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Contents:
- GAY RIGHTS THE US, STATE BY STATE
- GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL ALL 50 STAT: SUPREME COURT
- GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
- STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
- GAY RIGHTS
GAY RIGHTS THE US, STATE BY STATE
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Laws that explicly mentn sexual orientatn primarily target, whether for protectn or harm, lbian, gay, and bisexual people. 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.
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.
GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL ALL 50 STAT: SUPREME COURT
Gay rights laws Ameri have evolved to allow — but some s ban — rights for gay, lbian and transgenr people on a range of issu, cludg marriage, hospal visatn, adoptn… * gay legal in every state *
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. He said, but that uld happen — uld happen that a mister would be forced to marry two gay men, vlatn of his beliefs.
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.
In a landmark cisn, the ne jtic of the US Supreme Court led that the US Constutn guarante marriage as a right for all, cludg gay and lbian upl. Wrg for the urt, Jtice Kennedy said gay and lbian upl have a fundamental right to marry: “no unn is more profound than marriage, for embodi the hight ials of love, fily, votn, sacrifice, and fay, ” he wrote.
GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
Neteen stat pl Washgton, D.C., now allow gay marriage. Here is where the fight for marriage equaly the U.S. stands. * gay legal in every state *
Gay rights laws Ameri have evolved to allow — but some s ban — rights for gay, lbian and transgenr people on a range of issu, cludg marriage, hospal visatn, adoptn, hog, employment and school bullyg. The Supreme Court on Friday legalized same-sex marriage the Uned the 5-4 landmark cisn, the majory of jtic led that stat mt license same-sex marriag and also regnize gay marriag performed legally other stat.
STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
Kennedy, who wrote the urt's prev three cisns on gay rights, had been the likely cidg the cisn was hand down, 36 stat and the District of Columbia allowed gay upl to marry.
GAY RIGHTS
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