Although medical texts like these (written partly in Latin to obscure the sexual details) were not widely read by the general public, they did lead to the rise of Magnus Hirschfeld's Scientific Humanitarian Committee, which campaigned from 1897 to 1933 against anti-sodomy laws in Germany, as well as a much more informal, unpublicized movement among British intellectuals and writers, led by such figures as Edward Carpenter and John Addington Symonds. There is also a word referring to same-sex love, homophilia. Other terms include men who have sex with men or MSM (used in the medical community when specifically discussing sexual activity), homoerotic (referring to works of art), heteroflexible (referring to a person who identifies as heterosexual, but occasionally engages in same-sex sexual activities), and metrosexual (referring to a person who identifies as heterosexual, but occasionally engages in same-sex sexual activities), and metrosexual (referring.

Against Legalizing Gay Marriages

Gamal El-Banna

Egypt Today - Some Islamists are afraid of democracy because it is based on the will of the people, and they think that if the people are legislating, they will pass laws that go against religion, like legalizing gay marriages, for example. But they are wrong. I ... Read more...

January 2005 - December 2005

Enter Stage Right - Last week Canada's justice minister proclaimed that same-sex marriages would not inevitably lead to the legalization of polygamy. Steve Martinovich has heard that one before China's Martin Luther King Jr. is dead : Okay, his timing was a little off but ... Read more...

Against Legalizing Gay Marriages

Gay Rights, Marriage & Homophobia: Ethical & Political Considerations
good reasons to think that legalized gay marriage would benefit us all. A common argument against legalizing same-sex marriages is that doing so would

CNN.com - Vatican fights gay marriages - Jul. 31, 2003
a global campaign against gay marriages, warning Catholic politicians that lawmakers to vote against bills legalizing gay marriage, and where they already

AG backs legalizing same-sex marriage - The Boston Globe
same-sex marriages that took place after gay marriage was legalized May 17, and argued against legalizing same-sex marriages and questioned whether gay and

Love And Pride | Gay Marriage Laws - Gay Marriage Amendment - Legalizing Gay Marriage
. times by all groups against legalizing gay marriage, in an attempt to were defeated in 1999, 2001, and 2002, before gay marriage was legalized in 2005

Feingold Backs Legalizing Same-Sex Marriages
out gay men and lesbians for discrimination and said he would vote against it.. Democratic politicians who support gay rights but not same-sex marriage

CNN.com - Massachusetts court rules ban on gay marriage unconstitutional - Feb. 4, 2004
. of women opposed gay marriages, while 43 percent supported legalizing them. of men said no to legalizing gay marriage while 26 percent supported such unions

Martha B. Sosman, who voted against gay marriage, dead at 56 - Boston.com
who voted against the landmark decision legalizing gay marriage in the state, to define gays partnerships as marriages versus civil unions was "a squabble

Common Arguments Against Gay Marriage: Common Moral and Religious Arguments Against Gay Marriage
A common argument against legalizing same-sex marriages is that doing so would For Christian Nationalists, legalized gay marriage would represent a defeat for

Pew Forum: Part 2: Gay Marriage
marriage as being between a man and a woman, thus barring marriages . two-to-one, more Americans oppose (59%) than favor (32%) legalizing gay marriage

Spanish parliament passes gay marriage bill
. Mariano Rajoy, speaks against the bill legalizing gay marriage in the Spanish The Netherlands and Belgium approved same-sex marriages in 2000 and 2003