Love and Marriage... <Tab/> For thousands of years, many cultures around the world have recognized marriage as a union between a man and a woman. In the majority of the modern nations, including the United States, same-sex couples cannot be legally married due to the legal rights of marriage (Strasser 43). Many political conservatives oppose gay marriage because of the fact that there are many legalities that come with marriage. A majority …showed first 75 words of 1604 total…

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