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Origally Wrten: November 1st, 2006 *************************** The re-stigatn of gay marriage, refn of marriage, and general misunrstandgs of unrstandg how, ‘gays’ have the right to be married; as the issu ntually get dragged, stomped upon, and over-analyzed… What is the real issue? I am not gay, for the rerd; I am unable to fully grasp…

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20 GAY-MARRIAGE JOK THAT ULTIMATELY HELPED LEGIMIZE

* gay marriage anecdotes *

The re-stigatn of gay marriage, refn of marriage, and general misunrstandgs of unrstandg how, ‘gays’ have the right to be married; as the issu ntually get dragged, stomped upon, and over-analyzed…. I am not gay, for the rerd; I am unable to fully grasp what the major ncern is that would arise as a rult of allowg men to marry men, and women to marry women.

I have heard, or read, for that matter, “If we allow gays to marry, will rpt our society, namely, and our children”. This uld go on, so as to not bee a csa on gay rights; as this is not only a ncern about any one area, addrs an ever changg, and creasg level of moral extremism…. "After the Supreme Court lg on Friday that legalized same-sex marriage natnwi, Obergefell told Crawford about his reactn to the historic victory for gay equaly.

Vic Holm and Mark Phariss were so certa the Supreme Court would legalize same-sex marriage natnwi, they booked a facily for their weddg November Fris, Texas - spe the fact that Texas did not yet perm gay upl to wed. "For the thoands of gay and lbian Texans, I'm thrilled beyond words to share that dream. Tracy Hollister has fought for gay rights for more than a ; now, she's celebratg a Supreme Court lg for marriage equaly.

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 marriage anecdotes *

When gay rights activist Tracy Hollister heard that the Supreme Court clared that marriage is a nstutnal right for all upl, gay or straight, she was "overwhelmed and overe wh emotn. For 62-year-old Lda Robette, who was stutnalized the 1960s Texas for beg gay, 's been a long, hard road to marriage equaly.

Today the US celebrat the Supreme Court’s historic lg on marriage equaly, the rult of s of tirels work on the part of gay-rights advot... And some of the biggt nam edy, who’ve been hilarly mockg homophobic opponents for years now. In the procs, they’ve helped nudge the public toward the realizatn that everyone should be allowed to get married, via cuttg mentary (see Aziz Ansari’s takedown of an anti-gay senator’s reasong) and good old-fashned “well, duh” logic (thanks, David Cross).

I never unrstood anger toward gay people bee ’s the one thg that people n do, sex, that don’t affect you at all. Aziz Ansari (on Senator John Cornyn’s anti-gay marriage argument). I thk that’s why people like them are so vlently agast gay marriage.

12 AMAZG QUOT ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

Any day now, the Supreme Court is expected to announce s verdict on whether stat n ban same-sex marriag — other words, a lg that uld make banng gay marriage illegal. The cx of Obergefell vs. Hodg, which the jtic heard… * gay marriage anecdotes *

It’s almost at the pot where some gay people get upset that they’re not gettg more support — actually, difference means progrs. In Portugal, this crazy Catholic untry ma gay marriage legal and then two weeks later, no one talked about anymore. “Gay people got a right to be as miserable as everybody else.

HIDN BRA: AMERI'S CHANGG ATTUS TOWARD GAY PEOPLE

Public opn about gay rights has shifted enormoly the Uned Stat over the past few s. What are some of the factors that have led to this historic change attus? * gay marriage anecdotes *

“What a f - - kg embarrassg clown of a person you’d have to be to oppose gay marriage. “Why should gay people have to acunt for anyone who’s ever gog to want to get married after they get the right to marry? I jt hope he don’t do anythg rash, like clare that homosexuals are people wh nstutnal rights.

I’m credibly passnate about my support for the gay muny and what they’re alg wh at this current pot time. 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.

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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. 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.

Congrs 1996 passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which Print Bill Clton signed to didn’t ban gay marriage outright but specified that only heterosexual upl uld be granted feral marriage benefs.

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.

THE INTIMATE STORY OF A GAY-MARRIAGE PNEER

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. The state fally troduced the untry to gay marriage (m the feral benefs) when began issug same-sex marriage licens on May 17, that year, the U.

GAY MARRIAGE: WHO’S MDG THE CHILDREN?

2004 was notable for upl many other stat as well, though for the oppose reason: Ten typilly nservative stat, along wh Oregon, enacted state-level bans on gay marriage. 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.

Perry legalized same-sex marriage early 2010s ntued the state-level battl over gay marriage that fed the precedg , wh at least one notable event. 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.

Florida's Third District Court of Appeal end the state's ban on gay adoptn 2010.

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