Two lawmakers want voters to amend the California nstutn to protect gay marriage rights om the U.S. Supreme Court.
Contents:
- THE CONSTUTNAL ARGUMENT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
- WILL CALIFORNIA PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE S NSTUTN?
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUTNS ABOUT THE FERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT AND GAY MARRIAGE
THE CONSTUTNAL ARGUMENT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
* gay marriage constitutional amendment *
Do the Uned Stat ernment have the nstutnal thory to legalize gay marriage? [See a llectn of polil rtoons on gay marriage.
] If the legalizatn of gay marriage were acplished by statute, Congrs uld nceivably rely on s power to regulate merce.
It is more likely that gay marriage would be mandated by the Court's own terpretatns of the 14th Amendment. In a 2003 se that validated crimal penalti on homosexual sodomy, Jtice Anton Slia's bter dissent argued that the Court was settg the stage for exactly this rult.
WILL CALIFORNIA PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE S NSTUTN?
[Vote now: Should gay marriage be legal natnwi? There’s no ditn, however, that the majory of jtic have much appete to do the same on gay marriage. In January, the Public Policy Instute of California found that a whoppg 75% of likely voters support a policy allowg gay and lbians upl to marry.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
The rultg aln ernment ially said would reta a ban on gay marriage.
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
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.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
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.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUTNS ABOUT THE FERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT AND GAY MARRIAGE
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.