Same-sex Marriage

Denne study guide er en hjælp til at besvare et eksamensspørgsmål i skriftlig Engelsk A fra det vejledende opgavesæt med netadgang fra november 2012 på STX. Opgaven består i at analysere artiklen "How My View on Gay Marriage Changed" af David Blankenhorn.

Opgaveformuleringen lyder:

Write an article (800-1200 words) for the website www.nytimes.com in which you account for different views in the debate on same-sex marriage in the USA that unfolded in the summer of 2012.

Your article must include an analysis of how David Blankenhorn justifies his change of attitude in the opinion article “How My View on Gay Marriage Changed”.

In your article, you must include references to 2-3 Internet sources you have used in your research.

How My View on Gay Marriage Changed

Forfatter: David Blankenhorn
Genre: Debatindlæg
Udgivelse: 2012

Uddrag

Her får du et uddrag fra afnsittet "Different views on same-sex marriage":

Blankenhorn believes that “children have the right, insofar as society makes it possible, to know and to be cared for by the two parents who brought them into this world.” (ll. 6-8). He also states that, while his opinion regarding gay marriage has changed, he still believes that children have the right to be protected by society.¨