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Base on the Reading “We need to take a second look at our assumptions about gay
marriage” by Julio Noboa, do the following exercises.

PART 1: PRE-READING

A. Thinking about the title of the reading, answer the questions and discuss with
your partners. (5 points, 1 point each coherent answer, 0 point no answer).

1. When someone talks about marriage, what idea or conception do you have
immediately? Or what is your conception about it?
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2. What do you know about the marital rights of LGBTQ people?
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3. The new generations have changed the marriage conception? Why?
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4. Do you know any LGBTQ couple that is waiting for the final resolution of
thelegislature to get married in the country?
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5. Your opinion is personal and doesn’t matter if it’s the same as the others’, it
should be respected as well. But can you tell us what is your real opinion about
LGBTQ marriage?
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 PART II: WHILE READING

A. WORD FORMATION: Analyze the follows words. Write P if they have prefix, S
if they have suffix, B if they have prefix and suffix, R if they are roots, or CW if they
are compound word. The words are in italics and boldfaced in the text. (5 points, 1
point each correct answer).

1. Childhood (P2, line 7)

2. Inhumanity (P2, line 11)
3. Remains (P2, line 12)
4. Somehow (P3, line 1)
5. Clearly (P4, line 6)

B. GUESSING MEANING FROM CONTEXT. Look for the boldfaced and italicized
words in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, and choose the option with the closest meaning to
them. Consider the context. (4 points, 1 point each correct answer).

1. Elicited
a) Triggered
b) Derived
c) Induced

2. Disseminated
a) Put on the air
b) Broadcast
c) Propagated
3. Abounded
a) Overflow
b) Flourished
c) Was abundant
4. Malady
a) Complaint
b) Illness
c) Virus

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 C. TYPOGRAPHICAL CLUES. Choose the correct option for each instance. (4
points, 1 point each correct answer).

1) The function of the first hyphen (-) in the paragraph 1 is...

a) Express a range of numbers.
b) Join the elements of a compound word.
c) To spell out a fraction.

2. In the extract: The Bible contains and often justifies abuse, cruelty, and inhumanity, thus
demonstrating just how much it is a product of human and not divine creation. The
function of coma (,) is…
a) Separate items of a serie.
b) To provide restatement.
c) Introduce a contrast.

3) The function of the first apostrophe (’)in the paragraph 6 is…

a) Indicate a contraction
b) Indicate the possessive form of a noun
c) Indicate a plural form of a noun

4) The quotation marks in the phrase: “When did you choose to be heterosexual?” in
paragraph 4 indicate…
a) A quotation
b) A rhetorical question
c) A title or subtitle

D. MAIN IDEAS. Read the whole text. Decide if each statement is True or False
according to the reading. Choose either T (true) or F (false). (4 points, 1 point each
correct answer).

1. T F Religions can impose their dogmatic beliefs on all citizens.

2. T F There have been multiple responses and opinions about the LGBTQ
community’s rights after the ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights.

3. T F The LGBTQ community is harmful to society in general.

4. T F In a democracy, no law or practice based on religious dogma, belief

or tradition should be imposed on citizens.

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 PART III: AFTER READING

A. SUPORTING DETEAILS. Fill out the chart with the arguments that refute each anti-
gay marriage argument. Write the letter of the correct option inside the parentheses. (4
points, 1 point each correct answer).

A) Scientific and psychological research concluded that kids who grow up in a

homosexual home are mentally healthy and more open-
minded.
B) In 1974 the American Psychiatric Association concluded that homosexuality is
not a disease.
C) Living in a democracy means opposing certain common attitudes that violates the
basic human rights.
D) Homosexuals are as capable as heterosexuals to build up lasting
relationships.

Anti-gay marriage Arguments pro-gay marriage Arguments

1. The tradition says that marriage 1. throughout human history changes

should be between man and obligate societies to ignore or to embrace
woman. certain traditions.
2. ( )

2. Being a LGBTQ person is 3. There have been gay people in practically

somehow unnatural or a mental every human society ever recorded.
malady. 4. ( )
5. Scientifically proved that ( )

3. children raised by homosexual 6. ( )

parents will be somehow harmed, 7. There is more physical, sexual, and
confused, or traumatized. psychological child abuse perpetrated by
heterosexual parents than by homosexual
ones.

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B. CRITICAL THINKING. Answer the questions below (in spanish), justify and
explain your answer. (4 points, 2 points each answer, 2 excelent answer, 1.5 very good
answer, 1 good answer, 0.5 regular answer, 0 no answer).

According to the author:

“...in a democratic nation, no law or practice based on religious dogma,
belief, or tradition should be imposed on its citizens. And this is especially
relevant when doing so would deny any citizen the same basic human and
civil rights afforded all others” (paragraph 6)

1. Do you think that religious dogmas, beliefs and traditions in Costa Rica have influenced
other political decisions about certain taboo topics? Give examples.

2. How do you think that the political redefinition of marriage would change (positively
or negatively) the Costa Rican society?

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