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ARTICL ON GAY MARRIAGE
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A schism over gay marriage has led to a spl the Anglin church Atralia. Dmond Tutu is by far the most high-profile Ain, if not global, relig lear to support lbian and gay rights, and he has done so sce the 1970s.
In an terview, law profsor Carlos Ball explas how gay rights activists and rporatns went om adversari to partners.
OPN: WHY THE FS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?
Gay rights mpaigners n creasgly look to untri like the UK, France and the U.S. for spiratn and mon e, but their opponents are also mobilisg on an ternatnal sle agast plans to perm same-sex marriage, many of them uned by relig fah. * opinion piece on gay marriage *
New York the early 1980s was a time of lerary salons, ncentrated ambn and a flowerg of gay cultural power.
Could their attractivens also lor their views on issu like abortn, premaral sex and gay marriage? As gay Cubans ga more rights, opposn is also growg. But as the untry bat a new Constutn that would protect LGBT rights, church have e out strongly agast gay marriage — a sign of change on the Communist island.
ARGUMENTS FOR GAY MARRIAGE
Before lonialism, India embraced homosexualy and genr fluidy. The Supreme Court’s repeal of a 157-year-old gay sex ban partially reclaims that history, but LGBTQ Indians still face hurdl.
The UK this week took another landmark step towards grantg full equaly to gay people. Campaigners warn that advancg gay marriage the Wt risks distractg attentn om more urgent rights issu.
Opponents of same-sex marriage argue that the equaly argument ma by gay rights mpaigners is a false one. Yet, as late as 1967, to share a gay relatnship the UK was to risk arrt, imprisonment and life-wreckg public huiatn.