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Summary 1

Some people say that religion is the biggest obstacle. Divorce between gay couples changed marriage, data was actually shown where straight marriage strengthened, divorce rates decreased, and marriage lasted longer. It was a huge deal to spend your adult life fighting for a cause that people mad fun of and looked down upon.

Summary 2

The United States isn’t the only country with gay marriage laws; England as well as laws against gay marriage. It also is because of religious reason, because the church won’t marry the couple. Gay couples create incidents that shouldn’t be happening. The people are more concerned with the public value than private meaning.

Summary 3

Twenty-nine states have banned same sex marriage due to the Defense Marriage Act and twelve states restricting marriage to gay couples. On August 4, 2010 the U.S. District Court in California said that Preposition eight –referendum restricting marriage to gay couples- was unconstitutional. A study showed that banning gay marriage had rises in mood, anxiety, and substance disorders and people living in the states that didn’t ban gay marriage did now show these disorders.

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Research Memo

Nicole Sieverts

English 2

Hypothesis:

Why are there laws against gay marriage? Many states have laws against gay marriage and some do not; this topic is very controversial and everyone has their own opinion on it; some are for it and some are against it. People protest and fight everyday for their and others rights to be able to marry the same sex; I believe that people should be able to marry whoever they want because it’s not their fault for falling in love with someone of the same sex. Many of people are against it because of their religion and say that in the “Bible” it says that a man and woman should be married; well God made you who you are and loves you for the person you are.

Context:

My target audience is everyone; the person could be whoever because I wanted to get as many diverse opinions as possible. The respondents that were chosen were based on getting a diverse group of people to express their views on the survey/topic. The results of this survey are reliable and valid because they were taken from random people whose opinions I did not know. My information is not biased at all, because all of the information and results were taken straight from random people and not myself.

Results:

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	Question 1	Question 2	Question 3	Question 4	Question 5	Question 7	Question 8	Question 9
Response	25 out of 25 said yes	Everyone said 10	Most people said that they do support it. They all know someone gay.	Everyone said true	Most everyone said D. 80%	20 out of 25 said yes	A lot of people said that they would feel like they didn’t matter.	2 out of 25 people said yes.

Data Analysis:

Most people believe in Gay Marriage Rights; no one said that they thought that people of the same sex shouldn’t be married. When people answered question number ten on the survey most everyone came back with a defensive reply; they basically all said that they would fight for the right to marry whoever they wanted. When asked question number nine only two out of twenty-five people said yes, it was a shocking discovery to find that someone actually knew someone who committed suicide because of it.

Conclusion:

From doing my survey I concluded that there are laws against gay marriage because people are just ignorant. Most people really don’t mind gay couples, even if they don’t believe in it. A lot of people do support it, and most people think that gay marriage should be legal.

Follow Up:

What should be done next is find people who don’t support gay marriage and have them give me their opinion on the matter and why they think it should stay illegal. 

Survey.

Why is Gay Marriage such a Big Deal? 

                The purpose of this survey is to collect the data of individuals and their perspective on gay marriage. Answer all of the questions honestly.

1.        Do you think that gay marriage should be legal?

2.        On a scale of 1 to 10 how important is having a “free country” to you? Explain.

3.        Check all that apply to you:

I do support it___

I don’t know someone gay___

I know someone gay ___

I am gay ___

I don’t support it ___

4.        Gay marriage is legal in some states:

True___

False___

5.        ______  percent of people do support gay marriage.

a.        20%    b.   53%    c.   15%    d.   80%

6.        In what order would you say these things are important to you?

____ Knowing people are happy

____Decreasing suicide rates

____Letting people make their own decisions

____Not caring if someone is happy

____Stoping people who get bullied because of their sexuality

7.        Do you agree or disagree that people should be able to love who they want?

8.        How would you feel if someone judged and bullied you from being gay?

9.        Have you ever known someone who committed suicide because of getting bullied for being gay?

10.     Would you want someone to tell you, “No, you can’t marry this person because you are the same sex” what would you do about the situation?

Essential Questions.

1. What are some people's explanations against Gay Marriage?
2. What if Gay Marriage was legal?
3. If Gay Marriage was legal, how would it affect society?
4. Why does religion play such a big role in keeping Gay Marriage not legal?
5. What effect does the Gay Marriage controversy have on the world?

Backround Story

You may ask why I chose the topic of Gay Marriage, so I will tell you. I have known many gay couple and just gay individuals, and they are some of the nicest people I have ever met. I myself am bisexual so say that yes I do like both sexes. The only two people in my family who know about this are my mom and my sister in law; I had always heard my mom say that it was disgusting so I was so afraid to tell her and she found out on her own. All my family is against same sex relationships and always make jokes and say rude things about it. . My mother still does and I don't think she does know how much it bothers me. She just tells me to get over it because I'm going to be hearing a lot of that throughout my life. What if one day I actually do fall in love with someone of the same sex so, I am writing this blog to show you and do research for myself on the laws of gay marriage.