website evaluation

"Why Iowa's Gay Marriage Anniversary Matters." - Micheal A. Jones

http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/why_iowas_gay_marriage_anniversary_matters

My website evaluation went very well after I found my article on Change.org. An article called, “Why Iowa’s gay marriage anniversary matters,” by Micheal A. Jones. This article explains how Iowa was one of the first states to legalize same-sex marriage, and how many other states followed. This article also fit all of the requirements including Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose, to fit my CRAAP test.

            This article was recently published on April 3, 2010, which held updated and current information for my topic. This showed that the article withheld Currency. What I liked about the article was how it showed that my solution to the problem works. It showed how legalizing same sex marriage will not make a difference to the society. This article has a very large audience all over the United States. I believe that it is very appropriate, and I could see myself using this for my research paper. With all of these things, this article definitely fits Relevance. All of the information in this article comes from Change.org. The information is supported with quotes and court cases that come from Iowa. The article is referred by many who follow and commented on the article. I know from personal knowledge that the information is true because I know same sex marriage is legal in Iowa, causing effects around the nation. I think that the author seems to be free of emotion when I read this, which helps me know that this article has Accuracy.

            Micheal A. Jones is the author and editor of this article. At the bottom of the article, it tells you that he works for Change.org as an editor. He worked in human rights communications, previously for Harvard Law School. Micheal Jones has written many gay rights articles on the website, which I think he deserves credit for. There is no contact information given, but you can go into a link that allows you to see all of his current work. The website shows that Micheal A. Jones has the Authority to write this article. The purpose of this article is to entertain and inform. Micheal Jones makes that very clear because it has some information in it, but it is also an entertaining article to read. This article’s point of view is very impartial. He thinks of the other side of the situation. He makes it more of a factual article, with some opinion that I like. The political and ideological views are what showed me that this article has a Purpose. I enjoyed reading this article, and I am glad that it fits the CRAAP test, because I’m excited to use it in my research paper.

Research thesis

Homosexuals are wrongly deprived of many of their rights everyday. For gay's to have equal rights, the government needs to legalize same-sex marriage, in order for them to do so, they need to understand that marriage is about love, not law.