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• BEHD N.Y. GAY MARRIAGE, AN UNLIKELY MIX OF FORC
• NEW YORK BE THE SIXTH STATE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN
• HISTORY OF GAY MARRIAGE
• NEW YORK 6TH STATE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

BEHD N.Y. GAY MARRIAGE, AN UNLIKELY MIX OF FORC

In 2009, a Marriage Equaly Bill had passed the New York Assembly, but fell short the 2011, galvanized by those loss, gay-rights activists at the Human Rights Campaign, Marriage Equaly New York and New York Pri Agenda doubled down, blanketg the state wh operativ to drive home marriage equaly through postrds, lls and emails and 150, 000 nstuent ntacts wh their the Supreme Court’s landmark 2015 cisn Obergefell v. By one vote, the urt l that same-sex marriage nnot be banned the Uned Stat and that all same-sex marriag mt be regnized natnwi, fally grantg same-sex upl equal rights to heterosexual upl unr the 1971, jt two years after the Stonewall Rts that unofficially marked the begng of the stggle for gay rights and marriage equaly, the Mnota Supreme Court had found same-sex marriage bans nstutnal, a precent which the Supreme Court had never challenged.

Supreme Court 1972 cled to hear the se “for want of a substantial feral qutn.” 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 legal.In 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.

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.Marriage Equaly: Turng the Ti In the late 1980s and early 1990s, same-sex upl saw the first signs of hope on the marriage ont a long time.

NEW YORK BE THE SIXTH STATE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

Ernment.Then, 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 legal.The 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 su.As 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 years.The Defense of Marriage Act Opponents of gay marriage, however, did not s on their hnch. In 1998, voters approved a nstutnal amendment banng same-sex marriage the state.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 marriage.Three 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. Kansas and Texas were next 2005, and 2006 saw seven more stat passg Constutnal amendments agast gay marriage.But towards the end of the , gay marriage beme legal var stat, cludg Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont (the first state to approve by legislative means) and New Hampshire.Domtic Partnerships Throughout the and the begng of the next, California equently ma headl for seawg on the gay marriage issue.The state was the first to pass a domtic partnership statute 1999, and legislators tried to pass a same-sex marriage bill 2005 and 2007.

For the first time the untry’s history, voters (rather than judg or legislators) Mae, Maryland, and Washgton approved Constutnal amendments permtg same-sex marriage 2012.Same-sex marriage also beme a feral issue aga.In 2010, Massachetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, found Sectn 3 of DOMA—the part of the 1996 law that fed marriage as a unn between one man and one woman—to be unnstutnal. Wdsor, nservative Jtice Anthony Kennedy sid wh Jtic Ruth Bar Gsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan favor of same-sex marriage rights, ultimately makg gay marriage legal across the natn June 2015.By this time, was still outlawed only 13 stat, and more than 20 other untri had already legalized gay marriage, startg wh the Netherlands December 2000.

GAY MARRIAGE STATE BY STATE: FROM A FEW STAT TO THE WHOLE NATN

We're here to help wh life's everyday qutnsSame-sex upl and adoptnIn 2003, Massachetts beme the first state to allow same-sex upl to adopt children, acrdg to the Boston Globe — but the journey to natnal adoptn equaly was far om 2016, a Feral District Court void a law Mississippi which prevented gay upl om adoptg children, acrdg to the Washgton Post. "Rabbis belongg to the biggt and most liberal branch of Judaism the Uned Stat have voted to regnise the partnerships of gay and lbian upl.The Central Conference of Amerin Rabbis, which is part of the Jewish Reform movement, has agreed to sanctn relig ceremoni for same-sex upl.The Print of the Conference, Rabbi Charl Kroloff, said that gay and lbian people served the regnn and rpect due to people created the image of God.". "The Vatin has lnched a global mpaign agast gay marriag, warng Catholic policians that support of same-sex unns is 'gravely immoral.' The Vatin issued a 12-page set of guil wh the approval of Pope John Pl II a bid to stem the crease laws grantg legal rights to homosexual unns Europe and North Ameri.'Marriage exists solely between a man and woman...

4, 2008] electn, throwg to doubt the unns of an timated 18,000 same-sex upl who wed durg the last 4 1/2 months...Proposn 8 was the most expensive proposn on any ballot the natn this year, wh more than $74 ln spent by both sis.The measure's most fervent proponents believed that nothg ls than the future of tradnal fai was at stake, while opponents believed that they were fightg for the fundamental right of gay people to be treated equally unr the law...Eight years ago, Californians voted 61% to fe marriage as beg only between a man and a woman.The California Supreme Court overturned that measure, Proposn 22, s May 15 cisn legalizg same-sex marriage on the grounds that the state Constutn required equal treatment of gay and lbian upl.".

HISTORY OF GAY MARRIAGE

"The California Supreme Court today upheld Proposn 8's ban on same-sex marriage but also led that gay upl who wed before the electn will ntue to be married unr state law...Although the urt spl 6-1 on the nstutnaly of Proposn 8, the jtic were unanimo cidg to keep tact the marriag of as many as 18,000 gay upl who exchanged vows before the electn. Sent a letter to Congrs on Wednday sayg that the Jtice Department will now take the posn urt that the Defense of Marriage Act should be stck down as a vlatn of gay upl’ rights to equal protectn unr the law.'The Print and I have nclud that classifitns based on sexual orientatn warrant heightened scty and that, as applied to same-sex upl legally married unr state law,' a ccial provisn of the act is unnstutnal, Mr.

Cuomo signed the measure after passed a Republin-ntrolled Senate on Friday night [June 24, 2011], raisg qutns as to whether the move reflects new momentum the gay rights movement.Cuomo said the law will grant same-sex upl equal rights to marry 'as well as hundreds of rights, benefs and protectns that are currently limed to married upl of the oppose sex.' A few of those are the right of herance, employer health benefs and a host of state tax benefs. "Voters Mae and Maryland approved same-sex marriage on a day of electn rults that jubilant gay rights advot lled a historic turng pot, the first time that marriage for gay men and lbians has been approved at the ballot box.In Mnota, another first, voters rejected a proposal to amend the State Constutn to fe marriage as between a man and a woman, a measure that has been enshred the nstutns of 30 stat. A state law barrg same-sex marriage remas on the books there, but wh the feat of the amendment, the door remas open to change by the legislature or the urts.""Washgton state has approved gay marriage, jog Mae and Maryland as the first stat to pass same-sex marriage by popular vote.Wh about three-quarters of the expected ballots unted Thursday, Referendum 74 was matag s lead of 52 percent.

NEW YORK 6TH STATE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

"The Pentagon announced Monday that would extend 20 new benefs to same-sex ary upl, cludg accs to base facili and groups as well as jot assignments, the latt move by the Obama admistratn to heed lls om gay and lbians prsg for change.Activists hailed the move as a meangful step toward full equaly, which they say will rema elive unls a 1996 feral law [the Defense of Marriage Act] that f marriage as a heterosexual unn is repealed.