Which statement reflects a relativist view of gay marriage

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The right to recognition for gays and lesbians

Goldberg , 34— Goldberg , Sex matters a whole lot, particularly for adolescent girls, who are wont to exchange concern over grades for concern over appearance in the presence of boys. In the dominant conservative view, biology trumps culture and has great significance for human behavior and morality.

Universalism or Cultural Relativism? Case Study of Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan

A change in the law not only follows cultural changes, it helps to promote them. Therefore, the law can promote changes and remove historically consolidated injustices, requiring only that certain legal institutions be mobilized. Accordingly, isolated members or groups of stigmatized people with greater resources — particularly psychological — can play the indispensable role of hero or trailblazer, without each individual member having to bear the extremely high costs of exposure and combat.

Smith: RELIGIOUS RELATIVIST: Laws must be squared with moral truths

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