The Defense of Marriage Act became effective on September 21st, 1996, when the president at the time, Bill Clinton, signed the law. ... The law basically states that no U.S state or political subdivision is required to recognize a same sex marriage from another state. ... Another issue to take into account is immigration laws. ... Some are left with no other choice but to move to another nation whose immigration laws will recognize their relationship. This is just another unjust law that no one should have to endure, gay or straight. ...

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They'll all say, yes, gays should have the same rights in housing, jobs, public accommodations, and should have equal access to government benefits, equal protection of the law, and so on. ... The problem with all that special rights talk is that it proceeds from that very assumption, that because of all the civil rights laws in this country, everyone is already equal, so therefore any rights gay people are being granted must therefore be special. ... That is a fact which proves that equality does not exist and that many laws should be turned around to accommodate the neglected by law cit...

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United states, the 3rd section of the DOMA (defense of marriage act) was unjustly removed, depriving the real meaning of marriage away from people. ... The 14th amendment says: No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Basically this amendment is allowing the states to create and get rid of laws. ... "The Full Faith and Credit Statut...

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The hardest obstacle for adoption agencies is finding potential parents who are willing and able to adopt, yet unjust legal restrictions keep many children from having two loving parents by denying gay couples the right to adopt. ... There are many gay couples who wish with all their heart to be able to adopt a child but unfortunately, are not able to due to the law prohibiting it and other impediments from cultural and religious institutions. ... Rachel Stewart Johnson states: "A 1977 law in Florida that stood for more than 30 years expressly forbade any homosexual person from adopting a chil...

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Therefore there should be no law banning the marriage of people of the same sexual orientation that love and care about one another. ... The possibility of an amendment in our laws to permit homosexual couples to wed has at times affected people to agonize and to panic the unfamiliar. The same baseless concern occurred when several people struggled to overturn the laws barring marriage among people of different ethnicities in the 1950's and in the 1960's. ... According to Drake Law Review [marriage provides economic benefits for married couples and their families in many direct and...

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Another area in which queer-visibility results in unjust treatment is when dealing with law enforcement. Angela Dwyer (2011) performed multiple interviews with various LGBT youth, and found that the more unconventionally heterosexual the individual, the more likely they are to get harassed and unjustly policed. ...

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(Giving the definition to marriage a whole new meaning) Not only is this ruling completely contradictory within itself, but it's unmoral and unjust towards our society as a whole. ... I don't think that these political leaders should get "defensive- about laws in which they've already set, and I believe that the only reason why they are so defensive about this Act, is simply because they know the aren't playing their own game by their own rules. ... If you ask me, redefining a word is not a very appropriate way of defending marriage (Not that marriage should even be defend...

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The other forty-five have laws that ban same sex couples from being married. ... So the next time you have the opportunity to vote on gay marriage laws, get up, get out of your house, and go vote for the legalization of same sex marriages. ... Same-sex marriage laws are unjust and unfair, and so I chose to write about why gay marriage should be legal. My argument will be an argument of proposal, as I am proposing a change to a law that I believe to be very wrong. ... This is because my readers' stance on same-sex marriage laws is probably going to be pretty firm, so I have to use evidenc...

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Marriage is holy and sacred in the eyes of the Church, while same-sex unions are contradictory to the, "moral law- (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2357). ... Recently, it was proposed in Canada that same-sex marriage legislation would be made law. ... The Church teaches that men and women with homosexual tendencies "must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity- (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2358), and that every act of unjust discrimination against them must be avoided. ...

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