Wyomg has bee the latt state to allow gay marriage, brgg the natnal wave of expand rights for same-sex upl to a state where the 1998 beatg ath of Matthew Shepard still fluenc natnal perceptns.
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- WYOMG BE 32ND STATE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
- WYOMG GOP NOT HAPPY WH LUMMIS’ SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTN
- GAY PEOPLE CAN GET LEGALLY MARRIED IN WYOMG. THEY CAN ALSO BE LEGALLY FIRED
- WYOMG LATT US STATE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
WYOMG BE 32ND STATE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
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Wyomg on Tuday beme the 32nd state to legalize gay marriage, jog several other nservative areas allowg same-sex weddgs. Their move allows unty clerks to beg issug marriage licens to gay upl.
WYOMG GOP NOT HAPPY WH LUMMIS’ SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTN
Wyomg stood poised Tuday to bee the latt state to allow gay marriage * wyoming gay marriage *
The state's first same-sex marriage uld occur as early as Tuday move is particularly signifint for the state bee is the lotn where Matthew Shepard, a gay stunt at the Universy of Wyomg, was killed a 1998 hate crime. Support for marriage equaly, however, has grown steadily sce 2000, when Amerins opposed gay marriage by a 57% to 35% marg.
Proment lawmakers and public officials om both sis of the aisle have reversed their stanc on gay marriage recent years, cludg Print Barack Obama, former print Bill Clton, former Vice Print Dick Cheney, former Utah Gov. Wyomg has bee the latt state to allow gay marriage, brgg the natnal wave of expand rights for same-sex upl to a state where the 1998 beatg ath of Matthew Shepard still fluenc natnal perceptns. State lawyers filed a legal notice Tuday morng that said they won't fend a recently overturned Wyomg law that fed marriage as a unn between one man and one woman, meang unty clerks n beg to issue marriage licens to gay upl and the state will regnize same-sex unns performed legally elsewhere.
The change is particularly notable the state where Shepard, a gay Universy of Wyomg stunt was robbed, tied to a fence and vicly beaten 16 years ago a ral area near Laramie. The slayg galvanized a natnal ph for gay rights and tough penalti for hate crim.
GAY PEOPLE CAN GET LEGALLY MARRIED IN WYOMG. THEY CAN ALSO BE LEGALLY FIRED
Wyomg has joed several other polilly nservative stat allowg gay marriage after a seri of recent urt lgs have stck down bans as unnstutnal. 6 that refed to hear appeals om stat that wanted to fend gay marriage bans.
WYOMG LATT US STATE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
Gay rights supporters have said bans on same-sex unns are vlatns of 14th Amendment protectns that guarantee equal protectn unr the law and due procs. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., exprsed regret over her earlier opposn to same-sex marriage, a posn she took eight years ago that led to a public fallg out wh her sister, Mary, who is gay and married wh children. One has a gay son.