Gay Marriages in America Analytical Essay by writingsensation
Gay Marriages in America
This paper focuses on the much debated and controversial issue of gay marriages in America.
# 68260
| 1,222 words
| 8 sources
| APA
| 2006
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Published
on Aug 11, 2006
in
Law
(Civil)
, Political Science
(Government Agencies)
, Law
(Constitution)
, Political Science
(State and Local Politics)
, Gender and Sexuality
(Homosexuality)
, Hot Topics
(Same-Sex Marriage)
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Description:
This paper examines the legal status of same-sex marriages in several states in America, including California and Vermont. This paper details the law in California, which bans same-sex marriages, yet discusses the fact that the mayor recently chose to overrule these regulations by legalizing a large number of gay marriages. This paper delves into the increasing support for the legalization of same-sex marriages. The writer contends and explains why Vermont is considered the most advanced state in its acceptance of gay marriages. In 1999, the Vermont Supreme Court passed a decision which stated that gay couples had the same state constitutional rights as straight ones. This paper also discusses the Same-Sex Civil-Union Bill.
From the Paper:
"The virtual success of such a bill would be tremendous for supporters of gay marriages. As I have previously mentioned, the issue is not necessarily for gay civil unions to be called marriages. It is a much deeper issue, an issue where the homosexual civil union should be assimilated in all rights and obligations to the heterosexual marriage. In this sense, Connecticut seems to be on the same path as Vermont in recognizing the rights of gay couples. Progress was also made in New York towards achieving the legalization of gay marriages. Judge Doris Ling-Cohan ruled, at the beginning of 2005, in favour of gay couples being allowed to marry. According to the decision , there is no point in guaranteeing basic freedoms to lesbian and gay people if one is not interested in conferring one of the most essential rights of all, the right to marry whomever one may desire."Cite this Analytical Essay:
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