The Senate moved forward a bill that would dify gay marriage after receivg support om both Democrats and Republins.
Contents:
- SENATE CLEARS HURDLE TO MOVE GAY MARRIAGE BILL TOWARD FAL PASSAGE
- WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E
- THE REAL IMPACT OF GAY MARRIAGE ON SOCIETY
- GAY MARRIAGE: WHY SUPREME COURT GOT WRONG
- FOX HOSTS RAGE AFTER BIN SIGNS GAY MARRIAGE LAW
- THE GAYG OF FOX NEWS
- CLARENCE THOMAS SAYS SUPREME COURT SHOULD RENSIR NTRACEPTN, GAY MARRIAGE LGS
- SENATORS PREVIEW TAILS OF RELIG RIGHTS AMENDMENT TO GAY MARRIAGE BILL
SENATE CLEARS HURDLE TO MOVE GAY MARRIAGE BILL TOWARD FAL PASSAGE
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Congrsnal efforts to pass legislatn protectg gay marriage rights followed a solo Supreme Court opn by Jtice Clarence Thomas June the se Dobbs v.
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WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E
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"Can't Help" is chock full of the sorts of easy gay jok that typified a lot of '90s edi featurg gay characters. At one pot, Andrew sists that he didn't thk black people uld be gay, bee they weren't scend om "sissy" Europeans.
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THE REAL IMPACT OF GAY MARRIAGE ON SOCIETY
One do not have to be a homophobe or bigot to believe that the Supreme Court ma a tragic error today creatg out of th air an imagary right for gay marriage. * fox gay marriage *
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It's far more plited when your own brother or uncle is gay. WASHINGTON – Legalized gay marriage (search) may never e the transformatn of society that some have predicted, given that is likely to affect ls than one 100 U. C., "the realy is the impact on marriage numerilly is that gay upl will still make up a ty actn of married upl.
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GAY MARRIAGE: WHY SUPREME COURT GOT WRONG
Followg Shepard Smh's divorce om ex-wife Virgia, the former Fox News host announced he was gay and has a long-time partner — but are they married? * fox gay marriage *
4 ln acrdg to the 2000 cens – analysts are torn over the impact legalized gay marriage will have on the way Amerins view the stutn and the way they look at Gallagher, -thor of “The Case for Marriage, ” recently ttified ont of the Senate that gay marriage activists are misreprentg the impact gay marriage will have.
FOX HOSTS RAGE AFTER BIN SIGNS GAY MARRIAGE LAW
”Gallagher claims that wh the legal onset of gay marriage, ernments will be the posn of forcg onto cizens a belief system that equat homosexualy wh heterosexualy — through public schools, taxpayer-fund programs like chari and non-profs, workplac and even fah-based anizatns (search) that receive public dollars. “It will be a new legal and social norm and the law is gog to enforce this new social and legal norm on people, ” she far, Massachetts is the only state nsirg legal gay marriage.
THE GAYG OF FOX NEWS
Its Supreme Judicial Court (search) led unnstutnal for the state to ny marriage licens to gay upl.
CLARENCE THOMAS SAYS SUPREME COURT SHOULD RENSIR NTRACEPTN, GAY MARRIAGE LGS
The Legislature there is now batg whether to change s nstutn to ban such marriag but the licens are already beg distributed and a nstutnal amendment would not be ratified before the May date the urt set for allowg gay California and New York have fied their state laws and begun marryg gay upl. Constutn that would fe marriage as between a man and a woman and protect stat om havg to regnize gay upl married stat that allow gay is a bate over whether the issue will land the lap of the U. Jonathan Rch, a wrer for the Natnal Journal (search) and thor of the upg “Gay Marriage: Why ’s Good for Gays, Good for Straights and Good for Ameri, ” said he don’t thk a nstutnal amendment is g, and believ that over the long-term, stat will expand marriage rights to homosexuals and the number of hold-outs will dwdle.
“My personal view is gay marriage will have a signifintly posive effect on gay people, non-gay people and on marriage, ” he said. “For gay upl, will brg the stabily and healths and happs that marriage uniquely provis.
He pots to a of legalized gay unns Sndavia, where marriage rat have cled as the number of babi born to habatg has risen. ”Kurtz said he do not anticipate a future “patchwork” of state laws which some will be gay marriage-iendly while others will not regnize the unns. ”Rch balked at this ia, potg out that the natns of Sndavia do not regnize gay marriage, jt civil partnerships.
SENATORS PREVIEW TAILS OF RELIG RIGHTS AMENDMENT TO GAY MARRIAGE BILL
That is why the argument for gay marriage works — will enurage marriage and hold up as a “gold standard for stable relatnships. ”“I thk Kurtz’s argument is exhib A for why nservativ should sist on gay marriage and not a substute, ” he said. “What I thk is irratnal is the notn that [gay marriage] will surely fail and all the effects will be negative so we shouldn’t try at all.
FILE -- June 25, 2015: John Becker, 30, of Silver Sprg, Md., wav a rabow flag support of gay marriage outsi the Supreme Court Washgton. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Mart) One do not have to be a homophobe or bigot to believe that the Supreme Court ma a tragic error today creatg out of th air an imagary right for gay marriage.