Same- Sex Marriage

Thesis: As our culture and species adapt and time lapses, adjustments are nade to the constitution to compensate. I believe that same- sex marriage is a legitimate proposal from the LGBT; referring collectively to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual community.

-I speak on this controversial issue as a lesbian. I believe that when the time comes i should have the choice to be married and have the same marital rights of the heterosexual community.

-I am aware that I imply that homosexuals, and heterosexuals are of seperate communities but that is not in fact the case. Random House Dictionary defines community as follows; a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.

-neighbors gay/straight

- why aren’t me and my partner eligible to the marital benefits as a "straight" couple. What makes us any different as the next two heterosexuals in love? Just because we are of the same gender does not mean or normal human emotions of love, affection, and care for someone differs.

- " to have and to hold in sickness and in health till death do us part"

- marriage ceremony

- define commitment

- family

-same sex couples desire a family as well

- conclusion ?

Mask on the Face of Death

This piece of writing is significantly different from what we have been reading lately. The way he adresses his topic of AIDS is very interesting. he focuses on how its spread and it seems to be his main concern. its interesting though because he projected AIDS in Haiti as a hush hush epidemic and that it was a secret where or why it was spreading and what the sources were which is weid to me because we know alot more about the disease now a days i just had to keep reminding myself that this was not written recently.
Out of the entire piece his language and discription stood out to me the most. i really like how he would descripe things that so strongly apealed to my sense of sight. he painted such a beautiful picture with color and movement. i felt i could really see what he was seeing. a few examples include...
"together they seem to be riding the back of the music as it gallops to a precisely sexual beat."
"how they eat us with their eyes as we pass"
"...like a groggy boxer who has let down his arms and is waiting for the last punch"
he often compares what he is seeing to something the common man has seen so the picture is that much more vivid. his sentence structure is extremely effective in what i believe he is trying to tell us as readers.
i also like how in one sensence he used a french word with the english.
"how is it that you hotiliers, resturant owners and the ministry of tourism did not kow what tout Haiti knew?"
i thought it was really creative.