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Title: Same Sex Marriage


1
Same Sex Marriage
Christopher Vassallo CIS55 Section 608
Same Sex Marriage should be federally legal
2
Introduction and Terms
  • Civil Union a legal partnership agreement
    between two people
  • introduced in the UK
  • Purpose is to give rights close to those of
    married heterosexuals
  • creates unequal status
  • DOMA Defense of Marriage Act
  • no state is required to recognize a law of any
    other state in regards to a same-sex marriage.
  • defines the words marriage and spouse for
    Federal law purposes

3
Our Nations History
  • Separate but Equal sound familiar?
  • Blacks had to struggle through protest and much
    effort to be recognized as equal citizens
  • Women did not have voting rights and womens
    suffrage was not granted until 1919
  • Immigrants went through hard times as well and
    were often not even recognized as citizens at all
  • Notice a pattern here?

4
Arguments NOT In Favor
  • Homosexuality is not natural
  • Homosexual parents will raise homosexual children
  • Will lead to other inappropriate behavior such
    as an owner marrying his/her pet
  • It will destroy and taint the name of marriage as
    a sacred institution
  • Marriages are for procreation

5
Arguments In Favor
  • Would allow same-sex couples to receive all the
    benefits of marriage, not just the limited ones
    of a Civil Union
  • Recognized as equal
  • Health benefits
  • Economic benefits
  • Does not hurt anyone in particular
  • Form of Minority discrimination otherwise
  • Allow same-sex couples to exercise the same
    rights as hetero-sexual couples to show and
    expand their love through marriage

6
Pew Research Center for the People the Press
Public Life Survey
7
Stand of the U.S. Government and Its Actions Today
  • Pass a Constitutional Amendment banning Same-Sex
    Marriage
  • Protect Marriage as union of man and woman as
    husband and wife
  • Get ratification from all states
  • State legislatures free to make own choice
    defining legal arrangements other than marriage

8
Foreign Nations
  • America, if anything is behind
  • Places like Northern Ireland, Holland, Belgium,
    are giving marriage rights to same-sex couples in
    one way or another

9
Same Sex Couples United
  • Rosie ODonnell girlfriend Carpenter
  • have four children together
  • happy to be married
  • offended by President Bushs call for amendment
    banning gay marriage

10
Same Sex Couples United
  • Elton John David Furnish
  • obtained a civil union the very first day passed
    in England and Whales
  • 700 other couples joined that same day

11
References
  • "12 Reasons." Gator Gay-Straight Alliance. 18
    Feb. 2004. 11 Nov. 2006
  • lthttp//grove.ufl.edu/ggsa/gaymarriage.htmlgt.
  • Bush, George W. "President Calls for
    Constitutional Amendment Protecting
  • Marriage." The White House. Feb. 2004. 13 Nov.
    2006
  • lthttp//www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/02/
    20040224-2.htmlgt.
  • "Rosie O'Donnell Marries Girlfriend in San
    Francisco." CNN. 27 Feb. 2004. 12 Nov. 2006
    lthttp//www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/
    TV/02/26/odonnell.ap/gt.
  • Schulman, Ronca. "Pew Research Center." Law and
    Civil Rights. 19 July 2006. 10 Nov. 2006
    lthttp//www.pollingreport.com/civil.htmgt.
  • "Seinfeld." Brandon's Ultimate Sound Page. 12
    Apr. 1998. 13 Nov. 2006 lthttp//www.geocities.com
    /Hollywood/Hills/4211/seinfeld.htmlgt.
  • "Stars Pack Elton 'Wedding' Party." BBC News. 22
    Dec. 2005. 09 Nov. 2006 lthttp//news.bbc.co.uk/2/
    hi/entertainment/4546670.stmgt.
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