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... Gloria Palileo
Marriage and Family
March 1, 2004
Gay & Lesbian Marriages: Should they be Legal?
With all of the media coverage and the controversy in California approving the legal marriages between gay and lesbian couples, its no wonder why literally thousands of couples young and old flocked to the state to take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity for legal unity between the ones they chose to love. No one should be denied the legal right to be married just because of their sexual preference. ...
For years, opponents of gay and lesbian relationships have made comments such as “If they wanted to they could fall in love with someone of the opposite sex, and just stop being gay”. ... Some people like tall men or slender women, some like girls with big breasts or big bottoms, some look for a persons financial assets or what color some ones hair or eyes are and with gay and lesbian couple, all of those things still apply but they just happen to be of the same sex. ...
Some opponents also state that some states allow domestic partnerships and that it should be enough to satisfy the intended union between gay and lesbian couples. The downfall to that is that if the “partners” are not given the same legal rights of what is considered the “normal” husband and wife couple then it isn’t enough. ... Gay and lesbian couples don’t have that choice unless they can drop everything and afford to fly to California today, take time off work to stand in the ridiculously long lines and have enough money to spend the night and even possibly two nights away from home. Then there is the chance that the California Supreme Court will step in and reverses the ruling that has allowed for these
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so long awaited, wanted and deserved legal unions in the near future.
Approximate Word count = 1412
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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