The Supreme Court's most memorable quot on gay marriage - POLITICO

Contents:

• ANTI GAY QUOT
• GAY MARRIAGE QUOT
• 31 BIBLE VERS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
• QUOT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
• AGAST GAY MARRIAGE QUOT
• GAY MARRIAGE
• PRO & CON QUOT: SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
• MEDIA-CENSORED: TOP 15 QUOT OM JTIC AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE
• THE MOST POPULAR BIBLE VERS FOR DEBATG GAY MARRIAGE
• 25 THOUGHTFUL GAY MARRIAGE QUOT AND SAYGS
• JTICE ALO TAK AIM AT GAY MARRIAGE 'POLILLY CHARGED SPEECH'

ANTI GAY QUOT

“Alan, after all, was one of the very few homosexuals who had such a powerful, high profile job, and who lived openly wh a man. Homophobia had s adherents and some thls climber up the executive ladr would certaly love an opportuny to e … 'Better to be seen wh a woman, ’ we were advised by a very tsted iend, ‘Mak everyone more fortable.

GAY MARRIAGE QUOT

“Wh Pary, Internatnal Women's Day and, more recently, the Chienn Gar, and, more generally, wh every claim to victimal difference, women are makg themselv a llective lghg stock, alongsi gays, wh their mand for a bourgeois, legal, maral stat. Homosexual upl g vro fertilizatn (IVF) or surrogate mothers liberately create a class of children who will live apart om their mother or father.

Although homosexual men are ls likely to have children than lbians, homosexual men are and will be raisg children. A number of leadg profsnal associatns have asserted that there are "no differenc" between children raised by homosexuals and those raised by heterosexuals. Soclogist Steven Nock of the Universy of Virgia, who is agnostic on the issue of same-sex civil marriage, offered this review of the lerature on gay parentg as an expert wns for a Canadian urt nsirg legalizatn of same-sex civil marriage:.

Although the evince on child out is sketchy, do suggt that children raised by lbians or homosexual men are more likely to experience genr and sexual disorrs. In the first edn of his book fense of same-sex marriage, Virtually Normal, homosexual mentator Andrew Sullivan wrote: "There is more likely to be greater unrstandg of the need for extramaral outlets between two men than between a man and a woman.

31 BIBLE VERS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

It is plsible to spect that legal regnn of homosexual civil marriage would have siar nsequenc for the stutn of marriage; that is, would further stabilize the norm that adults should sacrifice to get and stay married for the sake of their children.

Homosexual civil marriage would make even easier than already is for men to ratnalize their abandonment of their children. If the distctive sexual patterns of "mted" gay upl are any ditn (see above), is unlikely that homosexual marriage would domtite men the way that heterosexual marriage do.

It is also extremely unlikely that the blogil effects of heterosexual marriage on men would also be found homosexual marriage.

QUOT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE

Th, gay activists who argue that same-sex civil marriage will domtite gay men are, all likelihood, clgg to a foolish hope. After the Supreme Court’s 5-4 cisn Friday that legalized gay marriage all 50 stat, both supporters and dissenters took to social media to share their opns on the lg. and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is ntrary to sound teachg,.

AGAST GAY MARRIAGE QUOT

Agast Gay Marriage Quot by Ed Case, Henry Rolls, Samuel Alo, Andrew Brebart, Sean Penn, Bill Maher and many others. I thk that is a good time for those who voted for the ban agast gay marriage to s and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame their grandchildren’s ey if they ntue that way of support.

There may be good arguments agast gay marriage, partial-birth abortns and human clong, but the fact that some people fd such acts to be disgtg should rry no weight. We are wi open and vulnerable and all likelihood an activist judge will strike down our Defense of Marriage Act, our state law agast gay marriage, this year.

And all likelihood, we will have gay marriage 2004 Mnota, if we don’t get this amendment on the ballot for November. ' ---"Dear Abby" rponds to a rear who plaed that a gay uple was movg across the street and wanted to know what he uld do to improve the qualy of the neighborhood.

GAY MARRIAGE

“The ncept that really gets the goat of the gay-hater, the ia that really sps their melon and sickens their stomachs is that most terrible and terrifyg of all human notns, one n love another of the same genr, that is what the homophobe really nnot stand. On the other hand, sce most heterosexual men are homophobic and sexist, most straight guys figure gay men will treat them the way they themselv treat women- that is, like sex objects. “The roots of sexism and homophobia are found the same enomic and polil stutns that serve as the foundatn of racism this untry and, more often than not, the same extremist circl that flict vlence on people of lor are rponsible for the eptns of vlence spired by sexist and homophobic bias.

PRO & CON QUOT: SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

“Social nservativ seem to see a bigger threat to marriage om mted gay upl who want on than om straight on who opt out of . Compared to the Amerin public at large, probably a slightly higher percentage of journalists, bee of thier enhanced power of discernment, realize they know a gay person or two, and are, therefore, ls ightened of them.

“Sexual distortns rry strong unrton of prejudice—sexism, racism and homophobia—that rob dividuals of their dividualy. Common stereotyp clu “men are all dogs, ” “women are ls terted sex, ” “gays are promiscuo, ” certa rac are igid or hung, and certa sex acts are dulgent, effemate, or immoral.

As the State self mak marriage all the more prec by the signifince attach to , excln om that stat has the effect of teachg that gays and lbians are unequal important rpects.

MEDIA-CENSORED: TOP 15 QUOT OM JTIC AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE

Bee the immediate nsequence, if gay marriage go through, is that K-12 ltle children will be forced to learn that homosexualy is normal, natural, and perhaps they should try .

Early Years: Same-Sex Marriage Bans In 1970, jt one year after the historic Stonewall Rts that galvanized the gay rights movement, law stunt Richard Baker and librarian Jam McConnell applied for a marriage license Gerald Nelson rejected their applitn bee they were a same-sex uple, and a trial urt upheld his cisn.

” This lg effectively blocked feral urts om lg on same-sex marriage for s, leavg the cisn solely the hands of stat, which alt blow after blow to those hopg to see gay marriage beg 1973, for stance, Maryland beme the first state to create a law that explicly f marriage as a unn between a man and woman, a belief held by many nservative relig groups. Though the gay rights movement saw some advancements the 1970s and 1980s—such as Harvey Milk beg the first openly gay man elected to public office the untry 1977—the fight for gay marriage ma ltle headway for many years. In 1989, the San Francis Board of Supervisors passed an ordance that allowed homosexual upl and unmarried heterosexual upl to register for domtic partnerships, which granted hospal visatn rights and other years later, the District of Columbia siarly passed a new law that allowed same-sex upl to register as domtic partners.

THE MOST POPULAR BIBLE VERS FOR DEBATG GAY MARRIAGE

C., 1993, the hight urt Hawaii led that a ban on same-sex marriage may vlate that state nstutn’s Equal Protectn Clse—the first time a state urt has ever ched toward makg gay marriage Hawaii Supreme Court sent the se—brought by a gay male uple and two lbian upl who were nied marriage licens 1990—back for further review to the lower First Circu Court, which 1991 origally dismissed the the state tried to prove that there was “pellg state tert” jtifyg the ban, the se would be tied up ligatn for the next three Defense of Marriage Act Opponents of gay marriage, however, did not s on their hnch. Congrs 1996 passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which Print Bill Clton signed to didn’t ban gay marriage outright but specified that only heterosexual upl uld be granted feral marriage benefs. That is, even if a state ma gay marriage legal, same-sex upl still wouldn’t be able to file e tax jotly, sponsor spo for immigratn benefs or receive spoal Social Secury payments, among many other act was a huge setback for the marriage equaly movement, but transient good news arose three months later: Hawaii Judge Kev S.

25 THOUGHTFUL GAY MARRIAGE QUOT AND SAYGS

Phg for Change: Civil Unns The next saw a whirlwd of activy on the gay marriage ont, begng wh the year 2000 when Vermont beme the first state to legalize civil unns, a legal stat that provis most of the state-level benefs of years later, Massachetts beme the first state to legalize gay marriage when the Massachetts Supreme Court led that same-sex upl had the right to marry Goodridge v. The state fally troduced the untry to gay marriage (m the feral benefs) when began issug same-sex marriage licens on May 17, that year, the U.

JTICE ALO TAK AIM AT GAY MARRIAGE 'POLILLY CHARGED SPEECH'

2004 was notable for upl many other stat as well, though for the oppose reason: Ten typilly nservative stat, along wh Oregon, enacted state-level bans on gay marriage. Kansas and Texas were next 2005, and 2006 saw seven more stat passg Constutnal amendments agast gay towards the end of the , gay marriage beme legal var stat, cludg Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont (the first state to approve by legislative means) and New Hampshire. Domtic Partnerships Throughout the and the begng of the next, California equently ma headl for seawg on the gay marriage state was the first to pass a domtic partnership statute 1999, and legislators tried to pass a same-sex marriage bill 2005 and 2007.

Perry legalized same-sex marriage early 2010s ntued the state-level battl over gay marriage that fed the precedg , wh at least one notable event. For the first time the untry’s history, voters (rather than judg or legislators) Mae, Maryland, and Washgton approved Constutnal amendments permtg same-sex marriage marriage also beme a feral issue 2010, Massachetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, found Sectn 3 of DOMA—the part of the 1996 law that fed marriage as a unn between one man and one woman—to be unnstutnal.