Tmp Says He's 'Fe' Wh Gay Marriage '60 Mut' Interview

Contents:

• GAY MARRIAGE THE UNED STAT, ONE YEAR LATER
• TMP SAYS HE'S 'FE' WH GAY MARRIAGE '60 MUT' INTERVIEW
• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

GAY MARRIAGE THE UNED STAT, ONE YEAR LATER

Gay Marriage the Uned Stat, One Year LaterThe landmark Supreme Court lg led to a surge of same-sex marriag—and plenty of backlash. ”She poted to Orlando, Florida, where this month dozens of people were shot and killed at a gay nightclub, a place of refuge for LGBT people. Sixteen stat do not have protectns agast discrimatn hirg; the stat, a gay person n get married one day and be fired the next solely bee of their sexual Goodridg said they expected backlash to Obergefell—after all, they’d been through Massachetts.

In the year sce the Supreme Court lg, some state legislatur have nsired so-lled “relig eedom” legislatn that would allow people to refe certa servic—weddg ceremoni, therapy, whatever their bs offers—to gay people on the basis of their relig beliefs. By one vote, the urt l that same-sex marriage nnot be banned the Uned Stat and that all same-sex marriag mt be regnized natnwi, fally grantg same-sex upl equal rights to heterosexual upl unr the 1971, jt two years after the Stonewall Rts that unofficially marked the begng of the stggle for gay rights and marriage equaly, the Mnota Supreme Court had found same-sex marriage bans nstutnal, a precent which the Supreme Court had never challenged. As homosexualy gradually beme more accepted Amerin culture, the nservative backlash was strong enough to force Print Bill Clton to sign the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), prohibg the regnn of same-sex marriag at the feral level, to law 1996.

TMP SAYS HE'S 'FE' WH GAY MARRIAGE '60 MUT' INTERVIEW

Obergefell origated wh a gay uple, Jim Obergefell and John Arthur, who were married Maryland, where same-sex marriage was legal, but whose marriage was not regnized by Oh thori.

While the public’s attus toward gay marriage rema unchanged om a year ago, they have changed dramatilly over the past two s.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE

Now, jt over half of Amerins (55%) say they favor allowg gays and lbians to marry legally, while 37% rema opposed, acrdg to Pew Rearch Center’s March poll.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Among Republins, 71% of nservative Republins oppose allowg gays and lbians to marry legally, more than twice the share of GOP morat and liberals (34%). Democrats across the board are supportive of gay marriage (70% favor, 24% oppose), wh slight differenc by iology and ndidate preference. Liberal Democrats overwhelmgly support gay marriage (84%), pared wh a smaller majory of their nservative and morate unterparts (59% favor).

And a wi 83% majory of Bernie Sanrs supporters are supportive of gays and lbians marryg legally (jt 15% are opposed), pared wh a smaller majory of Hillary Clton supporters (68%). Today, a 63% majory say homosexualy should be accepted by society, a share that also has grown over the past few s. Ten years ago, a 77% majory of those unaffiliated wh a relign said homosexualy should be accepted by society, and still today fully 80% say this.

Prottants overall are more likely than they were 10 years ago to say homosexualy should be accepted by society (52% now vs. Among whe evangelil Prottants, a third (34%) say homosexualy should be accepted by society, a share that has creased 12 percentage pots om 2006.