.

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"When recently, on February 7, 2005, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg stated that although he supported gay marriage on personal, ethical grounds, but worried that a recent ruling by a New York judge allowing same sex unions might get the city into legal troubles, he was roundly denounced as expressing a lack of political backbone. (Ruttenberg, 2005) Several gay elected officials at City Hall blasted the mayor for what State Senator Thomas K. Duane called cowardice, after the mayor stated that he intended to appeal the decision allowing gay marriages in the city, so that the metropolis could have greater legal clarification in the issue."

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