Same-sex Couples

"The Odd Couple" (the Female Version) Marvin Neil Simon was born in the Bronx on July 4, 1927, and grew up near Manhattan. ... He created a string of Broadway hits beginning with Come Blow Your Horn, Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Sweet Charity and The Star Spangled Girl. ... During the course of his career, Simon has won three Tony Awards for Best Play (one being The Odd Couple), has had more plays adapted to film than any other American playwright and, in addition, has written nearly a dozen original screenplays himself. ... Examining the often-confusing dynamics of friendships wh...

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Whether a couple chooses to have only one or two children due to monetary or time constraints, or simply because they want a smaller family, the need to marry early to produce as many offspring as possible in the available time is no longer a necessity. It might also lead one to believe that couples wanting less children also want more time to spend with them and consequently more money to spend on them. ... While decades ago a couple "living in sin" might have been looked on askance by others, today it is very common for two people to choose to live together before marriage. ... A...

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Domestic partners include unmarried couples "same sex or opposite sex "who live together. ... Businesses should respond to domestic partners in the same way they would to a regular married couple. ... However, on the other hand if couples don't get married and expect to receive the same benefits as married couples then what kind of example are we setting for our children? ... The policies of many companies do not support to give benefits to spouses of same gender couples. ... In addition, it is for sure that the couple did not choose to be different. ...

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They are allowed to adopt, just as married heterosexual couples can. ... Although New Jersey allows children to be adopted jointly by couples, marriage is not allowed for homosexual couples in this state nor any other state. ... This couple has had one child and there is one in the process. ... New York has allowed this process for children of heterosexual couples as well as unmarried lesbian couples ("Same-sex Marriage). ... The gay couple had to portray a "normal" family. ...

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Everyone deserves to be happy and if happiness means adopting a child as a gay couple or being adopted by a gay couple, then so be it. ... In many states it is illegal for gay couples to adopt while in others, gay couples are denied federal benefits. ... There are far more straight couples adopting children rather than gay couples due to restrictions against the gay community. ... Most states do not have a form of legal protection which prevents adoption agencies from preferring heterosexual couples over homosexual couples while in other states it is completely illegal. ... Same-sex couples ar...

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A child who is raised by a loving gay couple does not obtain the same attributes that a loving straight couple brings to the table. ... A gay male parent in a couple is not able obtain such a strong bond. ... I do admit that it would be better for children to be raised by a gay couple rather than being on the streets or any other harmful situations, but that does not mean that a gay couple could raise a child just as well and as normal as a straight couple. A gay couple cannot bring up a child as well as a straight couple in the type of society we have today. ... It is all about the happines...

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Are same-sex couples using their equal rights to violate moral codes? Ought same-sex couples be permitted to adopt? ... Given that the same-sex couples have good will how should they act? ... The same-sex couples' goals are to become a parent. ... If both the same-sex couple and the child's ends are consistent then why is same-sex couples adoption reluctant to be granted in court so often? ...

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Marriage now has a broader definition to include same-sex couples. ... They are a childless couple. ... The decision to remain together as a married couple was not as easy for her. ... Couple rituals serve to maintain partners' relationships and signal their coupleness to the outside world (Galvin, Braithwaite, & Bylund, 2014, p. 121). ... Couple time is very important to them. ...

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Many same-sex couples have gone to court to fight for their right to legally marry, leaving many Americans wondering just how long it will take for gay couples to be legally accepted. ... But allowing same-sex couples to marry would be a huge step in the right direction. ... These benefits given to married couples are very welcomed benefits. ... As of now, same sex couples can be forced to testify against their partners whereas opposite sex married couples never need to worry about that. ... However, America seems to be on the right track towards accepting same-sex couples. ...

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