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This page is intended to gather user opinions about various issues affecting gays and couples. I'm presenting to my sex discrimination class on discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, and while I have a pretty good idea about why people discriminate, I want some help. Basically, I'd like the users here to either tell me (1) what they hear about the below issues or (2) what they feel about the below issues. Please expand upon your beliefs (or those you report here), with at least three sentences, if you can.
I hope this can, also, spark a debate.... but I'd rather keep the actual debate as to the issues on the talk page.
Same-Sex Marriage
Ought couples of the same sex be able to marry, using that term?
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Elassint
Same-Sex Civil Unions
Ought couples of the same sex be able to engage in a secular ceremony that would result in the same rigihts and benefits accorded to married couples, just without using the phrase, "marriage"? In other words, ought couples of the same sex be allowed to be joined by "Civil Union"?
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Employment
Should it be legal for employers to decline to hire, decide pay, or terminate an employee, based on sexual orientation? Phrased otherwise, "should employers be allowed to discriminate against homosexuals?" Phrased in Conservapedia-ese, "should employers be compelled to accept homosexuals?"
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Conduct or Status?
Is homosexuality a conduct (a mere act, which can be suppressed) or an inherent characteristic of the individual, immutable or otherwise? What legal ramifications should your answer have?
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Criminals?
Should the state be able to criminalize homosexual conduct, status, or both? Why?
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Immutability
Is homosexuality "immutable"? Immutable means, inherent, and unchangeable, or so deeply linked with personality that it cannot be changed without great hardship.
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Yes.
Therapy
Ought homosexuals be treated for homosexuality? Voluntarily, involuntarily, or both?
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Adoption
Should homosexual couples be allowed to adopt children at all? Should different restricts apply?
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YES ~Elassint
Questions?
Use the talk page or e-mail ames@nyu.edu.