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Contents:
- GAY MARRIAGE
- WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?
- FERALISM TODAY: GAY MARRIAGE THE STAT
- SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
- SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE RIGHTS BE A STATE OR FERAL LAW?
GAY MARRIAGE
* gay marriage state vs federal *
Comparg that evolutn to society's views of gays and lbians, Kennedy noted that for years, "a tthful claratn by same-sex upl of what was their hearts had to rema unspoken.
Together, they volve a dozen upl who challenged same-sex marriage bans Oh, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennsee — the only stat wh bans on marriage between gay and lbian upl that had been staed by a feral appeals urt.
WHAT IS THE STATE OF GAY MARRIAGE THE US?
Before Friday's lg, gay marriage had already been ma legal 37 stat and the District of Columbia — by eher legislative or voter actn or by feral urts that overturned state' bans. As NPR's Na Totenberg reported when the Supreme Court heard the current se back April, nservative jtic had poted qutns for the attorneys: "Jtice Slia asked whether misters would be able to refe to marry two gay men.
FERALISM TODAY: GAY MARRIAGE THE STAT
He said, but that uld happen — uld happen that a mister would be forced to marry two gay men, vlatn of his beliefs.
SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
The urt noted the change thkg, statg: "Well to the 20th century, many Stat nmned same-sex timacy as immoral, and homosexualy was treated as an illns.
Qutns about the legal treatment of gays and lbians soon reached the urts, where they uld be discsed the formal disurse of the law. Many gay rights advot had helped raise money for Obama’s mpaign hopg he would brg about the equaly they’re searchg for.
He had stated that “Our journey is not plete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else unr the law — for if we are tly created equal, then surely the love we m to one another mt be equal as well.
SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE RIGHTS BE A STATE OR FERAL LAW?
It wouldn’t be fair for the feral ernment to hand out the benefs to gay upl New York and ny them to gay upl Pennsylvania simply based on what the state has cid.