Gay Marriage Around the World | Pew Rearch Center

Contents:

• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
• RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS
• GAY MARRIAGE
• CANADA LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE
• COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

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RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS

Gay marriage was the predomant "culture war" issue of Gee W. Obergefell origated wh a gay uple, Jim Obergefell and John Arthur, who were married Maryland, where same-sex marriage was legal, but whose marriage was not regnized by Oh thori.

GAY MARRIAGE

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CANADA LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE

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.

COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023

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.