A study to be released next month is offerg a rare glimpse si gay relatnships and reveals that monogamy is not a central feature for many.
Contents:
- MANY SUCCSFUL GAY MARRIAG SHARE AN OPEN SECRET
- HISTORY OF GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE GAS MORE ACCEPTANCE
MANY SUCCSFUL GAY MARRIAG SHARE AN OPEN SECRET
A feral judge stck down a voter-approved ban on gay marriage, handg a temporary victory to gay rights advot a legal battle likely to be settled by the Supreme Court. * gay marriage 2010 *
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.
HISTORY OF GAY MARRIAGE
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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.
GAY MARRIAGE GAS MORE ACCEPTANCE
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.