By depriving millions of gay American adults the rights that come from marriage, denies equal protection against the law. Based on the information provided, I disagree with Thomas argument that gay and lesbian marriage should be legalized. I believe marriage should consist of a man and a woman. Marriage is a lifelong commitment between one man and one woman. This commitment is backed by the creation and nurturing of offspring.
We believe the editor is directing their editorial toward an audience that includes same sex-spouses and people that either support or do not support the Defense of Marriage Act. The unspoken question to the audience is, “Why are the Republicans defending a law that has been found unconstitutional for over 2 years in several court systems without providing solid evidence to the
Defense of Traditional Marriage The argument I chose to analyze and support is the defense of traditional marriages. Anthropologists define marriages as, the established form of marriage recognized the one’s country or social group. As traditional marriages are marriages between a man and a woman or a marriage of the opposite sex. For many years there has been a great deal of political and religious unrest of the constitutionality of government policies regarding traditional marriages vs. same sex or biologically the same gender marriages. One could certainly argue or propose, why is there is there so much controversy?
Marriage is a commitment between two people to share their lives together including all the benefits that heterosexual marriages have. It’s not about what kind of sex you have, but what kind of family you have. Gay marriage will not have a negative effect on traditional marriage; it may set an example for everyone else. Statistics should that heterosexual marriages have a 40-50% divorce rate. Some states had a substantial divorce rate reduction once gay marriage was legalized (ProCon, 2012).
Sociologists greatly clash in their respective perspectives on the view of social policies which ultimately makes it hard to understand the true extent of what they do to our society. Therefore, I will be examining just how worthy these views about social policies and their effects of the family are. As item 2B states, feminists argue that social policies assume that the ideal family is a patriarchal one, where they are created in order to continue the trend of a man in control of the family, in a nuclear family which involves a married heterosexual couple as well as children, own or adopted. This is shown in ways such as; giving women custody over children in courts by assuming that they are caregivers and making it harder for women to claim social benefits as they are seen to be dependent on men. One main example of the way in which feminists argue that social policies continue this trend of patriarchy was presented by Lamb.
Yleen Lubin Period 4 12/15/12 Columnist Rhetoric Essay Conservatives believe that the government should actively promote social reform to increase individual’s well being. Liberals believe that the government shouldn’t have any say in the lives of the citizens and businesses except on moral issues. Conservative Ross Douthat uses parallel structure and diction in his column on demographics. Liberal Ronald Brownstein uses logos and parallel structure to show how demographics helped Obama win the election. Conservative Charles Krauthammer uses parallel structure and figurative language to compare an Obama and Romney presidency.
Unit One Family Exam Q’s ITEM 1A Many sociologists argue that laws and government policies have always had an effect on family life, sometimes restricting people’s actions and sometimes giving the family much needed support. Policies often reflect a particular view of how the family should be and therefore encourage certain types of family or household. For example, the New Right argues that the welfare benefits currently given to single mothers should be cut back because they encourage dependency on the state. ITEM 1B Functionalist sociologists see the family as a vital social institution. They believe it carries out a number of essential functions, both for individuals and for society as a whole.
Dominique Johnson Composition 1 ENGL 1012 Against Gay Marriage Gay marriage has been a heavy burden of an issue in the United States for many years. While normal marriage has evolved and changed for many years, people still have the idea of gay marriage as controversial and unsatisfactory. It has been the subject of many nationwide stories, whether or not two people of the same sex are conjoining or someone trying to appeal the process of same-sex marriage. One of these cases involves author William J. Bennett, who in “Against Gay Marriage”, explains why legalization of gay marriage will corrupt marriage (167). He tries to give reasons as to how letting gays marry will already further annul regular marriage’s “fragile” state and the community (168).
Which means that you rely completely on yourself to survive and that you are solely responsible for your own actions. The second process of when one reaches the coming to age is when one decides to get married. Marriage will make ones life dramatically different, by not only being dependent for ones self, but also having someone else being dependent upon you. There are many life trials that a couple will experience. Some of these trails might be: finding ways to become productive members in society, thinking about when to start raising a family, and worrying about each others needs and wants.
To vote is to give a voice in playing a role in positive change in society and our country. Society is kind of like an extended family. We contribute to society whether it is in a negative or positive way. That is why voting is very important to our future as it was to our past. Many men and women have died for our right to vote and other rights that we are given.