GAY MARRIAGES

Legalization of Gay Marriages in US

Abstract

The research paper discusses the legalization potential of gay marriages in the US within my lifetime. The paper is based on research conducted through a survey questionnaire and studies the perception of gay marriages among people belonging to different states in the US and having different religious background.

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Study description1

Purpose of your study2

Method of research2

Data Collection3

Analysis of your results9

Limitations of the study10

Conclusions10

References11

Appendix12

Legalization of Gay Marriages in US

Introduction

In today's world of modernization and futuristic belief, matrimonial relationships among boys (gay marriages) and girls (lesbian marriages) is considered appropriate. Gay marriages or same sex marriages are not legalized by the federal government in the US, but they have been legalized in some of the states in the US on the pretext that they are essentially a matter of freedom of choice. In the year 2004, Massachusetts legalized the gay marriages (Ross, 2011). Currently, there are six states in the United States that have legalized gay marriages. These are Massachusetts, Iowa, Washington, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, and New York. Same sex marriages were legal in California after which the government rendered them illegal.

Though the debate, whether gay marriages should be legalized or not is as old as the 1970s but the significant increase in support of the issue happened around the 2000s (Schwartz, 2011). The research purpose aims at studying whether gay marriages will be legalized in all the states of Unites States of America by the end of my life.

Study description

Gay marriage may be defined as the unison between people of the same sex. There are several reasons why people prefer to engage in gay marriages. These include biological, psychological and social preferences for a matrimonial partner. The trend for legalizing gay marriages started from Denmark which is the first country ever to legalize gay marriages (Ross, 2011). This legalization for the Northern Europeand countries was deemed as provision of equality. Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland followed the bandwagon and legalized gay and lesbian marriages. Though the legality of the issue is still debated in the US, it has been legalized in Canada. The purpose of marriage is love, support or the most dominant purpose of sexual satisfaction from the partner. For people who do not have the normal sexual inclination towards the other gender, opposite sex marriage can be a burden. For these people, marrying their gender of choice is their innate right that no state or legislation can rob them of.

The hypothesis for the research is as follows:

Ho: Will gay marriages get legalized in all the states in the US in my lifetime?

Purpose of your study

The purpose of this research is to study the probability of gay marriages' legalization in all the states of America within my life. The study also aims to find out the general belief that people have pertaining to gay marriages in the US. It is important to study this belied held by people living in different states as any action taken by the state government ...