The road to full marriage equaly for same-sex upl the Uned Stat was paved wh setbacks and victori. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court se Obergefell v. Hodg ma gay marriage legal throughout the untry.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUTNS ABOUT THE FERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT AND GAY MARRIAGE
The send sentence go further; would overri any existg lol and state level protectns and benefs for gay and lbian upl, or any other unmarried uple, cludg hospal visatn rights, herance rights, pensn benefs, and health surance among others. If they are different name only, why do gays and lbians need to be “”married””? While civil unns are a meangful step toward endg discrimatn agast gay and lbian upl, they fall short of te equaly by settg up a separate tegory of rights and protectns for gay and lbian upl.
Gay and lbian Amerins serve the ary, keep our muni safe as firefighters and police officers, staff our hospals, build our ci and pay tax.
Gay and lbian upl long-term mted relatnships should not be nied legal rights pensns, health surance, hospal visatns, and herance that other long-term mted upl enjoy. Unfortunately, our laws ntue to ny a basic right to marry to two adults simply bee they are gay or lbian. What about relig groups who believe homosexualy is wrong – won’t this prsure them to regnize homosexual upl or accept marriage of gay and lbian upl?
GAY MARRIAGE
The First Amendment protects the right of people of fah to anize themselv acrdg to their own beliefs and tradns, and no law regnizg marriage of lbian and gay upl will lim the eedom of religns to fe marriage as each se f.