As Edgars Rkēvičs be the first openly gay print Latvia’s history, here’s a glimpse at other openly gay heads of state om around the world.
Contents:
- GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
- STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
- GROUPS OPPOSED TO GAY RIGHTS RAKE LNS AS STAT BATE ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- GAY MARRIAGE
GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
In today’s heightened culture war, the ffers of the anti-gay movement are overflowg. * states against gay marriage *
In others – most recently Alabama – ’s been state or feral judg forcg the toehold long sought by gay rights advot and bterly ntted by those who argue marriage is an stutn rerved solely for one man and one woman. The state’s nstutnal ban on gay marriage, passed 2004, was stck down twice last year – once by a state urt judge and aga by a U. District Court judge led that the state’s nstutnal amendment banng gay marriag had no “legimate purpose.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circu later overturned the lg, restatg gay marriage bans Kentucky and four other stat.
STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
* states against gay marriage *
A state urt judge led November that Missouri’s 2004 nstutnal ban on gay marriage was illegal.
Gay marriage, also known as same-sex marriage, is the marriage of people of the same sex or genr. Gay marriag ma progrs the 1980s, when Berkeley, California, pass the untry’s first domtic partnership law. Massachetts beme the first state to legalize gay marriage 2003.
GROUPS OPPOSED TO GAY RIGHTS RAKE LNS AS STAT BATE ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS
Hoe legislatn difyg protectns for gay marriage passed spe the fact that a big majory of the Hoe Republin uc opposed . * states against gay marriage *
California and Connecticut legalized gay marriage 2008, followed by Iowa, Vermont, and New Hampshire. On November 6, 2012, Mae, Maryland, and Washgton beme the first stat to legalize gay marriage through a popular vote.
Dpe this, not all stat are abidg and have enacted nstutnal or statutory bans on gay marriage known as “Defense of Marriage” acts. Gay Marriage by State. Stat and the District of Columbia have legalized gay marriage.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
In the 2020 electn, Nevada beme the first state to regnize gay marriage a state nstutn. Below are the stat that have legalized gay marriage the orr which they legalized. The followg stat have not legalized gay marriage:.
GAY MARRIAGE
Adam Ebb, the first openly gay lawmaker the state’s General Assembly, troduced the bill, which was one of four pro-LGBTQ measur passed the state this month.