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Contents:

• GAY MARRIAGE
• DEFN OF 'GAY MARRIAGE'
• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
• WHAT IS ANOTHER WORD FOR GAY MARRIAGE?
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• THE OXFORD DICTNARY IS CHANGG THE DEFN OF 'MARRIAGE' TO INCLU GAY COUPL
• GAY MARRIAGE

GAY MARRIAGE

Scholars and the general public beme creasgly terted the issue durg the late 20th century, a perd when attus toward homosexualy and laws regulatg homosexual behavur were liberalized, particularly wtern Europe and the Uned issue of same-sex marriage equently sparked emotnal and polil clash between supporters and opponents.

Cultur that openly accepted homosexualy, of which there were many, generally had nonmaral tegori of partnership through which such bonds uld be exprsed and socially regulated. Relig and secular expectatns of marriage and sexualy Over time the historil and tradnal cultur origally rerd by the lik of Bachofen and Man slowly succumbed to the homogenizatn imposed by lonialism. In other s, the cultural homogeney supported by the domant relign did not rult the applitn of doctre to the civic realm but may nohels have fostered a smoother seri of discsns among the cizenry: Belgium and Spa had legalized same-sex marriage, for stance, spe official opposn om their predomant relig stutn, the Roman Catholic Church.

DEFN OF 'GAY MARRIAGE'

Most of the world religns have at some pots their histori opposed same-sex marriage for one or more of the followg stated reasons: homosexual acts vlate natural law or dive tentns and are therefore immoral; passag sacred texts nmn homosexual acts; and relig tradn regniz only the marriage of one man and one woman as valid. The Unarian Universalist church and the gay-oriented Universal Fellowship of Metropolan Communy Church fully accepted same-sex marriage. G., male-female, man-woman, gay-straight) and to replace the wh tegori or ntua that they believed better reflect the actual practic of humany.

Early Years: Same-Sex Marriage Bans In 1970, jt one year after the historic Stonewall Rts that galvanized the gay rights movement, law stunt Richard Baker and librarian Jam McConnell applied for a marriage license Gerald Nelson rejected their applitn bee they were a same-sex uple, and a trial urt upheld his cisn. ” This lg effectively blocked feral urts om lg on same-sex marriage for s, leavg the cisn solely the hands of stat, which alt blow after blow to those hopg to see gay marriage beg 1973, for stance, Maryland beme the first state to create a law that explicly f marriage as a unn between a man and woman, a belief held by many nservative relig groups.

Though the gay rights movement saw some advancements the 1970s and 1980s—such as Harvey Milk beg the first openly gay man elected to public office the untry 1977—the fight for gay marriage ma ltle headway for many years. In 1989, the San Francis Board of Supervisors passed an ordance that allowed homosexual upl and unmarried heterosexual upl to register for domtic partnerships, which granted hospal visatn rights and other years later, the District of Columbia siarly passed a new law that allowed same-sex upl to register as domtic partners. C., 1993, the hight urt Hawaii led that a ban on same-sex marriage may vlate that state nstutn’s Equal Protectn Clse—the first time a state urt has ever ched toward makg gay marriage Hawaii Supreme Court sent the se—brought by a gay male uple and two lbian upl who were nied marriage licens 1990—back for further review to the lower First Circu Court, which 1991 origally dismissed the the state tried to prove that there was “pellg state tert” jtifyg the ban, the se would be tied up ligatn for the next three Defense of Marriage Act Opponents of gay marriage, however, did not s on their hnch.

CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT

Congrs 1996 passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which Print Bill Clton signed to didn’t ban gay marriage outright but specified that only heterosexual upl uld be granted feral marriage benefs.

That is, even if a state ma gay marriage legal, same-sex upl still wouldn’t be able to file e tax jotly, sponsor spo for immigratn benefs or receive spoal Social Secury payments, among many other act was a huge setback for the marriage equaly movement, but transient good news arose three months later: Hawaii Judge Kev S. Phg for Change: Civil Unns The next saw a whirlwd of activy on the gay marriage ont, begng wh the year 2000 when Vermont beme the first state to legalize civil unns, a legal stat that provis most of the state-level benefs of years later, Massachetts beme the first state to legalize gay marriage when the Massachetts Supreme Court led that same-sex upl had the right to marry Goodridge v. The state fally troduced the untry to gay marriage (m the feral benefs) when began issug same-sex marriage licens on May 17, that year, the U.

WHAT IS ANOTHER WORD FOR GAY MARRIAGE?

2004 was notable for upl many other stat as well, though for the oppose reason: Ten typilly nservative stat, along wh Oregon, enacted state-level bans on gay marriage.

Kansas and Texas were next 2005, and 2006 saw seven more stat passg Constutnal amendments agast gay towards the end of the , gay marriage beme legal var stat, cludg Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont (the first state to approve by legislative means) and New Hampshire. Domtic Partnerships Throughout the and the begng of the next, California equently ma headl for seawg on the gay marriage state was the first to pass a domtic partnership statute 1999, and legislators tried to pass a same-sex marriage bill 2005 and 2007.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Perry legalized same-sex marriage early 2010s ntued the state-level battl over gay marriage that fed the precedg , wh at least one notable event. For the first time the untry’s history, voters (rather than judg or legislators) Mae, Maryland, and Washgton approved Constutnal amendments permtg same-sex marriage marriage also beme a feral issue 2010, Massachetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, found Sectn 3 of DOMA—the part of the 1996 law that fed marriage as a unn between one man and one woman—to be unnstutnal.

Wdsor, nservative Jtice Anthony Kennedy sid wh Jtic Ruth Bar Gsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan favor of same-sex marriage rights, ultimately makg gay marriage legal across the natn June this time, was still outlawed only 13 stat, and more than 20 other untri had already legalized gay marriage, startg wh the Netherlands December 2000. For stance, 45% of adults the Silent Generatn (those born between 1928 and 1945) favor allowg gays and lbians to wed, pared wh 74% of Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996). 4As wh the general public, Amerins who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (LGBT) are most likely to ce love as a very important reason for gettg married.

THE OXFORD DICTNARY IS CHANGG THE DEFN OF 'MARRIAGE' TO INCLU GAY COUPL

Sce then, several other European untri – cludg England and Wal, France, Ireland, all of Sndavia, Spa and, most recently, Atria, Germany and Malta – have legalized gay marriage. In fact, rearchers have found that the majory of lbian, and gay, adults are mted relatnships and many upl have been together 10 or more years.

Empiril rearch also shows that lbian and gay upl have levels of relatnship satisfactn siar to or higher than those of heterosexual upl. The fai and iends of lbian and gay upl who are nied marriage rights may also experience negative physil and mental health nsequenc siar to those experienced by their loved on.

The vast majory of scientific studi that have directly pared lbian and gay parents wh heterosexual parents have nsistently shown that the same-sex upl are as f and pable parents as heterosexual upl, and that their children are jt as psychologilly healthy and well adjted. ConnecticutKansasNew MexiUtahDelawareMaeNevadaVirgiaFloridaMarylandNew YorkVermontIn some stat, cludg Arkansas, South Dakota, and Kentucky, the state ernment has not yet legalized same sex marriage, but their bans agast gay marriage have been led Sex Marriage and the Supreme CourtIt is no secret that the Supreme Court has had s fair share of s ncerng same sex marriag, some of which have been major victori for same sex upl across the ridge v Department of Public HealthOn November 18, 2003, the Massachetts Supreme Court beme the first to le that the state’s ban on same sex marriage was unnstutnal. This landmark lg by a state supreme urt was the rult of a lawsu filed 2001 by a group lled the Gay & Lbian Advot and Defenrs (“GLAD”) on behalf of seven same sex upl, each of which were tablished, long term relatnships.

GAY MARRIAGE

Currently, over 55 percent of Amerins support same sex marriage rights, wh 8 out of 10 young adults favorg gay marriage three percent of people intify as lbian, gay, or bisexualAcrdg to the 2010 Uned Stat Cens Bure, there are more than 600, 000 same sex uple hoeholds the U. Liz Cheney of Wyomg -- a break om her past stance on the issue, which publicly put her at odds wh her parents and sister, who is gay. Californians will vote on a proposal to amend the state Constutn on the 2024 ballot to reaffirm gay marriage rights — a ut move that amid natnal anxiety after recent lgs by the nservative-leang U.

Although there is no current threat to the legaly of gay marriage, and Print Bin signed a bill safeguardg last year, the Democratic-domant state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to stead explicly state that marriage is “a fundamental right. Gav Newsom was out of state, Senate lear Toni Atks (D-San Diego) signed bills to law on his behalf as the first out gay actg ernor. The prcipal pot of dispute has to do wh marriage between two people of the same sex, often referred to as same-sex marriage or gay marriage.

For more rmatn on the Church’s pastoral re to persons wh same-sex attractn, ( see USCCB, Mistry to Persons wh a Homosexual Inclatn (2006) to top. (2000) | EspañolCDF 1992 – Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah, Some Consiratns Concerng the Rponse to Legislative Proposals on the Non-Discrimatn of Homosexual Persons (1992) | Español CIC - Co of Canon Law (1983) | EspañolCL - Pope John Pl II, Apostolic Exhortatn Christifil Laici (1988) | EspañolCV – Pope Benedict XVI, Encyclil Caras Verate (2009) | EspañolCSDC – Pontifil Council for Jtice and Peace, Compendium of the Social Doctre of the Church (2004) | EspañolDH – Send Vatin Council, Declaratn Dignatis Humanae (1965) | EspañolFC – Pope John Pl II, Apostolic Exhortatn Faiaris Consort (1982) | Español GS – Send Vatin Council, Pastoral Constutn Gdium et Sp (1965) | Español LF – Pope John Pl II, Letter to Fai (1994) | EspañolLL – USCCB, Pastoral Letter Marriage: Love and Life the Dive Plan (2009) | EspañolPP – Pope Pl VI, Encyclil Populom Progrs (1967) | EspañolRN – Pope Leo XIII, Encyclil Rem Novam (1891) | EspañolTOB – Pope John Pl II, Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body, trans.