Gay Marriage - DOMA, 14th Amendment & Supreme Court | HISTORY

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• ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER APPLDS SCOTUS GAY MARRIAGE RULG: ‘THE RIGHT WAY TO GO’THE GOVERNATORTHE MAN FORMERLY KNOWN AS ‘THE GOVERNATOR’ SPOKE ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT’S LG FAVOR OF MARRIAGE EQUALY ON FRIDAY. JEN YAMATOUPDATED APR. 14, 2017 10:34AM EDT / PUBLISHED JUN. 26, 2015 2:42PM EDT HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/RTERS“I THK THAT GAY MARRIAGE IS SOMETHG THAT SHOULD BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.”Y, BACK 2003, ACTOR TURNED GOP POLICIAN ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MA THE AFOREMENTNED VERBAL BLUNR.HE SPOKE A LOT MORE ELOQUENTLY ON THE ISSUE ON FRIDAY LOS ANGEL. PROMOTG HIS RETURN AS THE T-800 TERMATOR: GENISYS, FORMER CALIFORNIA GOVERNATOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VOICED HIS APPROVAL OF THE NATNWI LEGALIZATN OF GAY MARRIAGE—WHILE SNEAKG A JAB AT THE EPTU OF SOME POLICIANS TO EFFECT CHANGE.ASKED TO MENT ON THE LG DURG A PRS NFERENCE FOR THE UPG ACTN SEQUEL, SCHWARZENEGGER SPENT PRECISELY 40 SENDS ADDRSG TODAY’S LANDMARK URT LG. “I’M VERY HAPPY THAT THEY MA THE RIGHT CISN BEE WE CALIFORNIA OF URSE ARE ALWAYS A STEP AHEAD,” HE SAID, GIVG A SELF-NGRATULATORY SHOUT-OUT TO THE 2008 LEGALIZATN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE THE STATE PASSED DURG HIS SEND TERM OFFICE. “WE MA THAT CISN ALREADY, A LONG TIME AGO. OUR SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA CID THAT ’S UNNSTUTNAL TO NY GAY OR SAME-SEX UPL MARRIAGE.”“EVERYONE HAS EQUAL RIGHTS,” NTUED THE FORMER REPUBLIN ERNOR, WHO TWICE VETOED GAY MARRIAGE LEGISLATN DURG HIS TENURE BEFORE SOFTENG HIS STANCE ON SAME-SEX UNNS. “SO THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO, AND I THK ’S A GREAT CELEBRATN FOR AMERI.”SCHWARZENEGGER MIGHT HAVE HAD SUPREME COURT JTICE ANTON “CALIFORNIA DON’T UNT” SLIA MD WHEN HE ADD ONE LAST ASI CHEERG THE URT’S 5-4 CISN:“SOMETIM, I HAVE TO SAY, JUDG AND THE JUDICIARY SYSTEM MAKE BETTER CISNS THAN THE POLICIANS,” HE SAID. “SADLY, THEY ARE NOT REALLY HAVG THE BALLS SOMETIM TO LEAD AND WORK TOGETHER ON THE ISSU.” JEN YAMATO
• GAY MARRIAGE
• SCHWARZENEGGER VETO GAY MARRIAGE BILL
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER APPLDS SCOTUS GAY MARRIAGE RULG: ‘THE RIGHT WAY TO GO’THE GOVERNATORTHE MAN FORMERLY KNOWN AS ‘THE GOVERNATOR’ SPOKE ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT’S LG FAVOR OF MARRIAGE EQUALY ON FRIDAY. JEN YAMATOUPDATED APR. 14, 2017 10:34AM EDT / PUBLISHED JUN. 26, 2015 2:42PM EDT HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/RTERS“I THK THAT GAY MARRIAGE IS SOMETHG THAT SHOULD BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.”Y, BACK 2003, ACTOR TURNED GOP POLICIAN ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MA THE AFOREMENTNED VERBAL BLUNR.HE SPOKE A LOT MORE ELOQUENTLY ON THE ISSUE ON FRIDAY LOS ANGEL. PROMOTG HIS RETURN AS THE T-800 TERMATOR: GENISYS, FORMER CALIFORNIA GOVERNATOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VOICED HIS APPROVAL OF THE NATNWI LEGALIZATN OF GAY MARRIAGE—WHILE SNEAKG A JAB AT THE EPTU OF SOME POLICIANS TO EFFECT CHANGE.ASKED TO MENT ON THE LG DURG A PRS NFERENCE FOR THE UPG ACTN SEQUEL, SCHWARZENEGGER SPENT PRECISELY 40 SENDS ADDRSG TODAY’S LANDMARK URT LG. “I’M VERY HAPPY THAT THEY MA THE RIGHT CISN BEE WE CALIFORNIA OF URSE ARE ALWAYS A STEP AHEAD,” HE SAID, GIVG A SELF-NGRATULATORY SHOUT-OUT TO THE 2008 LEGALIZATN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE THE STATE PASSED DURG HIS SEND TERM OFFICE. “WE MA THAT CISN ALREADY, A LONG TIME AGO. OUR SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA CID THAT ’S UNNSTUTNAL TO NY GAY OR SAME-SEX UPL MARRIAGE.”“EVERYONE HAS EQUAL RIGHTS,” NTUED THE FORMER REPUBLIN ERNOR, WHO TWICE VETOED GAY MARRIAGE LEGISLATN DURG HIS TENURE BEFORE SOFTENG HIS STANCE ON SAME-SEX UNNS. “SO THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO, AND I THK ’S A GREAT CELEBRATN FOR AMERI.”SCHWARZENEGGER MIGHT HAVE HAD SUPREME COURT JTICE ANTON “CALIFORNIA DON’T UNT” SLIA MD WHEN HE ADD ONE LAST ASI CHEERG THE URT’S 5-4 CISN:“SOMETIM, I HAVE TO SAY, JUDG AND THE JUDICIARY SYSTEM MAKE BETTER CISNS THAN THE POLICIANS,” HE SAID. “SADLY, THEY ARE NOT REALLY HAVG THE BALLS SOMETIM TO LEAD AND WORK TOGETHER ON THE ISSU.” JEN YAMATO

“I thk that gay marriage is somethg that should be between a man and a woman.

Promotg his return as the T-800 Termator: Genisys, former California Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger voiced his approval of the natnwi legalizatn of gay marriage—while sneakg a jab at the eptu of some policians to effect to ment on the lg durg a prs nference for the upg actn sequel, Schwarzenegger spent precisely 40 sends addrsg today’s landmark urt lg.

Our Supreme Court of California cid that ’s unnstutnal to ny gay or same-sex upl marriage. ”“Everyone has equal rights, ” ntued the former Republin ernor, who twice vetoed gay marriage legislatn durg his tenure before softeng his stance on same-sex unns. 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.

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” 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.

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.

SCHWARZENEGGER VETO GAY MARRIAGE BILL

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. 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.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

Bh—that would outlaw gay marriage across the untry. 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.