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

Contents:

• SUPREME COURT ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'SURE, WHO CAR'
• GAY MARRIAGE
• MASSACHETTS SUPREME COURT ORRS ALL CIZENS TO GAY MARRY
• TOWN OF DAVENPORT, IOWA DCENDS INTO HELL FOLLOWG GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONY
• GAY MARRIAGE IN AMERI: THE MARCH TO DTROY TRADNAL VALU
• HELL NOW A THRIVG EPICENTER OF GAY CULTURE
• MARDG GAY HORS DRAG THOANDS OF HELPLS CIZENS FROM MARRIAG AFTER OBAMA DROPS DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT
• IS BENO BLANC GAY KNIV OUT & GLASS ONN? HIS PARTNER EXPLAED
• THE ONN, GAY MARRIAGE, AND PLAYG WH DOLLS
• KIM JONG-UN SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE: DID SNL STEAL THIS OM THE ONN?
• 'THE ONN' PREDICTED THE GAY MARRIAGE MOVIE

SUPREME COURT ON GAY MARRIAGE: 'SURE, WHO CAR'

WASHINGTON—Ten mut to oral arguments over whether or not homosexuals should be allowed to marry one another, a visibly nfound Supreme Court stopped legal proceedgs Tuday and led that gay marriage was “perfectly fe” and that the urt uld “re ls who marri whom. Feral Rerve Calls For More PovertyOffEnglishAcrdg to state thori, the nightmarish cint occurred approximately five sends after a lol pastor pronounced homosexual men Brian Palmer, 39, and Greg DeHaan, 43, married the ey of God, at which pot a tremor registerg 8. "Wns reportg om the scene immediately precedg the stctn of Davenport reunted a number of horrific sights, cludg monic wrahs clothed smoke and ash flyg through the cy's streets; homosexuals and heterosexuals alike beg torn limb om limb by goat-legged imps, the skeletons of live dogs leapg om the creatur' bodi to feast upon small children; and a great wall of fire that spread om the altar where the small, private weddg ceremony was nducted wt Davenport and nsumed the wake of the disaster, many iends, relativ, and fellow Iowans said they blamed Brian and Greg most of all, for havg given to Satan's obv machatns spe the numero warngs prented to them.

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GAY MARRIAGE

“I’ve only been here for a few months, but I’ve already fallen love wh , ” said 49-year-old Daniel Elson, addg that he has already beiend hundreds of fellow gay men and women the accursed unrworld, all of whom have weled him wh open arms. ”Acrdg to sourc, the ept bowels of Hell have over the past several lennia veloped a thrivg gay muny that is said to rival the lik of the New York Cy neighborhood of Chelsea, San Francis’s Castro District, Soho London, and the Boystown sectn of wh s wi variety of gay-iendly bs, the Unrworld is also home to The 666, a sprawlg, five-story gay nightclub that is reportedly the largt such tablishment ever built. “It’s jt nice to fally live a place where I don’t feel like an outst or an outsir, ” said Vansa Aldridge, 38, strsg that she has faced absolutely no discrimatn sce she, like all homosexuals and gay sympathizers, was sentenced to an eterny Lucifer’s Den immediately upon her ath.

”Hell has been wily celebrated by gay rights lears for s far-reachg acceptance of alternative liftyl, and rints told reporters is credibly mon to see a rabow flag hangg over var shop awngs, r wdows, or atop thron of blood-soaked bon and rottg flh. Reports nfirmed that, wh thoands more homosexual souls floodg the Gat of Hell every day, the Chasm of Wickedns and S has tly bee a sanctuary for gays and lbians alike, a feelg proudly shared by a majory of heterosexual lols. WASHINGTON—Reports ntue to pour om around the natn today of helpls Amerins beg forcibly taken om their maral unns after Print Obama dropped the Defense of Marriage Act earlier this week, leavg the stutn pletely vulnerable to rovg bands of homosexuals.

"It was jt awful—they smashed through our livg room wdow, one of them said 'I've had my eye on you, Roger, ' and then they dragged my hband off kickg and screamg, " said Cleveland-area homemaker Ra Ellgton, one of the latt victims whose fensels marriage was overn by the hors of battle-ready gays that had been clamberg at the gat of matrimony sce the DOMA went to effect 1996. *WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Glass Onn*Followg the succs of 2019’s Kniv Out, fans of the murr mystery quickly began llg for a sequel the hop of learng more about s enigmatic tective, Beno years later and that long-awaed sequel has fally arrived the form of Glass Onn which se Daniel Craig’s southern tective faced wh another puzzlg and multi-layered fans had hoped, the film reveals more about his character wh an early scene showg Blanc takg part a game of Among Us wh some famo fac before he receiv a clue that kickstarts his volvement the scene qutn also reveals that the tective shar his apartment wh another man, promptg many Kniv Out and Glass Onn fans to ask whether Beno Blanc is ONION CAMEOS: EVERY SURPRISE APPEARANCE IN KNIVES OUT 2Is Beno Blanc gay Kniv Out and Glass Onn? © NetflixFans react to the newsFollowg the reveal that Beno Blanc is gay, plenty of fans have taken to social media to offer up their fan on Twter wrote: “The reveal of Beno Blanc’s gay lover Glass Onn is one of my favore movie moments of the year.

MASSACHETTS SUPREME COURT ORRS ALL CIZENS TO GAY MARRY

They kept so vague and ambiguo that my mom thought [redacted] was playg his hoeworkerAnother Twter er poted to a scene Kniv Out as a sign that Blanc has always been gay: “I don’t know why people are surprised Beno Blanc is gay when he lls Ransom and Harlan ‘drama mamas’ Kniv Out. 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. ” 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.

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. 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.

TOWN OF DAVENPORT, IOWA DCENDS INTO HELL FOLLOWG GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONY

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.

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. Domtic Partnerships Throughout the and the begng of the next, California equently ma headl for seawg on the gay marriage state was the first to pass a domtic partnership statute 1999, and legislators tried to pass a same-sex marriage bill 2005 and 2007. For the first time the untry’s history, voters (rather than judg or legislators) Mae, Maryland, and Washgton approved Constutnal amendments permtg same-sex marriage marriage also beme a feral issue 2010, Massachetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, found Sectn 3 of DOMA—the part of the 1996 law that fed marriage as a unn between one man and one woman—to be unnstutnal.

Wdsor, nservative Jtice Anthony Kennedy sid wh Jtic Ruth Bar Gsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan favor of same-sex marriage rights, ultimately makg gay marriage legal across the natn June this time, was still outlawed only 13 stat, and more than 20 other untri had already legalized gay marriage, startg wh the Netherlands December 2000. Image source, RtersImage ptn, Pope Francis' statements are a parture om prev ments about LGBT rightsPope Francis has said that he thks same-sex upl should be allowed to have "civil unns" ma the ments, which observers say are his cleart remarks yet on gay relatnships, a documentary directed by Evgeny Afeevsky.

GAY MARRIAGE IN AMERI: THE MARCH TO DTROY TRADNAL VALU

" He add that he "stood up for that", apparently referrg to his time as Archbishop of Buenos Air when, although opposg same-sex marriag law, he supported some legal protectns for same-sex film Franc, about the life and work of Pope Francis, premiered as part of the Rome Film well as the Pope's ments on civil unns, the film also shows him enuragg two gay men to attend church wh their three Francis's bgrapher, Aten Ivereigh, told the BBC he was "not surprised" by the latt ments. "Unr current Catholic doctre, gay relatnships are referred to as "viant behavur" 2003, the Vatin's doctral body, the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah, said that "rpect for homosexual persons nnot lead any way to approval of homosexual behavur or to legal regnn of homosexual unns" words but no sign of doctral changeThe remarks have set tongu waggg among Vatin-watchers - and they mark Francis's cleart support for the issue sce beg Pope. " he 2014 was reported that Pope Francis had exprsed support for civil unns for same-sex partners an terview, but the Holy See's prs office nied 2018, Pope Francis said he was "worried" about homosexualy the clergy, and that was "a ser matter" on this story.

By one vote, the urt l that same-sex marriage nnot be banned the Uned Stat and that all same-sex marriag mt be regnized natnwi, fally grantg same-sex upl equal rights to heterosexual upl unr the 1971, jt two years after the Stonewall Rts that unofficially marked the begng of the stggle for gay rights and marriage equaly, the Mnota Supreme Court had found same-sex marriage bans nstutnal, a precent which the Supreme Court had never challenged. As homosexualy gradually beme more accepted Amerin culture, the nservative backlash was strong enough to force Print Bill Clton to sign the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), prohibg the regnn of same-sex marriag at the feral level, to law 1996. There's also no guarantee that Pl Dano will fally get his Osr nomatn by playg a "gay rights csar, " and 's unnfirmed at the this time if Gee Clooney is playg one of the attorneys (though I uld totally see Clooney takg on the role of Obergefell) The Onn was right about some of the most important rol the film: Slia, Roberts, Thomas and Alo fely f the rol of the villas.

The stunt senate at Northeastern Universy, Boston, voted to end negotiatns to brg fast-food cha Chick-fil-A to mp after stunts protted over the pany's affiliatn wh several Christian anizatns the stunts say have an "anti-gay" Atlanta-based pany, dogged for months by accatns of homophobia, sists is "not anti-anybody" but stead simply wants to "gracly serve great food and have a posive fluence on all who e ntact wh Chick-fil-A. Chick-fil-A print and chief operatg officer Dan Cathy's July 2012 terview wh the Baptist Prs generated even more ntroversy over the issue, wh crics matag he had virtually acknowledged the pany supports an anti-gay marriage agenda:. Meno is vowg to block Chick-fil-A om brgg s Southern-ied fast-food empire to Boston — possibly to a popular tourist spot jt steps om the Freedom Trail — after the fay-owned firm’s print suggted gay marriage is "vg God’s judgment on our natn.

HELL NOW A THRIVG EPICENTER OF GAY CULTURE

A uple of wily-circulated piec about Chick-fil-A and other fast food outlets were merely bs of satiril polil humor, not genue news ems:On 24 July 2012, the satiril Onn web se spoofed the Chick-fil-A ntroversy by publishg an article tled "Chick-Fil-A Debuts New Homophobic Sandwich":. As part of s recent efforts to publicly align self wh fundamentalist Christian valu, the Chick-fil-A rtrant cha announced the but of s new Queer-Hat' Cordon Bl sandwich that would be on sale all of the pany's 1, 600 a prs nference to reporters, pany reprentativ said the homophobic new sandwich will clu the natnal fast food cha’s tramark ied chicken filet wrapped a piece of specially-smoked No Homo ham that would be topped wh a slice of Swiss chee and lathered a creamy new Thoand Island-based Fag Punchg sce.

MARDG GAY HORS DRAG THOANDS OF HELPLS CIZENS FROM MARRIAG AFTER OBAMA DROPS DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT

Rpondg to Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy's recent ntroversial admissn of the pany's donatns to antigay groups, a statement om petg fast food cha Wendy’s let nsumers know that has long supported same-sex upl and only harbors strong objectns to terracial marriage. "It's important that Wendy’s ctomers know our rtrant proudly stands by the right of all Amerins to marry whomever they choose, so long as isn't someone of a different race, ” said spokwoman Jenna Knox, addg that while Wendy’s has always backed pro-gay legislatn, found miscegenatn "an abomable offense to God’s will. 1064, they did not support the Uganda bill or the ath penalty for homosexualy, and their lobbyg efforts were not aimed at killg the Congrsnal rolutn but rather at changg s language "to remove sweepg and accurate assertns that homosexual nduct is ternatnally regnized as a fundamental human right.

Chick-fil-A has pledged to stop givg money to anti-gay groups and to back off polil and social bat after an executive’s ments land the fast-food cha smack the middle of the gay marriage Civil Rights Agenda, which dubs self the largt lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr advocy group Illois, said Chick-fil-A agreed meetgs to stop donatg to groups such as Foc on the Fay and the Natnal Organizatn for Marriage.

Put simply, a number of natns have wnsed “sea chang” public opn about gay other strikg feature is the wi variatn across natns public opn about gay rights and gay marriage, as well as related attus about gay men, lbians, and homosexualy (see Table 1). A 2013 survey of 39 natns found “broad acceptance of homosexualy North Ameri, the European Unn, and much of Lat Ameri, but equally wispread rejectn predomantly Mlim natns and Ai, as well as parts of Asia and Rsia” (Pew Rearch Global Attus Project, 2013).

IS BENO BLANC GAY KNIV OUT & GLASS ONN? HIS PARTNER EXPLAED

Table 1Public opn about gay marriage and homosexualy selected natns NatnSame-sex upl should be allowed to legally marry (%) (Ipsos, 2013)Society should accept homosexualy (%) (Pew Rearch, 2013)Swena 81 – Norwaya 78 – Spaa 76 88 Belgiuma 67 – Germany 67 87 Canadaa 63 80 Atralia 54 79 Francea 51 77 Braa 55 76 Italy 48 74 Argentaa 48 74 Philipp – 73 Mexib – 61 Brazila – 60 Uned Statb 42 60 Hungary 30 – Japan 24 54 Venezuela – 51 Poland 21 42 South Korea 26 39 South Aia – 32 Cha – 21 Rsia – 16 Turkey – 9 Malaysia – 9 Kenya – 8 Indonia – 3 Egypt – 3 Pakistan – 2 Nigeria – 1 NatnSame-sex upl should be allowed to legally marry (%) (Ipsos, 2013)Society should accept homosexualy (%) (Pew Rearch, 2013)Swena 81 – Norwaya 78 – Spaa 76 88 Belgiuma 67 – Germany 67 87 Canadaa 63 80 Atralia 54 79 Francea 51 77 Braa 55 76 Italy 48 74 Argentaa 48 74 Philipp – 73 Mexib – 61 Brazila – 60 Uned Statb 42 60 Hungary 30 – Japan 24 54 Venezuela – 51 Poland 21 42 South Korea 26 39 South Aia – 32 Cha – 21 Rsia – 16 Turkey – 9 Malaysia – 9 Kenya – 8 Indonia – 3 Egypt – 3 Pakistan – 2 Nigeria – 1 Not. ”aAs of June 1, 2014, provid legal regnn for gay marriage all of June 1, 2014, provid legal regnn for gay marriage some 1Public opn about gay marriage and homosexualy selected natns NatnSame-sex upl should be allowed to legally marry (%) (Ipsos, 2013)Society should accept homosexualy (%) (Pew Rearch, 2013)Swena 81 – Norwaya 78 – Spaa 76 88 Belgiuma 67 – Germany 67 87 Canadaa 63 80 Atralia 54 79 Francea 51 77 Braa 55 76 Italy 48 74 Argentaa 48 74 Philipp – 73 Mexib – 61 Brazila – 60 Uned Statb 42 60 Hungary 30 – Japan 24 54 Venezuela – 51 Poland 21 42 South Korea 26 39 South Aia – 32 Cha – 21 Rsia – 16 Turkey – 9 Malaysia – 9 Kenya – 8 Indonia – 3 Egypt – 3 Pakistan – 2 Nigeria – 1 NatnSame-sex upl should be allowed to legally marry (%) (Ipsos, 2013)Society should accept homosexualy (%) (Pew Rearch, 2013)Swena 81 – Norwaya 78 – Spaa 76 88 Belgiuma 67 – Germany 67 87 Canadaa 63 80 Atralia 54 79 Francea 51 77 Braa 55 76 Italy 48 74 Argentaa 48 74 Philipp – 73 Mexib – 61 Brazila – 60 Uned Statb 42 60 Hungary 30 – Japan 24 54 Venezuela – 51 Poland 21 42 South Korea 26 39 South Aia – 32 Cha – 21 Rsia – 16 Turkey – 9 Malaysia – 9 Kenya – 8 Indonia – 3 Egypt – 3 Pakistan – 2 Nigeria – 1 Not. At the dividual level, public opn about gay rights not only reflects broad human, polil, and relig valu (Brewer, 2008; Fzgerald, Wstone, & Prtage, this issue) but may also shape other polil attus and behavrs, cludg voter turnout and vote choice, unr some circumstanc (Campbell & Monson, 2008; Lewis, 2005).

Fzgerald, Wstone, and Prtage extend rearch on such differenc by ttg whether the attus that migrants om Eastern Europe to Wtern Europe hold toward gay men and lbians reflect an acculturatn studi the special issue ntribute to our knowledge about how mography, social ntact, and media n shape public opn about gay rights along wh related attus. L, L, and Loper tt the effects of both terpersonal and imaged ntact on public opn about gay men, lbians, and an antidiscrimatn law Hong Kong (where the visibily of gay men and lbians public life has creased dramatilly), while Panchapakan, Li, and Ho analyze how levels of attentn to tradnal news and Inter news are related to public opn Sgapore (where gay and lbian ntent is censored tradnal media).

THE ONN, GAY MARRIAGE, AND PLAYG WH DOLLS

KIM JONG-UN SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE: DID SNL STEAL THIS OM THE ONN?

'THE ONN' PREDICTED THE GAY MARRIAGE MOVIE