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Gay Marriage
Research Paper # 94275
Gay Marriage
A review of the controversial issue of whether homosexuals should be allowed to legally marry.
1,745 words (approx. 7 pages) |
11 sources |
MLA | 2006
Paper Summary:
This paper takes a look at the hot topic of gay marriage. According to the paper, recent polls report that the majority of Americans oppose legalizing marriage for homosexuals and the reasons given by people for this opposition are numerous. The paper reviews and discusses some of these reasons.From the Paper:
"This decline in marriage has caused many conservative groups to speak out in the defense of traditional marriage. "We're a pair-bonding species," says David Blankenhorn, "and we have a deep need at the species level to love and be loved by another and the need to pass on a part of ourselves to the next generation." Blankenhorn, founder and president of the Institute for American Values, adds that "Marriage is the institution that encompasses these two great needs" (Masci 3). However, is the decline in marriage a true threat? Some argue correctly that the decline in marriage is the result of people making active choices concerning how they want to live and therefore must not be viewed as a bad thing. According to Laura Kipnis, "as the economic necessity of it has become less pressing, people have discovered that they no longer need marriage. . . It restricts our choices and is too confining which is why fewer people are marrying" (Masci 2)."Sample of Sources Used:
- Blankenhorn, David. "Interview with David Masci." "Future of Marriage." CQ Researcher. 14.17 (2004). 29 January 2006. Internet. http://library2.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2004050700.
- ---. Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe. New York: Villard Books, 1994.
- Cootnz, Stephanie. "Interview with David Masci." "Future of Marriage." CQ Researcher. 14.17 (2004). 29 January 2006. Internet. http://library2.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2004050700.
- ---. Marriage: A History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage. New York: Viking, 2004.
- Kipnis, Laura. "Interview with David Masci." "Future of Marriage." CQ Researcher. 14.17 (2004). 29 January 2006. http://library2.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2004050700.
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Gay Marriage (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Gay-Marriage/94275
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"Gay Marriage" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Gay-Marriage/94275>
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