Same Sex Marriages
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"Each individual's journey through life is unique. Some will make this journey
alone, others in loving relationships- maybe in marriage or other forms of commitment.
We need to ponder our own choices and try to understand the choices of others. Love has
many shapes and colors and is not finite. It can not be measured or defined in terms of
sexual orientation." (From the Statement of Affirmation and Reconciliation by the
Quaker Meeting in Aotearoa, New Zealand.) Even though is it thought by many that
marriage is mainly a religious agreement, it also creates a legal relationship between the
couple and the state.
Currently there is much debate on homosexuals couples right to legalized
marriage. There is much information available, both for and against. Two articles that
are strongly in support of legalized same sex marriage are Iowa Representative Ed
Fallon's speech to the House in 1996, and an article from the Partners Task Force for Gay
and Lesbian Couples...