The prime mister hails an "important moment" for the untry as gay upl bee the first to wed unr a new law allowg same-sex marriag England and Wal.
Contents:
- WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- WHEN DID BEG GAY BEE LEGAL THE UK?
- GAY MARRIAG ULD BE NSIRED AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
Gay or same-sex marriage is the maral unn of two people of the same sex. Support for gay marriage. Featherstone further sisted that was not a battle between gay rights and relig beliefs, argug:.
“I believe that if a uple love each other and want to m to a life together, they should have the optn of a civil marriage, irrpective of whether they are gay or straight, … are not prrisg gay rights, or tramplg over tradn; we are allowg a space for the two to exist si by si. Among the public, there was a growg nsens that prohibg gay marriage was discrimatory and unnstutnal by nature.
Campaigners noted how prev discrimatn towards homosexuals rulted acute psychologil trma among same-sex upl and their fai. Campaigners for same sex marriage also noted how relig opposn to homosexual marriage was largely amed by the assumptn that the sole purpose of marriage is procreatn.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
Opposn to gay marriage. It is further argued that civil and domtic partnerships grant gay upl the same protectns and rights nferred by marriage whout challengg the classil notn of marriage. ” Such views are often supported by Bible vers nmng homosexualy.
Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, scribed the proposal to legalise gay marriage as “one of the greatt polil power grabs history. Gay marriage around the world.
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
Gay marriage was officially legalised the USA 2015.
Many have legalised civil partnerships among same-sex upl, while others prerve outright bans on homosexualy. Asia is the only populated ntent whose every untry outlaws gay marriage.
WHEN DID BEG GAY BEE LEGAL THE UK?
Male homosexual activy was illegal the UK until 1967. In the aftermath of the Send World War, nvictns for homosexual offenc creased markedly, wh several high-profile figur beg prosecuted. In 1954, the Departmental Commtee on Homosexual Offenc and Prostutn Great Bra, head by Sir John Wolfenn, was set up by the Conservative ernment.
The rultant Wolfenn Report published 1957 nclud that crimalisatn of homosexualy was an impgement on civil liberty and that homosexual acts between nsentg adults should not be an offence. It was not until a later that the Sexual Offenc Act 1967 crimalised homosexual activy between nsentg adults and set the age of homosexual nsent at 21, later rced to 18.
There was no statutory age of nsent for lbian sex until the Sexual Offenc Amendment Act 2000 which equalised the age of nsent for homosexual and heterosexual men and women to 16 England, Wal and Stland. In Northern Ireland, the equalised age of nsent was rced to 16 (for both heterosexual and homosexual relatnships) 2008.
GAY MARRIAG ULD BE NSIRED AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
So I don’t support gay marriage spe beg a Conservative; I support gay marriage bee I’m a Conservative. Why should we ny to people who happen to be gay or lbian who wish to show that mment and share wh their fay, iends and everybody else? And is cur about the law on homosexual marriage – is a ntradictn to speak of homosexual marriage.
Mark the date: Same sex upl sign up for first gay marriag. June 26 marks the fifth anniversary of gay marriage beg legalized across the entire Uned memorate this tone LGBTQ history, we are takg a look at untri around the world that have officially legalized same-sex marriage.
Nearly 30 out of 195 untri have passed laws allowg gay marriage, acrdg to the Pew Rearch Center. [Pew Rearch Center]2010: PortugalSix years after Portugal's parliament legalized same-sex marriage, the untry granted gay upl the right to adopt.