WASHINGTON (AP) — Sorry, Mr. Print. After nearly sgle-handly phg gay marriage to the foreont of the printial mpaign and advertently prsurg Print Barack Obama to clare his support for same-sex unns, there was only one thg left for Vice Print Joe Bin to do: apologize.
Contents:
- THE OBAMA LEGACY: THE LEGALIZATN OF GAY MARRIAGE
- PRINT OBAMA WEL GAY MARRIAGE LG
- OBAMA PRAIS SUPREME COURT'S DECISN TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE NATNWI
- THE 'EVOLUTN' OF OBAMA'S STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE
- WHAT DO OBAMA REALLY THK ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE? A TELLG TIMELE.
- BIN PROV TALYST FOR OBAMA ON GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE
THE OBAMA LEGACY: THE LEGALIZATN OF GAY MARRIAGE
Obama: SCOTUS Gay Marriage Rulg Is 'A Victory For Ameri' * when did obama make gay marriage legal *
Engagg homosexual acts was nsired a crime by 1791 all 13 stat after ratifyg the Bill of sodomy laws, the name given to laws and rtrictns toward certa sexual acts, remaed a nstant form of discrimatn for the LGBT muny, stigma surroundg homosexualy emerged to be jt as toxic and unhealthy for those dividuals.
Livg a perd where was the “easit” to blame such an fectn on a mory prejudiced group ems jt how sperate Amerins would go to unrme the realy that, fact, love nnot be cred is not hand to Print Obama for legalizg gay marriage, but nohels, he is attributed to fishg some of the legal stctur agast the LGBT muny. The ial report of battlg the uncivil laws agast gay marriage began on May 18, 1970 when two male graduate stunts applied for a marriage license at the Hennep County District Court.
PRINT OBAMA WEL GAY MARRIAGE LG
Over nearly two s polics, Print Obama has staked out changg posns on gay rights. Here are the biggt ton. * when did obama make gay marriage legal *
While the print has nsistently supported civil rights for gay upl — pepperg his ments wh specifics such as hospal visatn, transfer of property and Social Secury benefs — his discsn of marriage has differed.
OBAMA PRAIS SUPREME COURT'S DECISN TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE NATNWI
In a landmark cisn, the Supreme Court’s lg stck down the remag state bans that prevented gay upl om gettg married. * when did obama make gay marriage legal *
"(But) is my obligatn not only as an elected official a pluralistic society, but also as a Christian, to rema open to the possibily that my unwillgns to support gay marriage is misguid, jt as I nnot claim fallibily my support of abortn rights. Still, a 2007 Democratic primary bate sponsored by a gay rights group and a gay-oriented ble TV channel, he spoke stead about his support for civil unns wh "all the benefs that are available for a legally sanctned marriage" — but not for legal regnn of "marriage" between same-sex upl.
THE 'EVOLUTN' OF OBAMA'S STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE
* when did obama make gay marriage legal *
Sce takg office, Print Obama and his Admistratn have ma historic stris to expand opportuni and advance equaly and jtice for all Amerins, cludg Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) Amerins. Insurance pani are no longer able to discrimate agast anyone due to a pre-existg ndn, and bee of the law, surers n no longer turn someone away jt bee he or she is lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr.
Print Obama veloped and released the first prehensive Natnal HIV/AIDS Strategy for the Uned Stat 2010, updated through 2020, and is implementg to addrs the dispari faced pecially by gay and bisexual men of all rac and ethnici and transgenr women of lor.
WHAT DO OBAMA REALLY THK ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE? A TELLG TIMELE.
The Print signed bipartisan legislatn to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell on December 22, 2010, allowg gay, lbian, and bisexual Amerins to serve openly the Armed Forc whout fear of beg dismissed om service bee of who they are and who they love, puttg motn the end of a discrimatory policy that ran unter to Amerin valu. Over the next two years, the iative has veloped and evaluated strategi to prevent lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr youth om beg homels or tervene as early as possible once they do bee homels.
BIN PROV TALYST FOR OBAMA ON GAY MARRIAGE
Once the rince of noted gay rights activist Henry Gerber, the home was where the natn's first chartered LGBT rights anizatn, the Society for Human Rights, was formed 1924.
GAY MARRIAGE
What do mean is that we have a set of tradns place that, I thk, need to be prerved, but I also thk we need to make sure that gays and lbians have the same set of basic rights that are place.
"I thk what you're seeg is a profound regnn on the part of the Amerin people that gays and lbians and transgenr persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our s, our iends, our -workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other Amerin, " he said. OCTOBER 2011: "I'm still workg on , " Obama said when asked by ABC's Gee Stephanopoulos whether he would move om supportg civil unns for same-sex upl to supportg gay marriage.
The historic lg, which as public support for regnizg same-sex unns is at a rerd high, says that unr the Fourteenth Amendment, stat mt issue marriage licens to gay upl and regnize same-sex marriag performed other, who has publicly supported gay marriage sce 2012, said earlier this year he hoped the Supreme Court would legalize same-sex unns. Senate mpaign, addg, “but what I also believe is that we have an obligatn to make sure that gays and lbians have the rights of cizenship that afford them visatns to hospals, that allow them to transfer property to each other, to make sure they’re not discrimated agast on the job. ” He wrote: “And I was remd that is my obligatn, not only as an elected official a pluralistic society but also as a Christian, to rema open to the possibily that my unwillgns to support gay marriage is misguid … that J’ ll to love one another might mand a different ncln.