Homosexuality within the Church:An Issue of Religious LibertyThe ArgumentIf one were to ask your stance on homosexuality within the Christian church andyour reasoning behind your views, how would you answer them? I find that mostChristians I have talked with take a rather conservative, traditional ...

Sex and the Church A major misconception that many people have is what they think the church's opinion is on sexual intercourse. Most people believe that the church thinks sex is a sinful act that should only be done in privacy for procreation reason and should never be discussed about in public. T...

Paedophilia has risen to epidemic proportions in Australia. Although there is no hard empirical evidence, the enormous surge of recent attention on the abuse of children by priests suggests that there is an even bigger endemic in the Australian church. The psychological damage to victims of child se...

You have fallen head over heels in love with your partner and you can not, imagine not being with him or her for the rest of your life so the two of you decide to take it to the next step. You join together in front of your family and friends and state your love for each other and then the two of ...

"Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable"(Leviticus 7:22). This is the quote that most often justifies Christian homophobia. This essay will show that everyone, is this is what they believe, is welcome into the kingdom of God no matter what their sexual prefe...

Sex and the Catholic ChurchIt has been said that the two most powerful drives in a human, besides the practical need for food and shelter, are sex and religion. The sexual urge is strong in nearly everyone, as advertisers of everything from chocolates to cars can tell you, and the urge to worship th...

Causal Argument Essay In some places it is now legal to allow gay and lesbians to be married. This is a very controversial subject for several reasons. Some reasons are obvious and some are not so obvious. Since the beginning of time, marriage has always been defined as the unity of a man...

No one needs to be looked down upon Two men want to adopt a child in Texas. They have been together for five years and a child would be the one detail that would complete their lives. They filled out the application and it was perfect… it was the perfect home for a child; except there w...

Hate Crimes and Problems When hate crimes started did they reflect on black people today. When you see hate crimes on television what do you think about when churches are being burned, people get drug across the road, and hang. It makes you thi...

In the recent 2004 Presidential Election, the candidates for the different parties had several main issues that they made arguments on. Some of these issues included: the war on terror, health care plans, tax cuts, abortion, the environment, and same sex marriages. Why should the government of a ...

It has been a controversial subject for decades now, yet still a solution has not been achieved. Hundreds of writers have written for and against this subject and many great points have been made. There are two specific essays that appeared in Newsweek, June 3, 1996. Andrew Sullivan wrote Let Gay...

Equal Rights For All A constitutional ban on gay marriage is "a declaration of war against gay America" (Bumiller). It is an act of discrimination and intolerance solely based on religious perspectives. Allowing gays and lesbians the same rights as everyone else does nothing to harm or ...

Questions concerning where to draw the lines on gay marriage issues have become popular topics in America. The issues are extremely meticulous because of individual's personal morals. The issues are based on personal opinion; as a result, there is no right or wrong answer as to whether or not g...

What is so wrong with same sex marriage? I am for "gay" marriages because I believe that it is one's own decision and not up to other people. It is not right for a whole population of people to decide whom one should love. With all the horrors and crimes out there being committed agai...

Gay rights have been an issue for many years. Although there is much progress being made on the discrimination of gays, one issue still remains: marriage. Society has become more accepting of same sex marriages, however they are still illegal in Canada. This report will discuss the laws in various c...

The Pledge of Allegiance says it all: "With liberty and justice for all." Last time I checked, "all" in includes homosexuals. Many people in America today believe that homosexuals should have equal rights and equal opportunities. But then the topic of gay marriage surfaces. It&ap...

There has been much debate among Christians in recent years, concerning homosexuals. There are two main stances that have been taken in this debate. The first, held by most conservative churches, states that homosexuality is wrong. The second belief is that there is nothing wrong with this lif...

On October 8, 2004, writer and homosexual, Brian O'Leary Bennett wrote an article titled 'Forging a pro-gay, pro-life alliance,' in which he argues the point that, (as he believes,) those who are pro-life, should also be pro-gay. His main point is that he believes that someone is bor...

Currently, there is much debate on homosexuals' couple's rights to legalize their right to marriage. There is much information presented, both for and against. There are many reasons for, but not too many reasons against legalizing same sex marriage. By showing that prejudice, lack of fre...

In this paper I will argue the point of whether homosexuality is ethically defensible. In this paper it will be that from my point of view homosexuality is not ethically defensible. If things are ethical in our world it is because our religion tells us so. Now I will state the viewpoints of the m...

Gay rights have been a very controversial issue in the past fifty years. The oppression of homosexuals has been an expanding focus in our media and society. After reaching a satisfactory level of equality within gay rights after the Equal Rights Act of 1973, the opportunity of gay marriages is the n...

Gay and Lesbian Adoption Adoption has long been a way for a loving family who cannot have children on their own, or a family with some extra love to give to have children. Today, adoption has taken a turn for the worse, Gay and Lesbian couples who of course cannot children are adopting kids. ...

"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 any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the la...

Many of us have an encounter with a homophobic person almost daily. Some of us may even be that homophobic person. We may receive homophobic messages from our churches, from the media, from jokes or even from the government. But the question is where does this homophobia stem from? Is it our fami...

In the November 2008 United States election cycle, the state of California had Proposition 8 on the ballot. This was in response to the state legalizing gay marriage through the judicial system. After the legalization of the practice, opponents of gay marriage were able to put Proposition 8 on the b...