The road to full marriage equaly for same-sex upl the Uned Stat was paved wh setbacks and victori. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court se Obergefell v. Hodg ma gay marriage legal throughout the untry.
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- ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER APPLDS SCOTUS GAY MARRIAGE RULG: ‘THE RIGHT WAY TO GO’THE GOVERNATORTHE MAN FORMERLY KNOWN AS ‘THE GOVERNATOR’ SPOKE ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT’S LG FAVOR OF MARRIAGE EQUALY ON FRIDAY. JEN YAMATOUPDATED APR. 14, 2017 10:34AM EDT / PUBLISHED JUN. 26, 2015 2:42PM EDT HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/RTERS“I THK THAT GAY MARRIAGE IS SOMETHG THAT SHOULD BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.”Y, BACK 2003, ACTOR TURNED GOP POLICIAN ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MA THE AFOREMENTNED VERBAL BLUNR.HE SPOKE A LOT MORE ELOQUENTLY ON THE ISSUE ON FRIDAY LOS ANGEL. PROMOTG HIS RETURN AS THE T-800 TERMATOR: GENISYS, FORMER CALIFORNIA GOVERNATOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VOICED HIS APPROVAL OF THE NATNWI LEGALIZATN OF GAY MARRIAGE—WHILE SNEAKG A JAB AT THE EPTU OF SOME POLICIANS TO EFFECT CHANGE.ASKED TO MENT ON THE LG DURG A PRS NFERENCE FOR THE UPG ACTN SEQUEL, SCHWARZENEGGER SPENT PRECISELY 40 SENDS ADDRSG TODAY’S LANDMARK URT LG. “I’M VERY HAPPY THAT THEY MA THE RIGHT CISN BEE WE CALIFORNIA OF URSE ARE ALWAYS A STEP AHEAD,” HE SAID, GIVG A SELF-NGRATULATORY SHOUT-OUT TO THE 2008 LEGALIZATN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE THE STATE PASSED DURG HIS SEND TERM OFFICE. “WE MA THAT CISN ALREADY, A LONG TIME AGO. OUR SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA CID THAT ’S UNNSTUTNAL TO NY GAY OR SAME-SEX UPL MARRIAGE.”“EVERYONE HAS EQUAL RIGHTS,” NTUED THE FORMER REPUBLIN ERNOR, WHO TWICE VETOED GAY MARRIAGE LEGISLATN DURG HIS TENURE BEFORE SOFTENG HIS STANCE ON SAME-SEX UNNS. “SO THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO, AND I THK ’S A GREAT CELEBRATN FOR AMERI.”SCHWARZENEGGER MIGHT HAVE HAD SUPREME COURT JTICE ANTON “CALIFORNIA DON’T UNT” SLIA MD WHEN HE ADD ONE LAST ASI CHEERG THE URT’S 5-4 CISN:“SOMETIM, I HAVE TO SAY, JUDG AND THE JUDICIARY SYSTEM MAKE BETTER CISNS THAN THE POLICIANS,” HE SAID. “SADLY, THEY ARE NOT REALLY HAVG THE BALLS SOMETIM TO LEAD AND WORK TOGETHER ON THE ISSU.” JEN YAMATO
- ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER ADMS HE MARRIED GAY COUPL, BUT SUPPORTS TRADNAL MARRIAGE
- SCHWARZENEGGER BACKS OFF HIS STANCE AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
- SCHWARZENEGGER VETO GAY MARRIAGE BILL
- GAY MARRIAGE
- GEE TAKEI REVEALS HE CAME OUT AS GAY BEE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER REJECTED GAY MARRIAGE BILL: ‘I WAS SO ANGRY’ AT HIM
- GOVERNOR BACKS GAY MARRIAGE
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER APPLDS SCOTUS GAY MARRIAGE RULG: ‘THE RIGHT WAY TO GO’THE GOVERNATORTHE MAN FORMERLY KNOWN AS ‘THE GOVERNATOR’ SPOKE ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT’S LG FAVOR OF MARRIAGE EQUALY ON FRIDAY. JEN YAMATOUPDATED APR. 14, 2017 10:34AM EDT / PUBLISHED JUN. 26, 2015 2:42PM EDT HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/RTERS“I THK THAT GAY MARRIAGE IS SOMETHG THAT SHOULD BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.”Y, BACK 2003, ACTOR TURNED GOP POLICIAN ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MA THE AFOREMENTNED VERBAL BLUNR.HE SPOKE A LOT MORE ELOQUENTLY ON THE ISSUE ON FRIDAY LOS ANGEL. PROMOTG HIS RETURN AS THE T-800 TERMATOR: GENISYS, FORMER CALIFORNIA GOVERNATOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VOICED HIS APPROVAL OF THE NATNWI LEGALIZATN OF GAY MARRIAGE—WHILE SNEAKG A JAB AT THE EPTU OF SOME POLICIANS TO EFFECT CHANGE.ASKED TO MENT ON THE LG DURG A PRS NFERENCE FOR THE UPG ACTN SEQUEL, SCHWARZENEGGER SPENT PRECISELY 40 SENDS ADDRSG TODAY’S LANDMARK URT LG. “I’M VERY HAPPY THAT THEY MA THE RIGHT CISN BEE WE CALIFORNIA OF URSE ARE ALWAYS A STEP AHEAD,” HE SAID, GIVG A SELF-NGRATULATORY SHOUT-OUT TO THE 2008 LEGALIZATN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE THE STATE PASSED DURG HIS SEND TERM OFFICE. “WE MA THAT CISN ALREADY, A LONG TIME AGO. OUR SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA CID THAT ’S UNNSTUTNAL TO NY GAY OR SAME-SEX UPL MARRIAGE.”“EVERYONE HAS EQUAL RIGHTS,” NTUED THE FORMER REPUBLIN ERNOR, WHO TWICE VETOED GAY MARRIAGE LEGISLATN DURG HIS TENURE BEFORE SOFTENG HIS STANCE ON SAME-SEX UNNS. “SO THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO, AND I THK ’S A GREAT CELEBRATN FOR AMERI.”SCHWARZENEGGER MIGHT HAVE HAD SUPREME COURT JTICE ANTON “CALIFORNIA DON’T UNT” SLIA MD WHEN HE ADD ONE LAST ASI CHEERG THE URT’S 5-4 CISN:“SOMETIM, I HAVE TO SAY, JUDG AND THE JUDICIARY SYSTEM MAKE BETTER CISNS THAN THE POLICIANS,” HE SAID. “SADLY, THEY ARE NOT REALLY HAVG THE BALLS SOMETIM TO LEAD AND WORK TOGETHER ON THE ISSU.” JEN YAMATO
Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger, softeng statements agast gay marriage, says on Tonight Show that would be 'fe wh me' if Californians change law to perm same-sex marriag; oppos feral nstutnal ban on grounds that such issu belong wh stat; photo wh host Jay Leno (M) * arnold schwarzenegger on gay marriage *
“I thk that gay marriage is somethg that should be between a man and a woman. Promotg his return as the T-800 Termator: Genisys, former California Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger voiced his approval of the natnwi legalizatn of gay marriage—while sneakg a jab at the eptu of some policians to effect to ment on the lg durg a prs nference for the upg actn sequel, Schwarzenegger spent precisely 40 sends addrsg today’s landmark urt lg. Our Supreme Court of California cid that ’s unnstutnal to ny gay or same-sex upl marriage.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER ADMS HE MARRIED GAY COUPL, BUT SUPPORTS TRADNAL MARRIAGE
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill Thursday legalizg gay marriage California, sayg the issue should be cid by voters or the urts. * arnold schwarzenegger on gay marriage *
”“Everyone has equal rights, ” ntued the former Republin ernor, who twice vetoed gay marriage legislatn durg his tenure before softeng his stance on same-sex unns. ET/ ernor of California om 2003 to 2011, Schwarzenegger remaed largely opposed to plans to change the tradnal fn of marriage to clu homosexual upl.
"I married her the office – the ernor's office, " he add, notg that he had also married another assistant that ed to work for him a gay marriage former ernor steered away om givg a five answer on the issue, notg that he was not favor of same-sex marriage, but at the same time believ gay upl still serve the same ceremony as heterosexual upl. "I don't have to be for gay marriage.
Arnold Schwarzenegger surprised many advot of gay marriage last week when he warned on natnal televisn that the issuance of marriage licens to same-sex upl uld rult Schwarzenegger was on televisn aga on Monday night but this time he threw opponents of gay marriage for a surprise, cludg many om his own Republin ernor said would be ''fe wh me'' if Californians changed the state's fay to allow for same-sex marriag. ''A lot of people are extremely unfortable wh discsg gay marriage self.
SCHWARZENEGGER BACKS OFF HIS STANCE AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
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''A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 11 of the Natnal edn wh the headle: Schwarzenegger Backs Off His Stance Agast Gay Marriage.
7, a day after the Legislature beme the first the untry to approve a bill allowg gays and lbians to wed.
The ernor said the state nstutn bars the Legislature om enactg a law allowg gay marriage whout another vote by the public and that Leno's bill wouldn't provi for that vote.
SCHWARZENEGGER VETO GAY MARRIAGE BILL
Arnold Schwarzenegger — ‘I thk that gay marriage is somethg that should be between a man and a woman.’ * arnold schwarzenegger on gay marriage *
Issue probably will go to state Supreme CourtSchwarzenegger noted that a state appeals urt was nsirg whether the state's ban on gay marriage is nstutnal and that the issue would likely be cid by the California Supreme Court.
" Leno, who is openly gay, said Schwarzenegger had missed a historic opportuny to stand up for civil rights. Eddie Gutierrez, a spokman for Equaly California, a gay rights group that supported the bill, said Schwarzenegger had merely layed the day when gay marriage is legal. Bowg to weeks of cricism, Arnold Schwarzenegger spelled out his views on abortn, gay marriage, tax and other issu.
GAY MARRIAGE
San Francis Mayor Gav Newsom said Sunday he is willg to sacrifice his polil reer over his belief that nyg gay men and lbians the right to marry is wrong and nsistent wh the valu this untry holds ar. * arnold schwarzenegger on gay marriage *
Gray Davis the upg rell electn, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger Wednday explaed his views on a variety of topics cludg abortn, homosexualy, and the environment.
In a rapid-fire seri of qutns by rad talk show host Sean Hanny on the natnally syndited Sean Hanny Show, Schwarzenegger, on the phone om California, said he do not support gay marriage, but do approve of some kd of domtic partnership. "I thk that gay marriage is somethg that should be between a man and a woman, " he said, a misstatement a sh to keep up wh the stacto-like livery of the qutns.
Early Years: Same-Sex Marriage Bans In 1970, jt one year after the historic Stonewall Rts that galvanized the gay rights movement, law stunt Richard Baker and librarian Jam McConnell applied for a marriage license Gerald Nelson rejected their applitn bee they were a same-sex uple, and a trial urt upheld his cisn. ” This lg effectively blocked feral urts om lg on same-sex marriage for s, leavg the cisn solely the hands of stat, which alt blow after blow to those hopg to see gay marriage beg 1973, for stance, Maryland beme the first state to create a law that explicly f marriage as a unn between a man and woman, a belief held by many nservative relig groups.
GEE TAKEI REVEALS HE CAME OUT AS GAY BEE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER REJECTED GAY MARRIAGE BILL: ‘I WAS SO ANGRY’ AT HIM
The worst logil fails, nastit hate speech and most eply nfed metaphors om the anti-gay movement * arnold schwarzenegger on gay marriage *
Though the gay rights movement saw some advancements the 1970s and 1980s—such as Harvey Milk beg the first openly gay man elected to public office the untry 1977—the fight for gay marriage ma ltle headway for many years.
In 1989, the San Francis Board of Supervisors passed an ordance that allowed homosexual upl and unmarried heterosexual upl to register for domtic partnerships, which granted hospal visatn rights and other years later, the District of Columbia siarly passed a new law that allowed same-sex upl to register as domtic partners. C., 1993, the hight urt Hawaii led that a ban on same-sex marriage may vlate that state nstutn’s Equal Protectn Clse—the first time a state urt has ever ched toward makg gay marriage Hawaii Supreme Court sent the se—brought by a gay male uple and two lbian upl who were nied marriage licens 1990—back for further review to the lower First Circu Court, which 1991 origally dismissed the the state tried to prove that there was “pellg state tert” jtifyg the ban, the se would be tied up ligatn for the next three Defense of Marriage Act Opponents of gay marriage, however, did not s on their hnch.
GOVERNOR BACKS GAY MARRIAGE
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who twice vetoed legislatn that would have legalized same-sex marriage, has surprised gay rights supporters by urgg a feral judge to allow gay upl to rume marryg the state whout further lay. * arnold schwarzenegger on gay marriage *
Congrs 1996 passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which Print Bill Clton signed to didn’t ban gay marriage outright but specified that only heterosexual upl uld be granted feral marriage benefs.
That is, even if a state ma gay marriage legal, same-sex upl still wouldn’t be able to file e tax jotly, sponsor spo for immigratn benefs or receive spoal Social Secury payments, among many other act was a huge setback for the marriage equaly movement, but transient good news arose three months later: Hawaii Judge Kev S. Phg for Change: Civil Unns The next saw a whirlwd of activy on the gay marriage ont, begng wh the year 2000 when Vermont beme the first state to legalize civil unns, a legal stat that provis most of the state-level benefs of years later, Massachetts beme the first state to legalize gay marriage when the Massachetts Supreme Court led that same-sex upl had the right to marry Goodridge v. The state fally troduced the untry to gay marriage (m the feral benefs) when began issug same-sex marriage licens on May 17, that year, the U.
Bh—that would outlaw gay marriage across the untry.