Two years after the Supreme Court cisn that required stat to regnize same-sex marriag natnwi, support for allowg gays and lbians to marry legally is at s hight pot over 20 years of Pew Rearch Center pollg on the issue.
Contents:
- HOE PASS BILL PROTECTG GAY MARRIAGE—47 REPUBLINS VOTE ‘Y’
- SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
- GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE TIMELE
HOE PASS BILL PROTECTG GAY MARRIAGE—47 REPUBLINS VOTE ‘Y’
A third of Hoe Republins voted wh every sgle Democrat to enshre protectns for gay marriage to feral law on Tuday rponse to the Supreme Court's abortn cisn. * gay marriage 47 *
If the Rpect for Marriage Act pass the Senate and is signed by the print, will repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, ensurg the regnn of same-sex marriage across the board, providg a fn of marriage for feral purpos to clu gay marriage, and prohibg any person actg unr lor of state law om "failg to give full effect to an out of state marriage" on the basis of sex, race, genr, or natnal 47 Republins who voted favor of the bill clud a number of Republins who reprent swg districts, cludg Reps. " CLARENCE THOMAS SAYS SUPREME COURT SHOULD RECONSIDER CONTRACEPTION, GAY MARRIAGE RULINGS Associate Jtice Clarence Thomas went a step further by thorg a ncurrg opn that suggted the urt should revis other lgs cludg, gay marriage and accs to ntraceptn.
SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
The Hoe of Reprentativ on Tuday passed a bill to dify the right to gay marriage the wake of the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wa * gay marriage 47 *
On July 25, 2014 Miami-Da County Circu Court Judge Sarah Zabel led Florida’s gay marriage ban unnstutnal and stated that the ban “serv only to hurt, to discrimate, to prive same-sex upl and their fai of equal digny, to label and treat them as send-class cizens, and to em them unworthy of participatn one of the fundamental stutns of our society.
GAY MARRIAGE
Proponents ntend that gay marriage bans are discrimatory and unnstutnal, opponents ague that marriage is primarily for procreatn. * gay marriage 47 *
The Amerin Psychologil Associatn, Amerin Psychiatric Associatn, and others nclud that legal gay marriage giv upl “accs to the social support that already facilat and strengthens heterosexual marriag, wh all of the psychologil and physil health benefs associated wh that support.
GAY MARRIAGE TIMELE
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. * gay marriage 47 *
2016 printial ndidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fra stated that civil unns are aquate as an equivalent to marriage: “Benefs are beg btowed to gay upl [ civil unns]… I believe we need to rpect those who believe that the word marriage has a spirual foundatn… Why n’t we rpect and tolerate that while at the same time sayg ernment nnot btow benefs unequally. Court papers filed July 2014 by attorneys fendg Arizona’s gay marriage ban stated that “the State regulat marriage for the primary purpose of channelg potentially procreative sexual relatnships to endurg unns for the sake of jog children to both their mother and their father… Same-sex upl n never provi a child wh both her blogil mother and her blogil father. Lee Badgett, PhD, Director of the Center for Public Policy and Admistratn at the Universy of Massachetts at Amherst, stated that for many gay activists “marriage means adoptg heterosexual forms of fay and givg up distctively gay fay forms and perhaps even gay and lbian culture.