As a Christian, I believe that homosexuality is morally and biblically wrong, no matter how you look at it. ... In 2008 President Obama spoke on this issue saying, We know the statistics that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of schools and twenty times more likely to end up in prison. ... If gay marriage is legalized the generations to come will have to accept this new morality and Christians will have to subdue their conscience moral beliefs, which is an attack on Christian morality and G...

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Being able to speak only on behalf of my Christian faith, there is no reason why the Christian church should recognize gay marriages as a union before God. ... Being a gay Christian however, is in a way rejecting the offer for forgiveness if one intends to marry. ... Having said all this, I do not believe that the gay community is intending to gain recognized marriage from the Christian church or any church for that matter by trying to legalize gay marriage in the state of Massachusetts and therefore this argument needs to be put aside for the time being. ... This increase in children will put...

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The conservative Christians state that same-sex marriage is unbiblical. The constitution itself separates state from church in The First Amendment, which states " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. " Yet only 52% of U.S population claims to be Christian of any denomination. ... Another issue that gays and lesbians face is their treatment in schools and colleg...

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According to December 1992 Current Thoughts & Trends (a monthly print magazine that provide reliable information on what's happening in the Christian and secular worlds), 94% of clergy families felt under pressure to have the "ideal" family (Pastor 2). ... For many P.K's, it is hard to make friends at school without them criticizing or making fun of them because of who their parents are (Robinson 2). ... As a teenager, his parents saw a growing rebellious side of Franklin and sent him to a Christian boarding school to help discipline him. ... If I got in trouble in school or got ...

• Word Count: 1813
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The author, Charles Colson represents strong Christian belief and atmosphere. ... He further emphasizes that marriage in the United States is already delicate enough and accepting gay marriage will lead to "rapid erosion of the family life" (Colson, 104) and also it will lead to social problems in the society such as school problems, teen pregnancy, crime. ... He further argues that this ban on gay-marriage is an obstacle for the gay people to raise children and in some cases discourage them from having children at all. 8 Colson, Gomes and Eskridge made their case using "family values", b...

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Studies show that most children who are brought up in a household with a mother and a father are more productive in school and their social life. ... Studies also show that children brought up in homosexual households have the tendency to have more problems in school, work, and finding friends who don't look at them differently. ... Many make valuable contributions to their communities, serving on school boards, volunteering in community charities, and trying to be good citizens. ... Studies show that most children who are brought up in a household with a mother and a father are more prod...

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A Christian church in California believes that "same-sex couples aren't the optimum environment in which to raise children," (Waugh/Plake, 215). ... Some of the same attendants of the California Christian church mentioned earlier believe "the Bible says that marriage should be a relationship between man and woman who are intending to have children," (Waugh/Plake, 215). ... A child of a gay couple may have problems in school and everyday life, but that does not mean that the parents should be blamed for bringing that child into a situation that they didn't choose to be in. ...

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My values surrounding sexuality originated in my strong Christian upbringing. ... My values surrounding parenting also originated from my parents and Christian upbringing. ... One thing that has changed in my values as I have grown is my view on the use of daycare and after-school. ...

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The best to resolve the problems is to have programs at school, facilities for teenagers to ask questions, parents at home to tell them to wait until marriage because it is such a sacred activity. ... The prevailing peer milieu a respondent that they encounter at school also conditions them no to engage in pre-martial sex so that they don't become single parents because they see the difficulties that the person is going through." ... All we can do as parents, teachers, Christian, friends and family member is advise the growing teenager to be careful and tell them about the point of view ...

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If your child does not want to go to school or seems not to want to visit the other parent, he/she may be concerned about your well-being. ... Students (and, indeed staff) bring into school all manner of concerns and influences and issues that are current in society. ... Post September 11th, tensions might appear between white Christian groups and those who are, or are assumed to be, Muslim. ... Some common responses on worries outside school could be; Money - not having enough of it, getting into debt, for some, gambling. ...

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Back in school you were such a free spender," (Ibsen 1573). Nora has not changed her ways at all since her days in school, when she was a child. ... Nonetheless, his illness, his unreasonable worries about being killed in accidents and his anger towards Krogstad, who called him by his Christian name, implies that he was fragile, cowardly and small-minded. ...

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As a Catholic these are some of many things that I have heard from school, my parents and from church over the years. ... Sexual temptations certainly exist in high school in today's world. ... This conception has something in common with the Christian vision of what it is to be human, namely, that our inner spiritual life somehow transcends our outward bodily life. ...

• Word Count: 1860
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Almost 14.3 million girls in the region become child brides before the age of 18.Young adult around this age are still in school and depend on their parents, while they are trying to establish their goals in life to become who they want to be. When arranged marriage is introduced at such a young age, they may likely to drop out of school, which also results in working a low wage jobs. ... So basically, Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Muslims and Christians have their own personal religious law, which is enforced by the government.In India there is no uniform Civil Code, for example discrimination...

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One thing that I found interesting was that when a Christian or catholic wedding took place in Pakistan, marital residence was patrilocal whereas here, marital residence is usually neolocal. ... Zohra has the same perceptions today that she had when she was living in Pakistan because she attended a catholic private school where she had much interaction and explanation from the mostly British and American teachers. ...

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My mother is a God-fearing Christian and I look up to her tremendously. ... The summer after my family moved, I went to visit my mother before I had to go back home to Lake Village, Arkansas, and begin my junior year of high school. ...

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A child who is picked on at school for having same-sex parents will lead a different lifestyle than a child who is picked on for their appearance. ... Paul Minnesota digs in depth into the Christian bible, which is the most common source for use of disagreement, that same-sex marriage was the compromise of Paul in 1 Corinthians 7 which states that it's better to marry than live with sexual desires. ...

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The argument of same-sex marriage is important, not only for the religious and legal precedent, but because the welfare of families, especially the interest of children now and in the future, may be profoundly affected by the proposals before Hawaii's courts and the state legislature relating to sam...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate