Week 3 Assignment Draft.edited.docx Same-Sex Marriage PHI 208 The Ethics of Same-Sex

Week  3  Assignment  Draft.edited.docx  Same-Sex Marriage  PHI 208  The Ethics of Same-Sex Marriage  PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning   Part 1: Introduction  In June of 1969, a known gay club in Greenwich Village, New York City, was raided.  The patrons of the club were so upset that days of riots began. This will forever be known as the Stonewall Riots, which started the gay-rights movement.  One short year later, the first same-sex couple applied for a marriage license. This license was denied twice, including once by the supreme court. The supreme court "locked federal courts from ruling on same-sex marriage for decades, leaving the decision solely in the hands of states, which dealt blow after blow to those hoping to see gay marriage becoming legal" (History.com Editors, 2017). The fight for same-sex marriages would continue for decades.  Marriage is one of the ways that people commit to each other.  Psychology Today de