Homosexual Unions

Paper Summary:

This paper examines how there are abundant reasons, taking in the disciplines of anthropology, religion, law, and the social contract, to consider same-sex marriage an impossible path for humanity to tread. It looks at how there is another solution to same-sex marriage, the legalization of same-sex 'civil unions', which would accord many of the same legal benefits as marriage.

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Biological Imperatives
Civil Rights
Social Conscience
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"The fact that Vermont has already created civil union, and if the intention to change the social fabric of the country or, more ridiculously, create reality by fiat-were not apparently a large portion of the intention of those arguing for same sex marriage, as opposed to a civil union, then the matter would be easily solved. In fact, John Kerry's solution, which obviously appealed to the voters and legislators of Vermont "a notoriously common-sense sort of state" also appealed across the border in Canada. The Ontario Court of Appeals, on June 10, 2003, confirmed that Canadian marriage law violated the equality rights guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because it failed to include non-heterosexual couples."

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