The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn.
Contents:
- TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- GROWG SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE: CHANGED MDS AND CHANGG DEMOGRAPHICS
TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
Hoe legislatn difyg protectns for gay marriage passed spe the fact that a big majory of the Hoe Republin uc opposed . * people who support gay marriage *
In her rearch, Twenge said she’s found that as the US beme more dividualistic and Amerins stopped viewg gay and lbian people as a monolh, their attus toward same-sex marriage beme more posive.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
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. * people who support gay marriage *
Hodg cisn, public support for legalizg gay marriage cracked the 60% level, and last year reached the 70% mark for the first time. Risg natnal support for legal same-sex marriage reflects steady creas among most subgroups of the populatn, even those who have tradnally been the most ristant to gay marriage. Amerins who report that they attend church weekly rema the primary mographic holdout agast gay marriage, wh 40% favor and 58% opposed.
Today, majori of all but two key subgroups -- Republins (49%) and weekly churchgoers (41%) -- say gay marriag should be legally regnized.
GROWG SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE: CHANGED MDS AND CHANGG DEMOGRAPHICS
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Republin support for gay marriage has hovered around the 50% mark sce 2020, wh slight majori backg 2021 and 2022. Like all other subgroups, weekly churchgoers (41%) are more supportive of gay marriage now than they were the prev two s. Gay marriage beme the law of the land after the Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell cisn, and Print Joe Bin signed bipartisan legislatn to ward off future judicial attempts at undog s legaly late last year.
Among many groups -- cludg olr adults, Prottants and rints of the South -- perspectiv on gay marriage have gone om majory opposn to majory support over the urse of Gallup’s trend spanng more than a quarter of a century. Homosexualy is a normal part of adult sexualy; gay men and lbians posss the same potential and sire for staed lovg and lastg relatnships as heterosexuals, cludg lovg and parentg children. Some of the reasons are taken om the posn statement of the Amerin Psychoanalytic Associatn on gay marriage approved 1997 and revised 2008.
To read the entire statement and other Amerin psychoanalytic Associatn posn statements on gay rights and other social issu, click here. Last month, Gallup found that a rerd high of 71% of Amerins support , cludg a majory of are the nam of every Republin reprentative who opposed feral protectns for gay marriage:Robert Arholt (Ala.