One of the major pressures it puts on people is the pressure of homosexuality and whether it is right or wrong. Homosexuality is on the rise in the United States as well as many other countries around the world. ... Throughout the country and in other countries there has been a numerous increase in the marriages of homosexuals. ... Homosexuality in all countries has been looked down upon and sometimes condemned. ... Under such a definition gay and lesbians, even if they win the right to marry in Hawaii or elsewhere, would not be able to file joint federal tax returns, claim federal pens...

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Marriage, by its most used definition, is the social institution under which a man and woman live as husband and wife by legal or religious commitments. ... Are the people protesting against gay marriage relying on the fact that their religious leaders or texts say that it is wrong for homosexuals to unite? ... The truth is, the majority of homosexuals have jobs, go to college, raise children, and want to fall in love just as much as the rest of America. ... That is my definition of marriage. ...

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• Grade Level: High School