Delaware to bee 11th state wh gay marriage

Contents:

• DELAWARE ERNOR SAYS GAY MARRIAGE IS "EVABLE" HIS STATE
• DELAWARE LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE
• DELAWARE BE 11TH STATE WH GAY MARRIAGE
• DELAWARE HOE APPROV GAY MARRIAGE BILL
• GAY DELAWARE TRAVEL GUI
• DELAWARE TO BEE 11TH STATE WH GAY MARRIAGE
• GAYT PLAC IN DELAWARE FOR 2020

DELAWARE ERNOR SAYS GAY MARRIAGE IS "EVABLE" HIS STATE

LIMA, July 21 (Rters) - A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay upl.The lg, published on Friday, followed a se brought by a gay Pevian cizen who sued the registratn office for refg to rerd her 2019 marriage overseas, sayg her nstutnal rights were vlated.Reprentativ of the office were not immediately available for ment.Pe is one of the few untri Lat Ameri that has not regnized same-sex marriage, though is not illegal to be gay.A 2021 survey by Ipsos found that 68% of people Pe were favor of same-sex marriage or other legal regnn. However, 61% disapproved of gay people public office.The Lima urt orred the rerds office to "proceed wh the registratn" of the woman's marriage, the Superr Court of Jtice of Lima said on Twter.The urt clared "applible" an article of the Pevian Civil Co of 1984 on the fay, which refers to marriage as the voluntary unn between man and woman.It is likely that an appeal agast the lg will be lodged.In 2020, a gay uple took Pe to the Inter-Amerin Court of Human Rights after they lost a bid for regnn of their Mexin marriage certifite.At the time, the nstutnal urt led that the civil registry of Pe only regniz the marriage between a man and a woman.Other untri South Ameri, cludg Argenta, Uguay, Brazil and Colombia, have legalized gay marriage recent years.Reportg by Mar Aquo; wrg by Isabel Woodford; edg by Robert BirselOur Standards: The Thomson Rters Tst Prcipl.

DELAWARE LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE

The measure put gay and lbian marriag on hold the state, but a feral appeals urt 2010 emed Proposn 8 unnstutnal. The se ma s way to the US Supreme Court, which dismissed an appeal 2013 over same-sex marriage on jurisdictnal grounds, lg private parti did not have standg to fend California’s voter-approved ballot measure barrg gay and lbian upl om state-sanctned wedlock. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a woman.He said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

DELAWARE BE 11TH STATE WH GAY MARRIAGE

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough".He said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'".When Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3,000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance blossomed.Three years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

DELAWARE HOE APPROV GAY MARRIAGE BILL

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos".He relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife."Danny Beard on Same Sex Love and MarriageDanny explor same-sex weddgs, fdg out why upl chose to get married, the challeng unrpng this cisn and what mak the wedd relatnships work.The uple said they now wanted to help people who were not as ee and strive for "equaly for everyone"."Now I'm here a safe place I want to fight for others to be able to marry who they want," Adam said."I'm so lucky but I want everyone else Sdi to marry the one they love whout facg discrimatn and persecutn." Image source, Fay photographImage ptn, Peter McGrah and David Cabreza say they are "very proud" to have been the first same-sex uple married EnglandMore than 40,000 same-sex marriag took place between 2014 and 2020, acrdg to the Office for Natnal StatisticsPeter McGrah and David Cabreza, origally om Stland and the US, ma history when they beme the first same-sex uple to marry England on 29 March 2014.The trailblazers married jt after midnight at Islgton Town Hall. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage"."It was so sweet seeg him so happy," Mr Cabreza said.

GAY DELAWARE TRAVEL GUI

Supreme Court strik down the Defense of Marriage Act, which bars married gay upl om receivg feral benefs, civil unns would not provi protectns or tax benefs unr feral law to same-sex upl Delaware. Goodman is print of Equaly Delaware, a gay rights group that drafted the legislatn and led the effort to get passed.

DELAWARE TO BEE 11TH STATE WH GAY MARRIAGE

Delaware jos neighborg Maryland and the nearby District of Columbia as jurisdictns that have approved gay marriage. Last week, Rho Island beme the 10th state to allow gay and lbian upl to wed, wh pennt Gov.

Mnota appeared poised to legalize gay marriage after the Democratic speaker of the state Hoe said Tuday that a gay marriage bill endorsed by the ernor and likely to pass the state Senate also now has enough backg his chamber.

GAYT PLAC IN DELAWARE FOR 2020

Delaware%27s first gay uple married unr s new gay marriage lawThe pair were Democratic state senator Karen Peterson and wife Vikky BandyDelaware beme the 11th state to allow same sex marriageWILMINGTON, Del.

Peterson and Bandy, both 63, were greeted wh cheers and hugs om the unter-protters and a spontaneo chant of "God Bls the Gays! "Peterson said even though she was a part of the fight to have gay marriage ma legal the state — she me out durg a bate on the bill on the Senate floor — and voted for the state Senate, she was still a state of disbelief. For 11 years, gay-rights activists uld not get a sexual orientatn discrimatn bill passed through the state legislature, then eight years ago, was as if "someone threw a swch and thgs started to change.