You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic. The issue of gay marriage remains controversial. Some people think that this trend has adverse effects on the society while others believe that it is seen as a natural trend and right for people to choose this type of marriage. Should gay marriage be legal? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.

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Nowadays, more and more countries have legalized
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homosexual
marriage
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.
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, some
people
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still
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concern
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about whether
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same-sex
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marriage
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should be legal.
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some
people
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think that legalizing gay
marriage
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affects our
society
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negatively, I believe it is a natural trend and right for
people
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to choose their
marriage
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types;
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of all, introducing
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of legalizing
same sex
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same-sex
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mariage
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marriage
can help
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develop
and transmit the information that everyone is the same.
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means that government conceives gays
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as
same
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as
public
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.
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parents, they think that
children
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may be affected by
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law and fall in love with
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same-gender
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same
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the same
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gender person.
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, many
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researchers
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have published that homosexuality is controlled by
natural
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a natural
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gene
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. It is hard to change
ones
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sexual orientation just because governments legalize
gays
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gay
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marriage
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.
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, in modern
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, since more and more
people
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concern
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about human rights, it is a natural trend that
people
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should have
same
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the same
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marriage
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right to choose whom they want to marry. In
sepecific
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specific
, gays now can marry each other with legal
right
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rights
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instead
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of only one male and one female can become
legal
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couple.
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, legalizing gay
marriage
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helps
young
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the young
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generation
develope
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develop
develops
open-minded that everyone is equal and no one should be judged by their sexual orientation.
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but not least, some
people
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think that legalizing gay
marriage
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may lead to
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decline
of
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birth
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rate since they cannot give rise to their own kids.
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, gay couples can adopt
children
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that were abandoned by their parents and give them a good family condition to grow.
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, since they have experienced discrimination before, they would teach their
children
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in a more open-minded way. To sum up, I firmly believe that
sam
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same
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sex
marriage
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is a good opportunity for the development of
the
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society
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. Indeed, it not only makes
children
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more open-minded, which helps create a more friendly
society
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,
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but
also
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gives those abandoned kids an environment to live in. Comments:
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    • Sentence 2 - Detailed background statement
    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
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    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
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