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Gay Marriage, Adoption, Science, and the Law

Things are happening fast on the struggle for Marriage Equality in the United States.  Michigan is bildecurrently in the nation spotlight, as its own marriage laws are being challenged by two lesbian Michigan citizens in Federal Court.  Concurrently, many reflections of the Civil Rights Movement can be found in the Marriage Equality Movement.  Each finds its Constitutional grounding in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.  Each is caught in a struggle between the Federal Government and States Rights.

For this assignment – for three days – I want to you read, write, inform yourself on the legal arguments surrounding the Marriage Equality Movement in the United States.  Particularly, I’d like you to look at the current court case playing out in Detroit as well as Arizona’s SB 1062, which allows private businesses to refuse service to homosexuals, based on personal religious views.

I have created a Blendspace below that deals with these issues, and adoption and science in regard to homosexuality.

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