Gay Marriage Timele - Gay Marriage

Contents:

• CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
• US SUPREME COURT L GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL NATNWI
• ARCHBISHOP WILL NOT GIVE NEW PRAYER BLSG FOR GAY UPL
• GAY MARRIAGE TIMELE
• TENNSEE'S ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE BILL SPARKS BIPARTISAN CRICISM

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE

Lbian uple drop NHS fertily legal challengeAttributnBerkshirePosted22 July'Same-sex marriage means a life full of sunshe'AttributnManchterPosted17 JulyIndia same-sex marriage se tts judgAttributnIndiaPosted28 AprilItaly leav children of same-sex parents limboAttributnEuropePosted18 MarchSew Gay quilt spired by LGBTQ+ momentsAttributnNewsPosted18 MarchSame-sex marriage ban not discrimatn - Japan PMAttributnAsiaPosted2 MarchChurch of England backs plans to bls gay uplAttributnUKPosted9 FebarySandi Toksvig: Church's gay marriage posn harmful. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

US SUPREME COURT L GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL NATNWI

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

ARCHBISHOP WILL NOT GIVE NEW PRAYER BLSG FOR GAY UPL

'Prayers for God's blsg'The bishops' cisn puts the Church of England at odds wh s Anglin equivalent Stland, The Sttish Epispal Church, and the Prbyterian Church of Stland, which both allow same-sex Anglin Church Wal has provid an thorised service of blsg for gay upl but do not allow same-sex weddgs church.

"The Archbishop of York, the Most Rev'd Stephen Cottrell, told BBC Rad 4's Today programme a iend who was gay had died before he was able to have his civil partnership acknowledged any way by the Church. Media ptn, The morng gay marriage me to the USThe US Supreme Court has led that same-sex marriage is a legal right across the Uned means the 14 stat wh bans on same-sex marriage will no longer be able to enforce them.

GAY MARRIAGE TIMELE

Media ptn, Print Obama: "This lg will strengthen all our muni"However, Christian nservativ nmned the Arkansas ernor and printial ndidate Mike Huckabee lled "an out-of-ntrol act of unnstutnal, judicial tyranny" Kellie Fiedorek, a lawyer for an anti-gay marriage advocy group, said the cisn "ignored the voic of thoands of Amerins" Abbott, the ernor of Texas, a state where marriag licenc will now be issued to same-sex upl, said the jtic "have imposed on the entire untry their personal views on an issue that the Constutn and the Court's prev cisns rerve to the people of the stat" ptn, Emotn of wners and losers outsi Supreme CourtAt the scene - Pl Blake, BBC NewsLoud cheers epted outsi the urt after the lg was announced, and there were tears, hugs, and cheers of "USA USA USA!

"It's my hope that gay marriage will soon be a thg of the past, and om this day forward will simply be 'marriage, '" an emotnal Mr Obergefell said outsi the source, APImage ptn, Coupl some parts of Texas were able to get marriedStat affected: Alabama, Arkansas, Geia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, most of Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oh, South Dakota, Tennsee and first state to allow same-sex marriage was Massachetts, which granted the right 2004. The Church of England this week said wants to offer blsgs to gay upl but would not allow prits to marry Welby said he celebrat the change, but has a "rponsibily for the whole munn" Church also issued a formal apology for the "shameful" tim had "rejected or exclud" LGBTQI+ ntrast to Archbishop Welby's stance, the Archbishop of York said he will offer the prayers which he believ puts the church a "better place", beg tearful as he ma his statement. Earlier this week, bishops told the BBC the church would not change a teachg to allow prits to marry same-sex upl, but that will offer "prayers of ditn, thanksgivg or God's blsg" to gay upl followg a civil marriage or proposal will be bated at the Church's equivalent of a parliament - the General Synod - next marriage has been legal England and Wal sce 2013, but when the law changed the Church did not alter s Welby told a prs nference on Friday that he would "ntue to pray for all those who e seekg prayer and to pray wh love", cludg those who were gay, straight, or who had worri about their relatnships.

TENNSEE'S ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE BILL SPARKS BIPARTISAN CRICISM

Media ptn, Watch: The Archbishop of York was emotnal about the Church of England's apologyMr Cottrell, who grew emotnal while speakg at the prs nference, said: "I'm really pleased 's changg for my gay iends, " acknowledgg that the change is not enough for some people. "'I'm nsirg leavg the Church'Image source, MathewImage ptn, Gay Christian Mathew Hulbert says LGBT Anglins should be celebrated not jt toleratedGay Anglin Mathew Hulbert told the BBC he felt "great disappotment" over the bishops' cisn not to propose same-sex marriage to the General Synod and is nsirg leavg the Church of England.

Reporters wrote about what Fortunato and Schwandt lled a holy unn, which was ntroversial not bee there was talk of legalizg gay marriage but bee the two men publicly ask for -- and were nied -- the blsg of the Epispal Church.

"The New York State Court of Appeals clar that a lbian or gay uple livg together for a least ten years n be nsired a fay for purpos of rent ntrol protectn, the first time a state's hight urt l that a gay uple n be lled a fay... The California Bar Associatn urg that lbian and gay marriage be legally regnized and Seattle, San Francis and other ci, 'partners' regulatns extendg certa protectns and rights to unmarried upl, straight and gay, are adopted.