Rpect for Marriage Act vote: How Oh lawmakers voted gay marriage

Contents:

• CONGRS VOT TO DIFY GAY, TERRACIAL MARRIAGE, OH'S PORTMAN -SPONSORG SENATE BILL
• JUDGE: OH MT REGNIZE OTHER STAT' GAY MARRIAG

CONGRS VOT TO DIFY GAY, TERRACIAL MARRIAGE, OH'S PORTMAN -SPONSORG SENATE BILL

The bill would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which only regnized marriag between one man and one woman, nyg gay upl feral benefs. Senate Tuday eveng, but LGBTQ+ Ohans are worried the legislatn don't do enough, pecially wh the add Rpect for Marriage Act would make sure that every legal marriage would be nsired legimate and would prohib any state om discrimatg agast same-sex upl married other bill would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which only regnized marriag between one man and one woman, nyg gay upl feral benefs. Portman changed his stance on same-sex marriage after his son me out as gay, and a spokwoman said he plans to -sponsor the Senate's bill.

Roe was ground the 14th Amendment's guarantee of due procs, which also serv as the foundatn of the landmark gay marriage lg  Obergefell v. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, lled the bill to dify gay and terracial marriag unnecsary and acced Democrats of g to distract om problems such as flatn ahead of the electn.

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 Mnota.Clerk Gerald Nelson rejected their applitn bee they were a same-sex uple, and a trial urt upheld his cisn.

JUDGE: OH MT REGNIZE OTHER STAT' GAY MARRIAG

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. 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 benefs.Three years later, the District of Columbia siarly passed a new law that allowed same-sex upl to register as domtic partners. 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.

Congrs 1996 passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which Print Bill Clton signed to law.DOMA didn’t ban gay marriage outright but specified that only heterosexual upl uld be granted feral marriage benefs.