Homosexual and Heterosexual Rights

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This paper will consider the question as to whether or not homosexuals ought to have the same civil and contractual/legal rights as heterosexual persons. This paper will explore this by analyzing, through moral philosophy, a rationale for the difference between heterosexuals and homosexuals and specifically, for the ways these differences are used to deny rights to legal marriage, adoption of children and/or custody of children and to share as a legal partner in loss and insurance claims. Moral theory might help to frame an inquiry into how this works, in a civil society. To explore this, with the intention of arriving at an answer to the question, we will first refer to Hobbes' arguments for a law of social contracts, followed by a consideration of Kant's moral imperatives and concluding with a closer reading of Locke's notes on identity and diversity.

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