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Gay Marriage
Most people's response to the question, "Should gays and lesbians be allowed to marry in the same way that straight couples do?" is usually automatic. Most that believe that God created the universe some six-thousand years ago, and laid down His absolute moral law in the pages of the Holy Bible, you regard marriage by definition as a sacred union between a man and a woman for the purpose of procreation. If, on the other hand, you believe the universe is billions of years old, that human beings have an extremely intimate genetic relationship with chimpanzees, and that moral laws are constructed socially rather than supernaturally, you may think different about the issue. The battle continues, and the future is uncertain. Should gay couples have the right to be legally married? Through the first part of this paper, I am going to explore what people think is "good" and what is "fair" about same-sex marriage.
The variety of different sexual norms and beliefs through......

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