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Feb 26, 2012
by: bball_princess11
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With the conclusion of my research on same-sex marriage legislation, I wanted to look back to where it all started--New York. Even though same-sex marriage legalization was highly approved by the New Yorkers, there still was hesitation to pass the bill way back in June 2011. “The pivotal decision with national consequences looked more and more likely to rest in the hands of just two Republican Catholics from conservative upstate areas.”

With all those factors riding on the bill, it may just be a miracle that anything got passed. It seems as if today, politicians take a stand on something and stubbornly refuse to acknowledge any other view. Very little has been passed in the Obama administration because Congress is not willing to compromise.

This nation was founded on compromise, and if we choose to ignore what works best for this diverse country, then we will get nowhere. Obviously New York took a step ahead of this stationary nation and decided to make a change. Even though the process was difficult, in the end, I feel as if they made the right decision.

http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2011/06/bill_to_legalize_gay_m...

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This is really interesting

Submitted by MarieDeininger on Tue, 2012-03-06 17:31.

This is really interesting because you looked back to where you began your research. When you say that the nation is based on compromise, what compromises have been made before? Especially in the cases of rights and equality? How long did desegregation take and under what circumstances was that resolved? If you look at other compromises made in US history you may found commonalities.

Thanks for the response. You

Submitted by bball_princess11 on Tue, 2012-03-06 17:34.

Thanks for the response. You brought up a lot of great questions, its just, the focus of my paper is more-so on the lack of education with respect to political legislation, rather than the importance of compromise. But now that you mention it, I probably could integrate more about compromise to support my argument.

Is your topic same-sex

Submitted by Anne Henkels on Tue, 2012-03-06 17:38.

Is your topic same-sex marriage or lack of compromise in Congress? They're both definitely correlated but I'm not sure which one you're doing your research on just because you have a lot on congress in your paragraph. If you're doing same-sex marriage, is it the responsibility of the government to regulate something like marriage or of religious institutions? If you're doing Congress compromising, why do you think they're not compromising? Like are they trying to achieve personal agendas or merely trying to hamper the intentions of their opponents in Congress?