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Contents:

• WATCH U2 TURN AN OLD H INTO A GAY MARRIAGE ANTHEM  CHIGO
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• U2'S BONO HAILS IRELAND'S LANDMARK GAY MARRIAGE BILL VOTE
• U2 STAR BONO HAILS IRELAND GAY MARRIAGE VOTE AS TRIUMPH FOR 'PEACE AND LOVE'
• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
• WHY MORE AMERINS ARE PRO-LIFE—AND PRO GAY MARRIAGE
• BONO AGAINST THE IDEA OF GAY MARRIAGE

WATCH U2 TURN AN OLD H INTO A GAY MARRIAGE ANTHEM  CHIGO

Watch U2 Turn an Old H Into a Gay Marriage Anthem  Chigo.

When U2 performed “Pri (In the Name of Love)” Sunday night (June 28) Chigo’s Uned Center, the U2 ontman rechristened “Gay Pri (In the Name of Love).

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Micians React to Ireland’s Legalizatn of Gay Marriage.

After the band’s native Ireland legalized gay marriage on May 23, U2 dited the same song to the e at s show that night Phoenix. Is Bono Gay? The rultg aln ernment ially said would reta a ban on gay marriage.

As of 2020, the most recent year for which there is data, more than 42, 000 gay upl England and Wal had tied the knot. ) Pollg June found that more than three-quarters of Brons now support gay marriage, up om jt over half 2012. It end Sectn 28, which prevented schools and lol thori om “promotg homosexualy” and troduced civil partnerships.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

“I don’t support gay marriage spe beg a Conservative. Gay marriag beme not an abstract threat but somethg unrtaken by iends, lleagu, neighbours. Almost half of Brons now say they know a married gay uple.

Gordon Brown, Mr Cameron’s precsor, opposed gay marriage office bee was “timately bound up wh qutns of relig eedom”. Though Bra was not the first to legalise , 19 other untri have sce given gay marriage their blsg. But has led to a of eccliastil disrd as liberal members of the church argue for the right to perform or partake gay marriag.

A group of mps led by Ben Bradshaw, a gay Anglin, is lookg at ways to amend the legislatn to allow willg prits and parish to take part, which they argue uld also help boost dwdlg numbers the aisl. California still has an anti-gay marriage law on the books.

U2'S BONO HAILS IRELAND'S LANDMARK GAY MARRIAGE BILL VOTE

Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years later.

U2 ontman Bono toasted Ireland's vote for gay marriage by ditg one of the band's biggt hs to the 'te equaly' he believ the untry's people n now enjoy. ' Ireland's gay cizens woke up on Sunday what felt like a natn reborn - some wh dreams of weddg plans dancg their heads. The Irish gay muny's biggt party history me late on Saturday, after the announcement that the natn's voters had passed a gay marriage referendum by a landsli.

Ireland's unexpectedly strong 62 percent 'y' to addg same-sex marriage to s nservative 1937 nstutn is expected to lead to a wave of gay weddgs this summer. The Jtice Department nfirmed Sunday plans to publish a marriage bill this week that will be passed by both ho of parliament and signed to law by the move, Ireland beme the first untry the world to approve gay marriage a popular natnal vote. Friday's vote on gay marriage had majory 62 per cent of people favour, wh a bill now set to be drafted this week.

U2 STAR BONO HAILS IRELAND GAY MARRIAGE VOTE AS TRIUMPH FOR 'PEACE AND LOVE'

The Irish gay muny's biggt party history me late on Saturday, after the announcement that the natn's voters had passed a gay marriage referendum by a landsliFor Ireland's most proment gay uple, Sen. ' Analysts creded the 'y' si wh aptly employg social media to mobilize young, first-time voters, tens of thoands of whom voted for the first time Friday Both Catholic Church lears and gay rights advot said the rult signaled a social revolutn Ireland, where only a few s ago the thory of Catholic teachg was rerced by voters who massively backed bans on abortn and divorce the 1980s'Wh today's vote, we have disclosed who we are: a genero, passnate, bold and joyful people, ' Prime Mister Enda Kenny said.

Analysts creded the 'y' si wh aptly employg social media to mobilize young, first-time voters, tens of thoands of whom voted for the first time 'y' mpaign also featured movg personal stori om proment Irish people - eher g out as gays or scribg their hop for gay children - that helped nvce waverg voters to back equal marriage Catholic Church lears and gay rights advot said the rult signalled a social revolutn Ireland, where only a few s ago the thory of Catholic teachg was rerced by voters who massively backed bans on abortn and divorce the legalized divorce only by a razor-th marg 1995 but now, by a firm majory, dismissed the Catholic Church's repeated lls to reject gay marriage.

Supporters for same-sex marriage celebrate outsi a gay bar Dubl after hearg that the vote is gog their way Two men kiss as first rults start to filter through the referendum on same sex marriagAbortn, still outlawed, looms as the untry's next great social policy Archbishop Diarmuid Mart said the 'overwhelmg vote' agast church teachg on gay marriage meant that Catholic lears Ireland need urgently to fd a new msage and voice for reachg Ireland's said: 'It's a social revolutn. At the Gee, Ireland's olst gay pub, drag queens danced and lip-synced to Queen and the foundg father of Ireland's gay rights mpaign, Senator David Norris, basked the greatt acplishment of the movement's 40-year history.

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

Irish tourism chiefs have already kicked off plans to palise on gay marriage, g the slogan 'Ireland says I do' After the rult was announced, thoands of celebrants flood to the Irish pal's pubs and clubsIrish tourism chiefs have already kicked off plans to palise on gay regns are to be targeted a marketg blz - Bra, the US, Canada, the Nordic regn, Atralia, France, Spa, Italy and Germany - as boss move to promote Ireland for weddgs and are also hopg for an explosn of tert The Outg - billed as the world's only gay matchmakg offshoot of the 157-year-old Lisdoonvarna Matchmakg Ftival, the anisers will turn the Co Clare spa town gay this October for the third year nng. 'Tourism Ireland also noted that lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Europeans travellg 2014 was worth about 66 ln US Gibbons add: 'It's a market that's 's fancy om a tourism perspective but 's a good time to do this, 's strikg while the iron is hot.

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

Meanwhile Uned Natns secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said was “a tly historic moment”Trailblazers: Ireland is first untry to legalise same-sex marriage through popular voteRock band U2 and Uned Natns secretary-general Ban Ki-moon weled Ireland’s vote favour of legalisg gay marriage. It means that Ireland is the first untry the world to legalise same-sex marriage through a popular vote and more than two s after homosexual acts were crimalised there.

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.

Acrdg to the Texas judicial missn’s 2019 warng, Hensley referred gay upl who wanted her to pri over their marriage ceremony to other people who would officiate. Rop & Gray is mted to ensurg that our lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr lawyers feel weled and valued  the workplace. In addn to an active diversy mtee, which addrs policy issu, the firm’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Lawyers Fom (LGBTQ+ Fom) wel LGBTQ+ attorneys to Rop & Gray and provis ongog support to their profsnal growth, tegratn, and velopment.

WHY MORE AMERINS ARE PRO-LIFE—AND PRO GAY MARRIAGE

Fom members also help to intify and ordate firm-sponsored lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr pro bono matters.

We saw stat before Obergefell, some stat were movg to allow gay marriage, other stat were movg to allow civil partnerships. :Clarence Thomas lls for Supreme Court to 'rensir' gay marriage, ntraceptn'New era' or 'dark day'? "In Obergefell, the urt said, 'No, we know better than you guys do, and now every state mt, mt sanctn and perm gay marriage.

By 50 to 48 percent, Amerins support gay marriage unr the law, wh pennt voters supportg 57 to 40 percent. In 1996, when Gallup first began pollg on the qutn, Amerins overwhelmgly opposed gay marriage, 68 to 27 percent. The speed wh which many Amerins have changed their mds on this says a lot—about how many of have been fluenced by gay iends mted relatnships, longg for the validatn and acceptance that marriage impli.

BONO AGAINST THE IDEA OF GAY MARRIAGE

Over the urse of the last few years, many have e to feel that gay upl serve the same as the rt of . Standg up for the equaly of every human life means different thgs to different people—whether we are answerg a pollster's qutns on issu like abortn and gay marriage, or whether we are donatg ans or achg a sports team or drivg the Meals on Wheels van. Sonny Bono, whose dghter is a lbian, says he unrstands gay rights activists who support same-sex marriage, but he jt "n't handle" the ia now.

"I'm not homophobic. Bono said he se the gay pot of view and lov his dghter, Chasty.

He rpects gays and is a close iend of Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who is gay.