GNED 500 Global Citizenship 300810319 Anthony Locaylocay 300745487 Yijan Huang Social Analysis Proposal The legalization or Criminalization of prostitution in Canada. The social issue our group will be tackling is the issues of legalizing prostitution in Canada and the current bill that the conservative government is currently trying to pass. We currently know that the bill is being quickly passed through into law. It concerns me because it holds a similar concept and precedent to the legalization of marijuana. It does not affect us personally but the topic has been debated in our other classes and it feels as though this issue is unfair when other countries have already legalized and controls this enterprise as a whole.-Anthony
For Gay Marriage, By: Andrew Sullivan, Summary (Final Draft) Before the actual article, there is a little green paragraph that states that “the debate over gay marriage highlights a vast culture divide that typically hinges on core beliefs regarding the nature of marriage itself,” (Sullivan, page 404) with that being said, my only thought was that marriage is a full commitment to the person they want to be with the rest of their life, who it is with doesn’t matter and who are we to say who can and cannot marry their “other half.” While reading this article, I highly agreed with what was written by Sullivan, because I have multiple gay friends that I love to death and deserve all the same rights. I guess that’s why this article caught my
For Gay Marriage Andrew Sullivan’s article “For Gay Marriage” is an excerpted from Sullivan’s 1995 book, Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality, and reprinted by Behrens and Rosen (404 – 407). This paper provides a summary of Sullivan’s controversial article on this timely and long-fought civil rights issue. “For Gay Marriage” highlights the moral, philosophical and legal arguments surrounding the issue of denying marriage to homosexual and lesbian Americans. More importantly, it highlights the moral, philosophical and legal arguments in favor of gay marriage, which Sullivan clearly supports. Although Sullivan clearly supports gay marriage, his article is an insightful piece that provides a respectful look at various views of this philosophically and emotionally-charged subject, while providing a sound intellectual argument in favor of gay marriage.
Review of Chet Meeks’ and Arlene Stein’s Article “Refiguring the Family: Towards a Post-Queer Politics of Gay and Lesbian Marriage” While same-sex relationships have been recognized in countries like Europe, South Africa, Australia, and North America, America banned same-sex marriage one year after a Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples were entitled to equal rights. In Refiguring the Family: Towards a Post-Queer Politics of Gay and Lesbian Marriage, the authors Chet Meeks and Arlene Stein focus not on the resistance to lesbian and gay marriage by the American mainstream, but on the opinions within the lesbian and gay community, since the lesbian and gay communities have been divided in the United States about the issue. Meeks and
Not allowing people to marry has always in my eyes been a form of discrimination and a violation of civil rights. Gay marriage is a natural progression of the civil rights movement of the sixties. In an article by Dahlia lithwick and Sonja West the authors point to a correlation between the two. The article talks about the land mark case Loving V Virginia. In this case a white man and a black woman were married in Washington D.C., and then returned to their home in Virginia.
The topic of same-sex marriage, or gay marriage, is extremely divisive in today's society. Many in favor of same-sex marriage suggest that gay couples should have the same marital benefits as heterosexual couples, which is simply a civil rights issue. The issue of same-sex marriage is an argument that all of us have heard, and most of us have strong opinions on. I know very few people that don’t have a preference of legalization or not. Personally, I believe that homosexuals should be granted the same rights as heterosexual couples.
This reforming of a wide range of existing laws for same-sex couples, has acted as a catalyst in providing same-sex couples with a broader jurisdiction under family law to then achieve justice for family members and society. Non-legal responses including the lobbying activities of various groups such as the NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby which have resulted in legal recognition for same-sex couples. The Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby has a wide ranging agenda, including advocacy, lobbying governments and the media to address discrimination, educating the gay and lesbian community on their rights. Some sections of the media have been critical of these changes and have resorted to ridicule. For example, in 2003 two radio program hosts made comments ‘capable of inciting sever ridicule of homosexual men’ and therefore were held to have breached the vilification provisions of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).
To achieve their goals they did as many other reformers in the past did. Reformers such as former Mayor George Mascone and Harvey Milke worked hard to change state laws and eventually did for equality under the laws in the city of San Francisco. Our current President Barack Obama also changed federal laws. In the armed forces he changed the former “don’t ask don’t tell” policy and just accepted homosexuals for who they truly are and also made it illegal to discriminate against them. Now we allow openly homosexuals to serve in the army.
Same sex married couples faced discrimination and rejection from conservative members of the society. And in 2005 the Canadian government drafted a legislation to allow same sex marriage (Cook, 248). Consequently the government through this act prohibited discrimination of all homosexuals. Current gender equality in all fields was fuelled by the women’s organisation who have persistently advocated for equality and abolition of gender discrimination in all sectors. Through this several methodological shifts have been realized across both genders and the government has enacted several laws to mitigate against gender
In Canada, a democratic nation, we pride ourselves on having the right to Freedom of Speech. What confuses most people is the difference between banning and censoring films. The main difference is when a film is banned, it is completely off limits for anyone to view. This method is very popular in countries such as Singapore, and Malaysia. They ban films that we find totally acceptable, even children’s films will be forbidden if seen as offensive in any way.