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GAY MARRIAGE
The road to full marriage equaly for same-sex upl the Uned Stat was paved wh setbacks and victori. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court se Obergefell v. Hodg ma gay marriage legal throughout the untry. * gay rights marriage act *
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GAY RIGHTS
The Hoe of Reprentativ on Tuday passed a bill to dify the right to gay marriage the wake of the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wa * gay rights marriage act *
VioThe Rpect for Marriage Act, which passed Congrs wh bipartisan support, mandat feral regnn for same-sex and terracial Contreras for The New York TimWASHINGTON — Print Bin signed the Rpect for Marriage Act to law on Tuday, mandatg feral regnn for same-sex marriag and ppg his own personal evolutn toward embracg gay rights over the urse of a four- polil an elaborate signg ceremony on the South Lawn, plete wh mil performanc om Cyndi Lper and Sam Smh, Mr.
The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage. * gay rights marriage act *
Bin, who voted for the Defense of Marriage Act as a senator 1996 and wavered on lettg gay men and lbians serve the ary, the signg ceremony was an ditn of how much the print has changed when to champng L. His views on issu like abortn, gay marriage and sentencg reform — which once put him on the more nservative si of his party’s iologil spectm — now more firmly match posns that have galvanized Democrats and even many Republins over the past several years.