* GAY MARRIAGE - MENU + GAY MARRIAGE - HOME o Did You Know? Readers' Comments Video Gallery Gay Marriage around the World Gay Marriage Timeline State-by-State History of Banning and Legalizing Gay Marriage, 1994-2015 Gay Marriage in the US Supreme Court, o Source Biographies Footnotes & Sources Gay Marriage in the US Supreme Court, 2013 Top "Gay-Friendly" and "Gay-Unfriendly" US Companies, 2011 2012 Presidential Candidates' Positions on Gay Marriage US Gay Marriage on Gay Marriage o Gay Marriage o Born Gay? Origins of Sexual Orientation Born Gay? Origins of Sexual Orientation Gay Marriage Gay Marriage - Should Gay Marriage Be Legal? Born Gay? - Is Sexual Orientation Determined at Birth? GAY MARRIAGE [gay-marriage-wide.jpg] Should Gay Marriage Be Legal? On June 26, 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage is a decision, same-sex marriage was already legal in 37 states and had shifted significantly over the years, from 27% approval of gay marriage in 1996 to 60% in 2015, the year it became legal throughout Proponents of legal gay marriage contend that gay marriage bans are Opponents contend that marriage has traditionally been defined as being between one man and one woman, and that marriage is primarily for Court Judge Sarah Zabel ruled Florida's gay marriage ban [Legalizing gay marriage] is the right thing to do and it is time." overturning same-sex marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana in Sep. sexual orientation, gay marriage bans discriminate based on one's sex. government does not grant equivalent benefits to gay couples in civil by the New York Times estimated that same-sex couples denied marriage The concept of "traditional marriage" has changed over time, and the definition of marriage as always being between one man and one woman is marriage was once illegal in a majority of US states, and was still between same-sex couples, indistinguishable from marriages except for Gay marriage is protected by the US Constitution's commitments to choice in matters of marriage and family life is one of the liberties wrote on Aug. 4, 2010 that Prop. 8 in California banning gay marriage Marriage is an internationally recognized human right for all people. Since 1888 the US Supreme Court has declared 14 times that marriage is a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution." [103] Amnesty International states Same-sex marriage is a civil right. The NAACP (National Association for marriage as "one of the key civil rights struggles of our time." [61] Virginia that marriage is "one of the basic civil rights of man." [60] The White House website lists same-sex marriage amongst a selection of Marriage is not only for procreation, otherwise infertile couples or for marriage. From 1970 through 2012 roughly 30% of all US households marriage license would be granted to a couple in which the man and children coming out of that marriage." [88] Gay marriages can bring financial gain to federal, state, and local marriage comes from marriage licenses, higher income taxes in some circumstances (the so-called "marriage penalty"), and decreases in Michael Bloomberg announced that gay marriage had contributed $259 after Massachusetts legalized gay marriage in 2004, same-sex wedding the Williams Institute estimated that legalizing same-sex marriage estimated in 2004 that federally-recognized gay marriage would cut the Gay couples make good parents. A June 2014 peer-reviewed University of study found that children of gay fathers were "as well-adjusted as columnist Ezra Klein wrote, "We should be begging gay couples to adopt children. We should see this as a great boon that gay marriage could Gay marriage bans cause humiliation and uncertainty for children being raised by same-sex couples. In ruling Texas' gay marriage ban Marriage provides both physical and psychological health benefits, and banning gay marriage increases rates of psychological disorders. [5] that already facilitates and strengthens heterosexual marriages, with distressed than lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons not in a legally banned gay marriage, gay, lesbian and bisexual people suffered a 37% Legalizing gay marriage will not harm the institution of marriage, and same-sex marriages may even be more stable than heterosexual marriages. that "[l]aws permitting same-sex marriage or civil unions have no adverse effect on marriage, divorce, and abortion rates, [or] the recognized same-sex couples (in marriages or civil unions, etc.) end civilization or viable social orders depend upon marriage as an Gay marriage legalization is correlated with lower divorce rates, while gay marriage bans are correlated with higher divorce rates. Massachusetts, which became the first US state to legalize gay marriage its constitution to prohibit gay marriage in 1998, saw a 17.2% increase prohibitions to gay marriage. [2] Legal marriage is a secular institution that should not be limited by religious objections to same-sex marriage. Religious institutions can decline to marry gay and lesbian couples if they wish, but they should not dictate marriage laws for society at large. As explained by People for the American Way, "As a legal matter, marriage is a civil institution... Marriage is also a religious institution, defined both religious and civil marriage in a single ceremony. Religious Right same-sex couples equal access to civil marriage would somehow also redefine the religious institution of marriage... this is grounded in and regulating marriage." [41] Many religious leaders and churches support gay marriage and say it is consistent with scripture. Gene Robinson, openly gay former Bishop of marriage at all, nor does it make reference to sexual orientation as it the American Jewish population, endorses same-sex marriage, and the Central Conference of American Rabbis has supported gay marriage since that prohibits same-sex civil marriage or civil unions." The in July 2005 to affirm "equal marriage rights for couples regardless of marriage between members of the same sex." [119] [141][142] [143] The institution of marriage has traditionally been defined as being between a man and a woman. In upholding gay marriage bans in Kentucky, Appeals Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton wrote that "marriage has long been a Minnesota found that "the institution of marriage as a union of man and "Throughout the history of the human race the institution of marriage Marriage is for procreation and should not be extended to same-sex couples because they cannot produce children together. Allowing gay marriage would only further shift the purpose of marriage from defending Arizona's gay marriage ban stated that "the State regulates marriage for the primary purpose of channeling potentially procreative biological father." Contrary to the pro gay marriage argument that some Doug Mainwaring, the openly gay co-founder of National Capital Tea Legalizing gay marriage could lead down a "slippery slope," giving de-institutionalizing marriage." [11] In Apr. 2013 Slate writer Jillian Keenan wrote: "Just like heterosexual marriage is no better or worse than homosexual marriage, marriage between two consenting adults is not inherently more or less 'correct' than marriage among three (or four, marriage will enable "group marriage," "marriage between daddies and little girls," and "marriage between a man and his donkey." [136] Allowing gay couples to wed could further weaken the institution of marriage. Traditional marriage is already threatened with high divorce presidential candidate Rick Santorum stated that "Legalization of gay marriage would further undermine an institution that is essential to Society at The Heritage Foundation, said "In recent decades, marriage desires than children’s needs... Redefining marriage to include would leave emotional intensity as the only thing that sets marriage Homosexuality is immoral and unnatural. J. Matt Barber, Associate Dean "Every individual engaged in the homosexual lifestyle, who has adopted a homosexual identity, they know, intuitively, that what they're doing stated: "There are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual plan for marriage and family... Marriage is holy, while homosexual acts that gay marriage is "inconsistent with nature and nature’s law." [148] Gay marriage is contrary to the word of God and is incompatible with with womankind: it is abomination," thus condemning homosexual attributed to the Prophet Muhammad) condemn gay and lesbian American Baptist Churches USA all oppose same-sex marriage. [119] Two Orthodox Union, also oppose gay marriage, as does mainstream Islam. marriage "was established by the Creator with its own nature, essential certainty that marriage exists solely between a man and a woman…" [54] Pope Benedict stated in Jan. 2012 that gay marriage threatened "the Legalizing gay marriage often leads to an end to domestic partnership benefits for gay and straight couples, which disadvantages couples who new domestic partnerships after same-sex marriage became legal in the converted domestic partnerships to marriages when they legalized gay marriage in 2012, providing no option to retain domestic partnerships Supreme Court declared part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Gay marriage will accelerate the assimilation of gays into mainstream heterosexual culture to the detriment of the homosexual community. The gay community has created its own vibrant culture. 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[84] The leaders of the Gay institution of marriage as one of the most insidious and basic 2013 that the campaign for gay marriage "intentionally and maliciously people in non-traditional families... marriage thinks non-married Studies at the Family Research Council, said that if gay marriage were subsidize homosexual relationships... One of the key arguments often heard in support of homosexual civil marriage revolves around all the government 'benefits' that homosexuals claim they are denied. Many of these 'benefits' involve one thing–taxpayer money that homosexuals are eager to get their hands on." [146] Gay marriage would entitle gay couples to typical marriage benefits including claiming a tax exemption Marriage is a privilege, not a right. The US Constitution contains no traditional definition of marriage, and stated that the Convention for traditional concept of marriage as being between a man and a woman." 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[110] [106] Interracial marriage was once illegal in a indistinguishable from marriages except for gender, are believed by Gay marriage is protected by the US Constitution's commitments to Gay marriage is protected by the US Constitution's commitments to liberty and marriage and family life is one of the liberties protected by the Due that Prop. 8 in California banning gay marriage was "unconstitutional Marriage is an internationally recognized human right for all people. Since 1888 the US Supreme Court has declared 14 times that marriage is Marriage is an internationally recognized human right for all people. Since 1888 the US Supreme Court has declared 14 times that marriage is a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution." [103] Amnesty International states Same-sex marriage is a civil right. The NAACP (National Association for marriage... 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Legalizing gay marriage will not harm the institution of marriage, and same-sex marriages may even be more stable than heterosexual marriages. that "[l]aws permitting same-sex marriage or civil unions have no adverse effect on marriage, divorce, and abortion rates, [or] the recognized same-sex couples (in marriages or civil unions, etc.) end civilization or viable social orders depend upon marriage as an Gay marriage legalization is correlated with lower divorce rates, while gay marriage bans are correlated with higher divorce rates. Gay marriage legalization is correlated with lower divorce rates, while gay marriage bans are correlated with higher divorce rates. Massachusetts, which became the first US state to legalize gay marriage its constitution to prohibit gay marriage in 1998, saw a 17.2% increase prohibitions to gay marriage. [2] Legal marriage is a secular institution that should not be limited by religious objections to same-sex marriage. 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Gene Robinson, openly gay former Bishop of Many religious leaders and churches support gay marriage and say it is Gene Robinson, openly gay former Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New makes no mention of same-sex marriage at all, nor does it make endorses same-sex marriage, and the Central Conference of American Rabbis has supported gay marriage since 1996. [130] The Episcopal marriage or civil unions." The Presbyterian Church (USA) voted in June of Christ General Synod voted in July 2005 to affirm "equal marriage of legal recognition for marriage between members of the same sex." The institution of marriage has traditionally been defined as being between a man and a woman. In upholding gay marriage bans in Kentucky, The institution of marriage has traditionally been defined as being between a In upholding gay marriage bans in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Jeffrey S. 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[133] Doug Mainwaring, the openly gay co-founder of Legalizing gay marriage could lead down a "slippery slope," giving Legalizing gay marriage could lead down a "slippery slope," giving people in couples as a springboard for further de-institutionalizing marriage." heterosexual marriage is no better or worse than homosexual marriage, marriage between two consenting adults is not inherently more or less 'correct' than marriage among three (or four, or six) consenting Family, predicted in 2005 that legalizing same-sex marriage will enable "group marriage," "marriage between daddies and little girls," and "marriage between a man and his donkey." [136] Allowing gay couples to wed could further weaken the institution of marriage. Traditional marriage is already threatened with high divorce Allowing gay couples to wed could further weaken the institution of marriage. Traditional marriage is already threatened with high divorce rates presidential candidate Rick Santorum stated that "Legalization of gay marriage would further undermine an institution that is essential to Society at The Heritage Foundation, said "In recent decades, marriage desires than children’s needs... Redefining marriage to include would leave emotional intensity as the only thing that sets marriage Homosexuality is immoral and unnatural. J. Matt Barber, Associate Dean Homosexuality is immoral and unnatural. homosexual lifestyle, who has adopted a homosexual identity, they know, grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogous to God's plan for marriage and family... Marriage is holy, while homosexual acts go against the natural moral candidate Mike Huckabee stated in Oct. 2014 that gay marriage is Gay marriage is contrary to the word of God and is incompatible with Gay marriage is contrary to the word of God and is incompatible with the homosexual relationships. [120] In Islamic tradition, several hadiths (passages attributed to the Prophet Muhammad) condemn gay and lesbian American Baptist Churches USA all oppose same-sex marriage. [119] Two Orthodox Union, also oppose gay marriage, as does mainstream Islam. marriage "was established by the Creator with its own nature, essential certainty that marriage exists solely between a man and a woman…" [54] Pope Benedict stated in Jan. 2012 that gay marriage threatened "the Legalizing gay marriage often leads to an end to domestic partnership benefits for gay and straight couples, which disadvantages couples who Legalizing gay marriage often leads to an end to domestic partnership benefits for gay and straight couples, which disadvantages couples who choose after same-sex marriage became legal in the state in 2013. [124] [135] to marriages when they legalized gay marriage in 2012, providing no declared part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional in Gay marriage will accelerate the assimilation of gays into mainstream heterosexual culture to the detriment of the homosexual community. The gay... 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To be brainwashed to think that homosexuality is the moral equivalent benefits gay couples need without changing the definition of marriage… benefits gay couples need without changing the definition of marriage. as an equivalent to marriage for same-sex couples: "Benefits are being bestowed to gay couples [in civil unions]... I believe we need to respect those who believe that the word marriage has a spiritual do so... I strongly believe that marriage ought to be defined as 1. On May 17, 2004, the first legal gay marriage in the United States 2. The world's first legal gay marriage ceremony took place in the same-sex couples denied marriage benefits will incur an additional oppose same-sex marriage. [119] 1. Gay Marriage in the US Supreme Court, 2015 2. Are people born gay? Pros and cons in debate over origin of sexual 3. History of the Same-Sex Marriage Debate, 1970 - present Gay Marriage Homepage Gay Marriage around the World Gay Marriage Timeline State-by-State History of Banning and Legalizing Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage in the US Supreme Court, 2015 Gay Marriage in the US Supreme Court, 2013 Top "Gay-Friendly" and "Gay-Unfriendly" US Companies, 2011 2012 Presidential Candidates' Positions on Gay Marriage US Gay Marriage Polls, 1988-2010 2016 Presidential Candidates' Positions on Gay Marriage Tanzania: men arrested for 'gay marriage' face anal examinations for Tanzanians to report homosexuals. Photograph: Khalfan Said Ten men arrested for allegedly conducting a same-sex marriage ceremony The procedure is supposed to discover evidence of homosexual activity, homosexuals for round-ups in a country where anti-gay rhetoric has would target gay people, who could face lengthy prison sentences. However, other activists said that physical attacks on homosexuals were distributing free lube to gay people as part of efforts to control the weekend were suspected of conducting a gay marriage because police Homosexuality remains taboo across much of Africa and gay people face to speak publicly in defence of gay rights. Same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, the practice of marriage between two men or between two women. Although same-sex marriage has been regulated through law, period when attitudes toward homosexuality and laws regulating homosexual behaviour were liberalized, particularly in western Europe The issue of same-sex marriage frequently sparked emotional and levels, had legalized same-sex marriage; in other jurisdictions, constitutional measures were adopted to prevent same-sex marriages from marriages performed elsewhere. That the same act was evaluated so tables on same-sex marriage around the world, in the United States, and Cultural ideals of marriage and sexual partnership Perhaps the earliest systematic analyses of marriage and kinship were century an enormous variety of marriage and sexual customs across most cultures expressed an ideal form of marriage and an ideal set of marriage partners, while also practicing flexibility in the application Among the more common forms so documented were common-law marriage; morganatic marriage, in which titles and property do not pass to children; exchange marriage, in which a sister and a brother from one family marry a brother and a sister from another; and group marriages traditional part of the marriage contract. Cultures that openly accepted homosexuality, of which there were many, Religious and secular expectations of marriage and sexuality marriage practices once existed, conquering nations typically forced marriage. had legalized same-sex marriage, for instance, despite official had a less determinate effect on the outcome of same-sex marriage Netherlands—the first country to grant equal marriage rights to opposed same-sex marriage for one or more of the following stated reasons: homosexual acts violate natural law or divine intentions and are therefore immoral; passages in sacred texts condemn homosexual acts; and religious tradition recognizes only the marriage of one man on this issue. Orthodox Judaism opposed same-sex marriage, while the and the gay-oriented Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches fully accepted same-sex marriage. Hinduism, without a sole viewed all marriage as a choice between the two individuals involved. interact; definitions of the purpose of marriage is another. In one view, the purpose of marriage is to ensure successful procreation and child rearing. In another, marriage provides a—and perhaps marriage is an instrument of societal domination and so is not Proponents of the first view believe that the primary goal of marriage both necessary for procreation, the privileges of marriage should be same-sex marriage is a misguided attempt to deny the social, moral, and same-sex marriage is problematic, there is also a tendency for the In contrast to the procreative model of marriage, advocates of the legalization of same-sex marriage generally believed that committed damaging the community. Most same-sex marriage advocates further held specific group from the full rights of marriage was illegally the legal perquisites associated with heterosexual marriage should be male-female, man-woman, gay-straight) and to replace these with practices of humanity. Queer advocates contended that marriage is an marriage should be disestablished as a cultural institution. order, infrastructure, and defense. For libertarians, marriage same-sex marriage—fell outside of the role of government and was unacceptable. As a result, many libertarians believed that marriage Same-sex marriage and the law reproduction, and marriage in myriad ways. Their responses regarding similar or equal to that of heterosexual marriage. Many countries have yet to reach a consensus on these issues. (See also marriage law.) of same-sex marriage by treating same-sex intimacy as a subject homosexuality and lesbianism are mental disorders and built their marriage from the realm of civil regulations (the domain of contract registered partnerships—an attenuated version of marriage—for same-sex heterosexual marriages, went into effect in Norway (1993), Sweden marriage-for-procreation and marriage-for-community-good positions Israel recognized common-law same-sex marriage in the mid-1990s (the Israeli Supreme Court further ruled in 2006 that same-sex marriages “marriage” to same-sex as well as heterosexual unions. In 2000 the became the first country to offer marriage to same-sex couples; several other European countries subsequently legalized gay marriage. In 2003 recognizing the same-sex marriages of fellow EU countries. As countries in Europe, began to shift in favour of full marriage rights for same-sex marriage should be legal throughout Europe; in a further seven support for same-sex marriage was quite low, often with fewer than approved of legalizing same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom; such marriages were legalized in England and Wales in 2013, and Scotland legislation legalizing same-sex marriage. Thereafter, South Africa countries, respectively, to legalize same-sex marriage. New Zealand legalized same-sex marriage in 2017, but the following year it passed a bill that replaced such marriages with domestic partnerships. Bermuda thus became the first country to repeal same-sex marriage. In other countries, decisions on same-sex marriage were effectively legalized same-sex marriage. Soon after the law went into effect in all states in the country had to recognize same-sex marriages performed in Mexico City. Gay marriage was later made legal, under the same couple the legal protections of marriage, although it stopped short of specifically authorizing same-sex marriage at the federal level. In same-sex marriages, which were considered valid throughout Brazil, jurisdiction in Australia to pass a law permitting the marriage of Australians voted for same-sex marriage in a nonbinding referendum. legalizing same-sex marriage, and it was signed into law in December In the United States the question of whether couples of the same sex plaintiffs claimed that the state’s refusal to issue marriage licenses compelling interest in preventing same-sex marriage, as that practice to the state constitution and thus made moot the issuing of marriage enacted the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This legislation declared that same-sex marriages would not be recognized for federal purposes, no U.S. state or territory was required to recognize marriages from constitutional amendments declaring variously that marriage was legally defined as a heterosexual institution, that same-sex marriages from other states would not be recognized, or that same-sex marriage was the rights and responsibilities of marriage but not the name. In 2003 marriage licenses to same-sex couples violated the state constitution; the situation. The state soon began to issue marriage licenses for 2004 by issuing marriage licenses in defiance of local prohibitions; Connecticut—struck down state laws limiting marriage to the union passed a referendum, Proposition 8, that defined marriage as a union grounds that the prohibition of same-sex marriage violated the due gay marriage, and soon afterward the legislatures of Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire legalized same-sex marriage—though in November 2009 same-sex marriage were passed by legislatures in Maryland and became the first in the country to approve same-sex marriage at the American legal scholars and same-sex marriage advocates developed exegeses or other religious doctrine to support claims that marriage, same-sex marriage, but by 2010 about half of the population supported support same-sex marriage. In December the U.S. Supreme Court announced same-sex marriage: U.S. demonstration same-sex marriage: U.S. demonstrationDemonstrators in favour of same-sex marriage protesting in front of the U.S. Supreme Court overturned state bans of same-sex marriage. In all but two of those performed same-sex marriages prior to their suspension. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that those marriages would be recognized all lawful marriages in the United States. In October the U.S. Supreme states, which effectively made same-sex marriage legal in those jurisdictions. As an indirect consequence, same-sex marriage was soon end of 2014, the number of states where such marriages were legal had state laws and constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage or the recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. Circuit’s holdings, thereby legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 Court's ruling that effectively legalized same-sex marriage, June The future of same-sex marriage marriage is simply not an urgent matter. In others, the broad spectrum of notions about sexuality and the purpose of marriage is compounded by Same-sex marriage around the world marriage, as well as selected countries that offer some other legal CAPTION: Same-sex marriage around the world Countries with same-sex marriage^1 ^1Same-sex marriage is also legal in parts of Mexico, and marriages ^2Same-sex marriage is legal in England, Wales, and Scotland. marriage and on recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other …which were the legalization of same-sex marriage and the …support for the legalization of same-sex marriage in a nonbinding to revise Australia’s Marriage Amendment Act 2004, which defined marriage as being between a man and a woman, and in December 2017 Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of marriage equality.… …nature of Canadian law regarding same-sex marriage was brought …in the world to approve same-sex marriage by referendum when 62 allowing it. 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The following Same-Sex Marriage Map Same-sex marriage legalized Constitutional or statutory provisions prohibiting same-sex marriage North Carolina Senate Overrides Governor's Veto of Anti-Gay Marriage Bill North Carolina Governor Vetoes Anti-Gay Marriage Bill Anti-Gay Marriage Bill Goes to North Carolina Governor's Desk magistrates to opt out of performing marriages and said he won't sign Judge Legalizes Gay Marriage in Alabama, But Not Yet marriage reaffirmed her decision Thursday evening, but delayed its Obama Gave Us Gay Marriage, Trump The Honeymoon From Hell The fight for marriage equality drove LGBT politics in the first decade [180928-Teeman-Obama-Gave-Us-gay-marriage-tease_zigqrt] became the third U.S. state to legalize gay marriage, and a month state’s ruling the previous May that had legalized gay marriage. (Marriage equality eventually became law in California in 2013.) The last 10 years in American LGBT politics featured marriage equality Following a momentous SCOTUS ruling, marriage equality was finally meaning of marriage equality—so hard fought, and a brilliant down in 2013 of the discriminatory section of the Defense of Marriage chosen an insidious scythe to chop away at not just marriage equality posits that it is fine to not marry gay people, or serve them in shops, worry, concern, and the feeling that not only is marriage equality Cuba's new president backs same-sex marriage Diaz-Canel said he supports gay marriage. constitution to allow same-sex marriage. legalizing gay marriage in the country. Mariela Castro is the daughter same-sex marriage to be included in the country’s constitutional reform Kentucky clerk jailed over gay marriage licenses loses re-election bid issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, lost her bid for a second refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples lost her bid Davis became a national figure when she stopped issuing marriage overturned same-sex marriage bans nationwide. Davis cited her religious she quit issuing marriage licenses altogether. Colorado's Jared Polis projected to be first openly gay man elected governor state Constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman. marry. The ruling overturned same-sex marriage bans nationwide. Days after the ruling, Davis stopped issuing marriage licenses. She was sued by gay and straight couples, and a federal judge ordered a law removing the names of all county clerks from state marriage Gay marriage: Europe split in two Scott D'Amico, left, and Brad Harker celebrate after the same sex marriage vote result announcement in Queens Park, Australia. (Photo: Scott D'Amico, left, and Brad Harker celebrate after the same sex marriage vote result announcement in Queens Park, Australia. (Photo: * Zim gay group calls for tough govt action against abuse of its * US restricts visas to unmarried gay diplomats * Have your say on Home Affairs officials refusing to marry same sex country ban gay marriage underlines the largely East-West split in gay and lesbian couples to marry in a civil ceremony. In several of these countries, gay marriage had been preceded by civil marriage, including Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, referendum a proposal to legalise gay marriage. to legalise same-sex marriage. But most Eastern European countries allow neither gay partnerships nor marriages, including Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and In Russia homosexuality was considered a crime up to 1993 and a mental promotion of homosexuality among minors. West opens to gay adoption adopt children, whether within marriage or civil partnerships. Other countries, like Finland and Slovenia, allow gay people to adopt Further afield, homosexual couples can also marry in Canada since 2005 South Africa in 2006 became the sole African nation to allow gay marriage. Read more on: lgbt | homosexuality Conservative Case for Gay Marriage Conservative Case for Gay Marriage vote for same-sex marriage in the Minnesota House last week (the state might have been writing about the whole marriage movement. This month, Rhode Island and Delaware approved gay marriage. In June, nearly 30% of the population will live in gay-marriage states. The cascade extends beyond marriage. America is rethinking its whole relationship with its gay citizens. This month, a poll by ABC News and The Washington Post found not only a 55% majority supporting marriage gay Boy Scouts and opposed to banning gay Scout leaders. As for NBA center Jason Collins’ public announcement that he’s gay, it isn’t even To understand why the public is breaking so fast for same-sex marriage, There, on the same day that Delaware’s Senate passed marriage equality, Now, this is not a man who has done right by marriage. Rather, he used job and his marriage. But last week, the voters chose to overlook both standard. No matter how hard gays work to be true to our life partners, we don’t qualify for marriage. But no matter how shabbily straights treat their vows, they qualify not only for marriage but also for When millions of Americans see straight people busting up marriages while gay people struggle to form them, they draw the obvious, and correct, conclusion. America needs more marriages, not fewer. The threat to marriage in the USA today comes not from gays’ trying to pregnancy than red states do. “If you’re looking for solid marriages,” written, “head to Massachusetts, not Alabama.” Why? Gay marriage Same-sex marriage is socially conservative in that sense — and in a it is also about responsibility and obligation. Marriage joins couples community, their kids, their God and millenniums of custom. Gay and seeking marriage, gays are asking to join Burke’s mighty stream of That is why same-sex marriage is cascading. The public looks at marriage equality and sees the greatest social conservative movement of Here are the 27 countries where same-sex marriage is officially legal WATCH Here are some of the other countries where same-sex marriage is same-sex marriage. Twenty-seven out of 195 countries have passed laws allowing gay marriage, according to the Pew Research Center. Below is a timeline for the 27 countries where same-sex marriage is marriage. The following year, four couples married in the world’s first The nation's traditional definition of civil marriage was changed to One year after legalizing same-sex marriage, the country’s Lutheran church board initiated a petition to permit same-sex marriages. [Pew marriage. [Pew Research Center] Six years after Portugal's parliament legalized same-sex marriage, the country granted gay couples the right to adopt. [Reuters] Iceland legalized same-sex marriage in a unanimous vote. [Pew Research Prior to legalizing same-sex marriage, Denmark was the first country to same-sex marriage in 2013. [National LGBT Chamber of Commerce] Over 3,700 marriages took place in 2013 after same-sex marriage was The measure to legalize same-sex marriage in New Zealand won approval The new law was the first major reform of the country’s marriage laws legalize same-sex marriage, the Scottish Episcopal Church became the UK's first major Christian church to perform same-sex marriages. [BBC] marriage. Ireland was the first country to legalize same-sex marriage through a The bill to call for the legislation of same-sex marriage started out The country's legislators passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage PHOTO: USA same-sex marriage gfx ABC News USA same-sex marriage gfx Parliament’s vote to legalize same-sex marriage was nearly unanimous, All of the countries where same-sex marriage is legal Pence defends wife's teaching job at school that bars gays Taiwan group fighting gay marriage legislation seeks referendum on issue Boxes filled with anti-gay marriage petition signatures are placed in Boxes filled with anti-gay marriage petition signatures are placed in Taiwan's top court ruled in May 2017 that preventing same-sex marriage The anti-gay marriage Happiness of the Next Generation Alliance enacted for civil unions between same-sex couples - a move that gay marriage campaigners say would be discriminatory and offer fewer legal gay marriage, but her majority government has been accused of dragging Taiwan still divided on gay marriage, says President Tsai Ing-wen Taiwan holds Asia's largest pride parade; waits for same-sex marriage to be the other redefines the civil code's definition of marriage as being Gay rights campaigners are also rushing to gather signatures for their same-sex marriage in the civil code. * HOMOSEXUALITY/LGBT Lawmaker’s ‘no’ to gay marriage as sexuality is a ‘matter of taste’ expressed on an Internet TV show that gay marriage should not be difficult to accept same-sex marriage under Article 24 of the Constitution that states ‘marriage shall be based only on the mutual wrote, “I did not intend to discriminate against LGBT (lesbian, gay, legalization of same-sex marriage. believes “there is no need to legalize same-sex marriage” because choosing whether to love someone of the same sex or opposite sex is a He then elaborated on the reason he believes only heterosexual marriage lawmaker, drew criticism for her anti-gay remarks in a magazine article she wrote. Sugita said gay couples are “unproductive” because they Gay marriage Fifteen years after landmark gay rights case, same-sex couples in Texas still On June 26, 2003, the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law banning gay sodomy — a watershed moment for gay rights. But 15 years later, [TxTrib-GayWedding_017.JPG] [TxTrib-GayWedding_017.JPG] Houston looks to Supreme Court to resolve same-sex marriage benefits fight ruling legalizing same-sex marriage does not fully address the right to marriage benefits. [TxTrib-GayWedding_014.JPG] [TxTrib-GayWedding_014.JPG] Court throws out ruling that favored same-sex marriage benefits said spouses of gay and lesbian public employees are entitled to government-subsidized same-sex marriage benefits. Texas on the hook for $600,000 after conceding same-sex marriage case $600,000 in legal fees to two same-sex marriage couples who sued Texas over its now-defunct same-sex marriage ban. [TxTrib-GayWedding_017.JPG] [TxTrib-GayWedding_017.JPG] marriage to same-sex marriages can recuse themselves from signing marriage [TxTrib-GayWedding_014.JPG] [TxTrib-GayWedding_014.JPG] After GOP appeal, Texas Supreme Court agrees to take up same-sex marriage [TxTrib-GayWedding_014.JPG] [TxTrib-GayWedding_014.JPG] A Year Later, Texas Gay Marriage Debate Shifts Hundreds of gay couples across Texas are reaching their one-year wedding anniversaries, but resistance to same-sex marriage hasn’t gone in a gay nightclub in Orlando, and he can only blame himself. His [marriage.png] [marriage.png] Court Ends Challenge to State's First Legal Same-Sex Marriage License Paxton’s effort to undo the union of the first gay couple to legally protections for religious opponents of same-sex marriage. popular news stories of 2015, on everything from gay marriage to Jade A New Governor, Gay Weddings and Gun Rallies: 2015 in Photos Months after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, some Texas Cuba's draft constitution opens path to gay marriage to same-sex marriage, a government official said on Saturday, which would make the country that once persecuted homosexuals an unlikely leader in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. A cat climbs the stairs as a placard opposing gay marriage is seen on a In the early years of Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, many homosexuals “The possibility of marriage between two people strengthens our adding that further legal changes would be needed to allow for gay marriage. modification has been approved, we must ensure that same sex marriage Grassroots campaigns for and against gay marriage have made it the most month declaring marriage “exclusively the union of a man and a woman, Churches also plastered neighborhoods with anti gay marriage posters Gay Marriage vs. American Marriage Gay Marriage vs. American Marriage The gay advocates’ civil rights argument forgets what the Founders thought marriage is for. These days everyone has a strong opinion about marriage, but no one two eminent anthropologists writing recently in support of gay marriage approved forms of marriage," is the institution too varied to fit into marriage; some accept polygamy. In many cultures, the wife moves into allow divorce but not remarriage; some allow divorce if husbands fork This protean diversity is central to today's marriage debate. If marriage is, as these examples suggest, an eminently malleable social by letting gays marry each other? But beneath all the diversity, marriage has always had a fundamental, universal core that makes gay marriage a non sequitur: it has always culture has produced a specifically American ideal of marriage that is in our history, politics, economics, and culture. Advocates for gay marriage cite the historical evolution of that ideal—which we might call republican marriage—to bolster their case, arguing that gay unions the subject of marriage as any of Fox TV's bachelorettes. Given the of marriage the true origin of society must be traced," James Wilson, a what kind of marriage would best live up to the principles of the new The Founders did not sketch their ideas about marriage on a blank discussions. Given that marriage was originally a religious sacrament, addition, they understood that marriage is a contract, regulated by the those of their children. Therefore, marriage is intrinsically a marriage in a way congruent with emerging ideals of individual liberty and democratic equality. In the old world, marriage was originally a increasingly emphasizing marriage as a love-match between two Europe, where arranged marriages remained the norm. marriage would reflect American principles of liberty and Marriage and the Nation, the source for much of the history of marriage free from arranged marriages and the authoritarian fathers who marriage based on individual choice would promote trust and equality Most important, republican marriage provided the edifice in which of the new political order. If republican marriage celebrated debate over gay marriage, but advocates certainly invoke fragments of current predicament of gays with that of other minorities, particularly African Americans, in the days before they had full rights to marriage. History, they argue, shows us that marriage is a civil right that has expanded over time to include previously marginalized groups; gays now marriage has been in a state of change," a group of historians of marriage, family, and the law asserted in an amicus brief in the case that legalized gay marriage in the state. Gay marriage "represents the logical next step in this court's long tradition of reforming marriage "tradition of reforming marriage" from the multifaceted tradition of republican marriage not only starts history around 1968, but it also is in the marriage business at all. While gays often invoke the black/homosexual analogy to assert in a general way that anti-homosexual sentiments are as vicious and irrational as racism, gay-marriage advocates use the comparison much this: denying homosexuals the right to marry whom they wish is little finally ruled that state bans on such intermarriage were a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's equal-protection clause. "Marriage is one of sophisticated architecture of republican marriage: that marriage is a logically inescapable, gay-marriage advocates conclude, that the same goes for homosexuals. life-and-death—interest in marriage as the environment in which the An earlier chapter in the history of African-American marriage against slaves entering into marriage contracts. These abolitionists created the Freedmen's Bureau, in part as a federal marriage of blacks to enter into contracts of all sorts, including marriage; they believed, above all, that American-style marriage would help analogy between black marriage and gay marriage that the advocates In fact, gay-marriage proponents generally treat children as a distraction from the state's interest in marriage rather than crucial has definitively separated child rearing and marriage, demonstrating conclusively that marriage is a changing and elastic institution that can easily accommodate homosexuals. "When a third of children are born Jonathan Rauch, the author of the recent Gay Marriage, has opined, "the debate is over about detaching marriage from parenthood—indeed was over that marriage has anything to do with children, he says, "fails haphazardly—Americans closed "the debate . . . about detaching marriage from parenthood." For most of American history, republican marriage the Revolutionary era, marriage theorists understood that a nation that This shift was a threat to republican marriage for reasons that went the American idea of marriage. As Americans crowded into the divorce Founders. Marriage was becoming a minimalist institution; people now between child rearing and marriage—both necessary precursors for gay marriage—led inexorably to a further development. If marriage was state's interest in protecting marriage as the institution in which safeguarding marriage wasn't their job any more. In case after case, judges decreed that marriage was an ordinary civil contract and that marriage and child rearing were legally unconnected. Never mind that that marriage laws centered largely on the relationship between tradition of reforming marriage" in America that includes giving wives about marriage and child rearing represented a hard turn away from the ideals of the self-governing family. Republican marriage had been a marriage to tie parents and their offspring together, but only the American form of marriage strove to allow individuals the greatest marriage was not part of the musty past; it was a bitter and lived informed their model of the perfect, traditional marriage." people tend to be more in favor of gay marriage than their parents and their sympathy for gays' hunger for ’til-death-do-us-part commitment; after all, that's what's they want, too. Odd as it sounds, gays and the touchingly of marriage as a solemn, even spiritual, union, a momentous earnest devotion to marriage and their interest in the civil rights you have a generation for which gay marriage seems merely are inclined to see the fight for gay marriage, is actually at war with their longing for a more stable domestic life. Gay marriage gives an in the first place: it reinforces the definition of marriage as a that has nothing to do with children. That's no way for marriage to get its gravitas back. It is marriage's dedication to child rearing, to a has the potential to discipline adult passion. "The gravity of marriage There is another reason to be skeptical about the idea that gay marriage is another step forward in an unbroken history of social progress. In fact, the fraying of the marriage–child rearing bond over career, and marriage than those who grew up in intact two-parent Founders' vision. The results are in: if we forget that marriage is Alongside the familiar anthropological truth that marriage comes in kinds of marriage—not to mention non-marriage—mold different kinds of citizens. The evolution of marriage over the past 40 years has undermined that vision. Gay marriage threatens to sabotage it even Two in Three Americans Support Same-Sex Marriage Two in Three Americans Support Same-Sex Marriage Two in Three Americans Support Same-Sex Marriage * 67% of U.S. adults say gay marriages should be legally valid * New high in support for gay marriage in Gallup's trend marriage -- the highest level in Gallup's trend. In each of the past increases among Americans who say same-sex marriages should be legally supported gay marriage when Gallup first polled on the question in GayMarriageSupport lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) adults getting married in partner, and the visibility of these marriages may be playing a role in Gay marriage became legal nationwide in 2015 upon the Supreme Court's state, Massachusetts, had legalized gay marriage. In the years leading against same-sex marriage. Democrats Reach New High in Support for Same-Sex Marriage Democrats remain the most likely to support gay marriage among party marriages is the highest level of support recorded for this group. recognition of gay marriages -- less than half of the GOP favors legal gay marriage (44%). The latest figure for Republicans' views on gay marriage is similar to the 47% recorded in 2017. The GOP has seen gay marriage over the years, but has yet to reach majority support. Democrats. Currently, 71% of independents say gay marriages should be GayMarriageSupport_political no formidable opposition trying to undo gay marriage's legality, it's The trend toward increased public support for same-sex marriage could who remain mostly opposed to legally recognized same-sex marriages. In addition to the general trend toward greater acceptance of gay marriage, the same-sex weddings taking place across the country may be years -- and even longer in certain states -- some opponents to gay marriage may be rethinking their previous opposition. largely mirrored its trend on legalization of gay marriage. On both USA All Gallup Headlines LGBT Marriage Moral Issues Politics Social and The percentage of American adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual Majority Remains Satisfied With Acceptance of Gays in U.S. A majority of Americans remain satisfied with the acceptance of gays Jordan Peterson's Views on Gay Marriage and Child-Rearing Are Dumb appropriately gay themed this morning, I thought it might be nice to briefly review Mr. Peterson's ideas about gay marriage and gay posted in early May of 2018, and it's called "Thoughts on Gay People Raising Children." When asked what he thinks about gay people raising that the gay couple "accept the fact that it's necessary for kids to And you gay mens can raise babies all you want, but only if one of you Peterson might be worried about the fates of kids raised by gay raised by gay parents faced any adverse effects, but "all four took conclusion that kids are just as well off being raised by gay parents But this question of gay couples raising kids doesn't happen in a foster care system. We need gay couples to adopt children if we want to Now, should gay people even get married in the first place? Though it seriously, then it seems to me that it's a means whereby gay people not limited to gay people," he says. makes a little turn. He describes gay marriage as a wedge issue, and says it isn't obvious to him that "that legalizing gay marriage has marriage, which has technically and historically been a union between a sees gay marriage not as a fight for equal treatment under the law, not in love as straight people in marriages, but as one more milestone in a people adopted Peterson's ideas on LGBTQ issues, gay couples wouldn't Same-Sex Marriage Majority of U.S. Muslims Now Back Same-Sex Marriage Gay Teacher Fired After Wedding Bermuda May Ban Same-Sex Marriage Again A bill would replace same-sex marriage with a domestic partnership Same-Sex Couples Denied Full Marriage Benefits in Texas 11_15_Same_Sex_Marriage_Australia Where Is Same-Sex Marriage Legal? favor of same-sex marriage. Will Australia Embrace Same-Sex Marriage? Mormon Church Still Opposes Same-Sex Marriage The Supreme Court may have declared same-sex marriage a right German Same-Sex marriage Same-Sex Marriage U.S. More Americans Than Ever Back Same-Sex Marriage Most Americans now support equal rights to marriage, and attitudes have Russian Church Leader Compares Gay Marriage to Nazi Law authority, has spoken out against same-sex marriage. same_sex_marriage_0515 Same-Sex Marriage Support at Highest-Ever Level: Poll Same-Sex Marriage Endorsed by German Parties Donald Trump Talks Same-Sex Marriage And Abortion Law Australians Rally for Same-Sex Marriage, Against Vote Backers want Parliament to authorize same-sex marriage instead of NewsweekGaysUnderFire 24 years after being featured on Newsweek’s 1992 “Gays Under Fire” Top Alabama Judge Orders Halt to Gay Marriage Licenses Roy Moore said a ban on Alabama same-sex marriage licenses remains in Kim Davis Denied Me a Marriage License. And I’m Not Gay Kim Davis: 'I Failed So Miserably at Marriage' 1220_slovenia_same_sex_marriage Same-Sex Marriage Referendum Fails in Slovenia 1117_First_gay_couple_marries_Ireland_01 First Gay Couple Marries in Ireland Six Months After Referendum Vote Richard Dowling and Cormac Gollogly are the first gay couple to marry Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Back in Office, but Defiant on Gay Marriage Licenses The county clerk was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to North_Carolina_Gay_Marriage Magistrates in a North Carolina County Refuse to Perform Same-Sex Marriages marriages after four refused to do so. 09_10_samesexmarriage_01 Gay Marriage and Religious Rights: Say Nada to FADA A bill intended to protect those offended by gay marriage could open a Same Sex Marriage Laws Same-Sex Marriage Laws * State Same-Sex Marriage Laws Map ruled that states cannot ban same-sex marriage, thereby requiring all states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. defining whether marriage is limited to relationships between a man and marriage, 31 states had either constitutional or statutory provisions that explicitly defined marriage as between a man and a woman and just 19 states and the District of Columbia allowed same-sex marriage. Now, at least 37 states and D.C. recognize same-sex marriage. The status of same-sex marriage remains in flux. All states have some of Appeals struck down same-sex marriage bans in Nevada and Idaho. marriage licenses in Kansas. A South Carolina state Supreme Court and marriage bans. On Jan. 6, 2015, the state of Florida will begin allowing same-sex marriage after a district judge ruled the ban Alabama began issuing same-sex marriage licenses after a U.S. district these changes, at least 37 states and D.C. recognize same-sex marriage. marriage. same-sex marriage. On Nov. 6, 2014, a federal appeals court judge in the 6th U.S. Circuit upheld four states' bans on same-sex marriage. The marriage and whether states may refuse to recognize same-sex marriages CAPTION: States that Allowed Same-Sex Marriage Prior to 2015 U.S. State Same-Sex Marriage Laws Prior to 2015 U.S. Supreme Court Ruling: The public national discussion around same-sex marriage first began in clearly define marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman and Before 1993, seven states had laws that defined marriage as a raised the possibility that states could recognize same sex marriage, defining marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman, constitutional provision prohibiting same-sex marriage. Nebraska adopted a constitutional provision limiting marriage to relationships constitutional provisions limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples by legalizing marriage for same-sex couples or by establishing an marriage as the "legally recognized union of one man and one woman," barring same-sex couples from civil marriage was unconstitutional. The from civil marriage but would create civil unions as a parallel the state of Massachusetts began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples or to establish a couples the same rights as opposite-sex marriage couples. The New and same-sex marriages were performed in California for a short period amendment that defined marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman. It passed in November 2008, again banning same-sex marriage in marriages violated the equal protection provisions of the U.S. allow same-sex marriages to be performed) was delayed until the case reinstated the right to marriage for same-sex couples in California. same-sex marriage was in violation of the equal protection clause in same-sex marriage. In 2009, the Connecticut General Assembly passed a statute allowing same sex marriage and ending civil unions. against same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Iowa began performing same-sex marriages in June 2009. marriage. Governor Douglas vetoed the bill, but the veto was overridden same-sex marriage. in May 2009 allowing same sex marriage. Opponents, however, ballot. Same-sex marriages were delayed, pending the ballot outcome. New Hampshire also passed same-sex marriage legislation in June 2009, bringing the total number of states that allowed same-sex marriage to marriage law, subject to a congressional review period. The law took same-sex marriage. Governor Andrew Cuomo immediately signed the marriages available in New York in late July 2011. establishing same-sex marriage. In June 2012 opponents gathered enough the law and same-sex marriages began on Dec. 6, 2012. The New Jersey Legislature passed a same-sex marriage bill in February October 2013 that the state must recognize same-sex marriage, New same-sex marriage to answer some questions left unanswered in the court Maryland passed a same-sex marriage bill in February 2012 that was same-sex marriage. It is the first time voters had been asked to legalize same-sex marriage rather than prohibit it. The measure went to uphold the same-sex marriage laws marked a watershed. They were the first instances of public votes to establish same-sex marriage. On the of same-sex marriages. Those four votes reversed a long trend of public votes against same sex marriage. Previously, voters in 32 states had consistently voted to limit same-sex marriage. Thirty states had enacted constitutional provisions to define marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman and prohibit same-sex marriages. Between 1998 restrictions on same-sex marriage. (In 2006, Arizona voters rejected a constitutional provision prohibiting same-sex marriage and then Legislative actions supporting same sex-marriage continued in 2013. Rhode Island passed same-sex marriage legislation and Governor civil unions to marriage and recognizes civil unions and same sex marriage from other jurisdictions. The law went into effect Aug. 1, Delaware passed same-sex marriage legislation and Governor Markell to marriage and recognizes civil unions and same sex marriage from Minnesota passed a law allowing same-sex marriage in May 2013. The law 8, thus allowing same sex marriage in California. Amid some confusion about timing, same-sex marriages began shortly after the decision. DOMA law that limited over one thousand federal benefits to marriages defining marriage and required the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages granted under state law. Federal agencies are now married in a state that allows same-sex marriage but who now live in a state that does not allow same-sex marriage. had. The federal government did not recognize civil unions as marriages was unlikely to win on appeal. The order to allow same-sex marriages drop its appeal, making same sex marriages legal in New Jersey. same-sex marriage legislation. The Senate passed the initial bill on marriage or celebration of the marriage if it violates their religious Quinn signed the legislation on Nov. 20. Same-sex marriages were set or allowing same-sex marriage. Some county officials had issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples in previous years. After the U.S. + Same Sex Marriage * Gay marriage France marks five-year anniversary of same-sex marriage As couples in France mark five years on Monday since same-sex marriage France’s government voted to pass a bill legalising same-sex marriage and against the legislation. The anti-gay marriage movement, Manif Pour And now, five years later, who really questions marriage equality and “The law on marriage equality… recognised that a same-sex relationship Although opposition to same-sex marriage appears to have waned, the “When I met women who first thanked me for legalising same-sex marriage [index@promo&td_device=desktop&td_part=css&td_section=lifestyle+gay-mar [index@promo&td_device=desktop&td_part=top&td_section=lifestyle+gay-mar * gay marriage Same-sex marriage is now legal in Australia THE final step to make same-sex marriage legal in Australia has now the assent of the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious SAME-SEX marriage is officially legal in Australia after the need to lodge a Notice of Intended Marriage one month before their It's official! Marriage Equality has been assent into law by the Governor General. Same-sex marriages can take place in Australia from Celebrations after the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Celebrations after the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Mr Turnbull described the postal survey on same-sex marriage as a traditional marriage, he insisted. “People that think gay people making a commitment is a threat to her marriage fails to realise that the real threat is lack of commitment,” the assent of the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious the assent of the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious [index@promo&td_device=desktop&td_part=bottom&td_section=lifestyle+gay- marriage] MORE IN gay marriage The consequences of gay marriage Secret meeting of marriage vote New twist in Bert and Ernie gay claim [more-in&td_module-header=gay+marriage&td_storyID=070e3df2531bdab8663fd [index@promo&td_device=desktop&td_part=js&td_section=lifestyle+gay-marr iage] [gay-marriage] [router@2.0.0&td_display=desktop&t_trouter=true] Ireland says Yes to same-sex marriage same-sex marriage referendum Thousands gather in Dublin Castle to hear the declaration of the same-sex marriage referendum marriage by a popular vote. over 51% of voters there reject the marriage referendum proposal. More people voted in the same-sex marriage referendum than in any other Mr Gilmore stood over his comments made in mid-2012, that gay marriage brought in this summer to make same sex-marriage a reality. Senator David Norris, one of the key figures in having homosexual "I believe that by the end of today gay people will be equal in this A number of campaigners against same-sex marriage have offered N.J. legalizes gay marriage after decade-long push In first minutes of same-sex marriage in NJ, nine Newark couples tie Gallery: In first minutes of same-sex marriage in NJ, nine Newark TRENTON — Same-sex marriage became law in New Jersey on Monday after The Republican governor, who vetoed a gay marriage bill last year, clearing the way for full marriage rights for thousands of gay couples of a decade-long push for same-sex marriage rights in a state that Christie’s request to delay the first gay marriages while he appealed a New Jersey thus became the 14th state to allow gay marriage — and the decision that struck down the Defense of Marriage Act. As word spread, gay couples, civil-rights advocates and Democratic while same-sex marriage opponents decried Christie’s decision to give acknowledged that "same-sex marriage is the law" on Monday. And he decision denying the request to delay Monday’s start date for gay marriages. arguments for opposing gay marriage, with Rabner concluding: "Same-sex of the New Jersey constitution and, therefore, same-sex marriage is the gay couples to marry in New Jersey. With his appeal withdrawn, that Christie’s opposition to same-sex marriage became a major campaign "Despite Governor Christie’s efforts to block the rights of gays and is a day for same sex couples to actually rejoice, realizing that their Protect Marriage, regretted that Christie ended the case before his group could file briefs showing "the sociological basis for marriage, marriage after the U.S. Supreme Court decision, which extended hundreds in states that provided them "lawful marriages." As a state with civil • N.J. Supreme Court refuses to block same-sex marriage; first wedding • N.J. Supreme Court: 'No public interest' in blocking gay marriage • A timeline of gay marriage in New Jersey Growing Public Support for Same-Sex Marriage couples should be allowed to legally marry, public support for gay marriage continues to grow. Polls in 2011 by the Pew Research Center gays and lesbians to marry legally; about the same percentage (45%) opposes gay marriage. That marked the first time in 15 years of polling Just two years earlier, in 2009, a clear majority (54%) opposed gay marriage while just 37% favored it. In 1996, when Pew Research first asked about letting gay couples marry legally, almost two-thirds of the differences over gay marriage. Since the 1990s, however, support has change. Millennials (born after 1980) are the most in favor of gay marriage (61% favor), followed by Gen Xers, born between 1965 and 1980 A majority of Democrats (56%) favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry Republicans favor same-sex marriage while 66% are opposed. In recent years, support for gay marriage has risen sharply among Democrats and Both whites and blacks have become more likely to favor marriage rights for gays in recent years, but the increase in support has been larger favored allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally. (For more on attitudes of religious groups toward gay marriage, see “Religion and Attitudes toward Same-Sex Marriage,” Pew Forum on Most Say Homosexuality Should Be Accepted Americans saying that homosexuality should be accepted by society. In March 2011, 58% said that homosexuality should be accepted by society, more said homosexuality should be accepted by society than said it In 2006, 51% said homosexuality should be accepted, while 38% said it homosexuality again increased, to 58%. * Most Say Homosexuality Should Be Accepted Support for Same-Sex Marriage at Record High, but Key Segments Remain Opposed Public Divided over Same-Sex Marriage Rulings Final Court Rulings: Public Equally Interested in Voting Rights, Gay Marriage Changing Attitudes on Same Sex Marriage, Gay Friends and Family * Gay Marriage and Homosexuality Colorado Elects First Openly Gay Governor in the U.S. - Rewriting the State's Latest: An Election Night of Firsts: From Colorado’s Gay and Jewish elect the country’s first openly gay male governor, Jared Polis. allowing “homosexual, lesbian or bisexual orientation, conduct, Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in Colorado since October on same-sex marriage, which was enacted in 2006 with 56 percent of The federal ban on gay marriage, the Defense of Marriage Act, was U.S. Constitution to ban gay marriage. Allard’s bill said: “Marriage in construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be Representatives passed, for the third time, a ban on gay “conversion cake to celebrate the marriage of a same-sex couple. gay Episcopal bishop and a family friend of the Shepards. #Marriage latest posts Marriage latest comments Marriage » Feed Marriage » Comments Feed The Legal Rights of Civil Unions and Gay Marriages What are the Prenuptial Laws of Other Countries alternate Marriage + Marriage Certificate + Name Change After Marriage * Marriage Laws + Annulment of Marriage + Defense of Marriage Act + Common Law Marriage + Common Law Marriage in Texas * Marriage License + Marriage License + Marriage License Requirements * Marriage Records * Marriage Counseling + Marriage Counseling Questions + Save My Marriage + Marriage Certificate + Name Change after Marriage * Marriage License + Marriage License Requirements * Marriage + Marriage Vows + Marriage Statistics + Definition of Marriage * Marriage Records + Free Marriage Records * Marriage Counseling + Save My Marriage + Marriage Counseling Questions * Common Law Marriage + Defense of Marriage Act + Common Law Marriage in Texas + Annulment of Marriage + Common Law Marriage + Common Law Marriage in Texas * Gay Marriage + Same Sex Marriage + Gay Marriage States + Gay Marriage Facts + Gay Marriage Rights Issues About Same Sex Marriage Issues About Same Sex Marriage Issues About Same Sex Marriage Same sex marriage rights have been a very controversial issue in both political and religious circles. While same sex marriage is seen in early history, the debate for gay marriage rights has become a very heated debate. Same sex marriages were first legalized in the legally legally recognized same sex marriages. In fact, less than ten countries or US states recognize same sex marriage. Many religious leaders continue to speak out in staunch opposition to conferring marriage rights to same sex couples. In fact the Catholic church is still very much opposed to same sex marriages. In addition, conservatives are opponents of defining same sex relationships as marriages. However, Democrats generally support same sex marriages, domestic partnerships or civil unions. Many opponents of gay marriage are also against same sex couples studies that show detrimental effects on children raised by same sex For instance, same sex couples that are not able to wed, are more suicidal tendencies. In contrast, same sex couples that are able to The debate about same sex marriage rights, has greatly effected the gay marriage or adoption. In fact, politicians often fail to take a However, states like Florida have explicitly denied gay adoption rights, in part because same sex couples are legally forbidden from same sex couples, become productive members of society and suffer no ill effects from being raised by same sex couples. In America, around recognition of the relationship between same sex couples. In general however, many people believe that marriage should continue conferred on marriages. In fact, trends suggest much greater support Some states have recently legalized same sex weddings in addition to same sex relationships in addition to preventing the passage of the LGBT community. In fact, same sex couples have recently been explicitly forbid same sex marriage. It appears that the Federal In fact, they will either have to prohibit or allow legal same sex marriages, in order to avoid the continued nationwide conflict on the themselves. While some states enacted the Defense of Marriage Act, others have not explicitly forbidden the legal recognition of same sex marriage, but they have also not allowed it as of yet. Politics has a lot to do with each state's stance on same sex marriage. Generally, well as further laws that prohibit the legal recognition of same sex marriage. * Are You Out Of the Loop About the Legality of Marriage? * The History of Same Sex Marriage * The Must Read Guide to Same Sex Marriage * Common Law Marriage * Gay Marriage * Marriage * Marriage Ceremony * Marriage Counseling * Marriage License * Other Marriage Related Agreements * Putative Marriage * Religious Importance of Marriage * Same Sex Marriage Gay Marriage: Governor Christ Christie Veto Challenged by New Gay Marriage: Governor Christ Christie Veto Challenged by New Jersey Marriage Certificate Georgia Annulment of Marriage in California How Same-Sex Marriage Came to Be Fifty years ago, every state criminalized homosexual sex, and even the would not hire people who were openly gay or permit them to serve in the military. Police routinely raided gay bars. Only a handful of gay-rights organizations existed, and their membership was sparse. Most Americans would have considered the idea of same-sex marriage endorsing such marriages; among those aged 18 to 29, support is as high as 70 percent. President Barack Obama has embraced marriage equality. fact, in three states—approved same-sex marriage, and in a fourth, they How did support for gay marriage grow so quickly—to the point where the The Pre-Marriage Era In the early 1970s, amid a burst of gay activism unleashed by the lawsuits demanding marriage licenses. Courts did not take their justices would not dignify the gay-marriage claim by asking even a Marriage equality was not then a priority of gay activists. Rather, electing the nation’s first openly gay public officials. Indeed, most gays and lesbians at the time were deeply ambivalent about marriage. from rape. Most sex radicals objected to traditional marriage’s insistence on monogamy; for them, gay liberation meant sexual of their relationships—and even gay marriage. The AIDS epidemic had highlighted the vulnerability of gay and lesbian partnerships: nearly 50,000 people had died of AIDS, two-thirds of them gay men; the median age of the deceased was 36. An entire generation of young gay men was inheritance. In addition, the many gay and lesbian baby boomers who homosexual sex immoral, only 29 percent supported gay adoptions, and only 10 percent to 20 percent backed same-sex marriage. Not a single jurisdiction in the world had yet embraced marriage equality. In 1991, three gay couples in Hawaii challenged the constitutionality of laws limiting marriage to a man and woman. No national gay-rights couples from marriage was presumptively unconstitutional. The case was show a compelling justification for banning gay marriage. In 1996, a even in a relatively gay-friendly state, marriage equality was then a For the Republican Party in the 1990s, gay marriage was a dream issue recognition to gay marriages lawfully performed elsewhere. (Such marriages were nonexistent at the time.) One poll showed that 68 percent of Americans opposed gay marriage. By 2001, 35 states had marriage—usually by overwhelming margins. Gay marriage also entered the national political arena in 1996. Just days before the Republican Party’s Iowa caucuses, antigay activists conducted a “marriage protection” rally at which presidential candidates denounced the “homosexual agenda,” which was said to be “destroying the integrity of the marriage-based family.” A few months Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which provided that no state was required to recognize another’s same-sex marriages and that the federal traditional definition of marriage discriminated against same-sex marriage law to include same-sex couples or of creating a new with all of the benefits of marriage. their own lawsuit in 2001 demanding marriage equality. In 2003, the recognize same-sex marriage. state elections, marriage-equality supporters actually gained seats in constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union of a man and Americans at the time rejected gay marriage by two to one, and self-identified gays voted Democratic, yet some of the party’s Americans, tended to strongly oppose gay marriage. institution of marriage.” Although most congressional Democrats opposed definition of marriage on the ballot in 13 states in 2004, hoping to make gay marriage more salient in the minds of voters and inspire coast-to-coast rejection of gay marriage.” Most of the amendments gay marriage to rescue his floundering campaign. State party leaders marriage amendment, “limp-wristed” and a “switch hitter,” and reporters began asking him if he was gay. On Election Day, a state ballot measure barring gay marriage passed by three to one, while Bunning squeaked against gay marriage. gay marriage a centerpiece of his campaign. Thune pressed Daschle to explain his opposition to the federal marriage amendment and warned that “the institution of marriage is under attack from extremist border in North Dakota, a state marriage amendment passed by 73 percent Bush regularly called for passage of the federal marriage amendment hailed from Massachusetts, whose judges had decreed gay marriage a percent, while the gay-marriage ban passed by 24 percentage points. If the marriage amendment mobilized enough conservatives to turn out or group most likely to oppose gay marriage—the increase in Bush’s share amendments barring same-sex marriage. In 2006-07, high courts in rejected gay marriage. Despite the fierce political backlash ignited by gay-marriage rulings in the 1990s and 2000s, public backing for gay rights continued to reported knowing someone gay increased from 25 percent in 1985 to 74 percent in 2000. Knowing gay people strongly predicts support for gay knowing someone gay favored gay marriage or civil unions, versus just 35 percent of those who reported not knowing any gays. Support for allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military marriage without the title increased from 23 percent in 1989 to 56 one network television show had a regularly appearing gay character, child to watch a show with gay characters. By mid decade, however, the were dealing with gay marriage, and in 1997, Ellen DeGeneres famously acceptance of homosexuality. As society became more gay-friendly, millions of gays and lesbians chose to come out of the closet. And support for gay marriage gradually after the Massachusetts ruling, one study showed that opponents of gay marriage outnumbered supporters by 29 percentage points; by 2008, that Support for gay marriage grew for a second, related reason: young to know someone who is openly gay and have grown up in an environment that is much more tolerant of homosexuality than that of their parents. toward gay marriage. Moreover, despite the short-term political backlash it sparked, gay marriage litigation has probably advanced the cause of marriage the salience of gay marriage, making it an issue subject to much The gay-marriage rulings have also affected individuals’ actions and preferences. Litigation victories inspired gay activists to file lawsuits in additional states. The rulings also led more gay couples to want marriage—an institution about which they previously had been know they cannot have; the court decisions made gay marriage seem more Finally, the gay-marriage rulings created thousands of same-sex married differently about marriage equality. The sky did not fall. Legislated Marriage Equality As support for gay marriage grew, high courts in California and 5 percentage points. (Support for gay marriage in California had grown Six months after this bitter defeat, gay marriage took an enormous leap Court and three legislatures in New England embraced marriage equality. unlike other state court rulings in favor of marriage equality; and it to enact gay marriage legislatively, and New Hampshire and Maine But that fall, Maine voters vetoed the gay-marriage law by 52.8 percent New York and New Jersey, where gay-marriage bills were defeated after legislature refused to permit a referendum on a state marriage candidates denounced gay marriage; four supported a state made the election into a referendum on gay marriage, and the justices Elsewhere, gay marriage leapt forward. In 2011, the New York Maryland, and New Jersey passed gay-marriage bills, though Governor time, American voters endorsed gay marriage, in three states: voters in Washington and Maryland ratified marriage-equality bills; Mainers approved a gay-marriage initiative (reversing the 2009 outcome). That bar gay marriage—becoming only the second state in which voters had challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act and deferred to state definitions of marriage; conservative justices who with liberal justices who probably support marriage equality to to gay marriage, given that only nine states and the District of supporting gay rights, one of which explicitly embraces the notion of a relevant to American constitutional interpretation, and marriage likely be regarded as the Brown v. Board of Education of the gay-rights Whether or not the Court deems gay marriage a constitutional right this year, the future seems clear. Of late, support for marriage equality of people in a majority of states support gay marriage. By 2024, he marriage equality. In March 2011, the president of the Southern Baptist same-sex marriage…is going to become normalized, legalized, and People who believe that gay marriage contravenes God’s will are not are diminishing. Moreover, religious conservatives who condemn gay marriage will continue to influence Republican politicians who need marriage equality is likely to continue for several more years, even and the Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage. Conditional Marriage California Marriage California Gay Marriage Florida Marriage Amendment Bible and Homosexuality Arguments Against Gay Marriage Arguments Against Same Sex Marriage Bible Sermons Marriage John McCain Marriage Amendment He is against Traditional Marriage Gay Marriage Against Gay Marriage Virginia Marriage Amendment Wisconsin Marriage Amendment Tennessee Marriage Amendment Massachusetts Marriage Amendment South Carolina Marriage Amendment Gay Marriage Amendment Marriage Protection Amendment Idaho Marriage Amendment Article on Gay and Lesbian Marriage Federal Marriage Amendment Biblical Traditional Marriage Traditional Marriage The Bible and No Same Sex Marriage Anti Gay Marriage Arguments The following article is from NoGayMarriage.com. Many other articles on sodomite marriage are available at this same website. Gay Marriage: Why Would It Affect Me? Ten Arguments Against Same Sex Marriage (This is a synopsis of the new book by Dr. James Dobson, Marriage Under Argument #1. Same Sex Marriage Decays Families advent of legally sanctioned gay unions in Scandinavian countries has already destroyed the institution of marriage, where half of today's addressed the epidemic of homosexuality that was rampant in the ancient Argument #2. Gay Marriage Will Lead to Polygamy The introduction of legalized gay marriages will lead inexorably to marriage is not harmful to the culture. Do you see how the game is Why will gay marriage set the table for polygamy? Because there is no definition of marriage has rested on a bedrock of tradition, legal After the introduction of marriage between homosexuals, however, it group marriage, or marriage between relatives, or marriage between adults and children? How about marriage between a man and his donkey? underpinnings for marriage will have been destroyed. Argument #3. States Will No Longer Protect Marriage An even greater objective of the homosexual movement is to end the marriages have been redefined, divorces will be obtained instantly, and privileges of marriage will accrue to gay and lesbian partners With the legalization of homosexual marriage, every public school in equivalent of traditional marriage between a man and a woman. to homosexuals. Argument #5. Children Will Be Placed in Gay Households family involving one man and one woman over a homosexual couple in Argument #6. Parents Will Be Reuiqred to Accept Homosexuality in Their to rid themselves of bias in favor of traditional marriage, and will have to affirm homosexuality in children and teens. Argument #7. Gay Partners Will Burden the Government Entitlement System Argument #8. Gay Marriage Will Spread Quickly to Other Countries Marriage among homosexuals will spread throughout the world, just as how we will handle the issue of homosexuality and marriage. Only two countries in the world have authorized gay marriage to date-the Instead of providing for a father and mother, the advent of homosexual marriage will create millions of motherless children and fatherless This reticence on behalf of Christians is deeply troubling. Marriage is Marriage Duty of the Surviving Brother No Gay Marriage bring you these Bible verses: If you are Gay Click here Gay? Gay Marriage Amendment Gay and Lesbian Marriage Marriage Equality Marriage Protection Amendment (Gay Marriage Ban) Click here for state bans on gay marriage (Ban Same Sex Marriage) Ban Same Sex Marriage Christian View Same Sex Marriage Articles on Gay Marriage Article on Homosexual Marriage Bible and Homosexual Marriage Marriage Amendment MP who backs jailing gay people for life welcomed to Downing Street Jovah Kamateeka - who claimed gay marriage will hasten "the end of the An MP who has backed jailing gay people for life was welcomed to a Uganda's homophobic Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Jovah Kamateeka claimed gay marriage will hasten "the end of the world" The 2014 law was originally dubbed the "Kill the Gays Bill" due to a Despite being watered down, the Bill toughened up anti-gay laws allowing life imprisonment for so-called "aggravated homosexuality". Uganda's constitutional court eventually struck down the anti-gay law Anti-Homosexuality Bill in this House. It was only the courts of law * Gay same-sex marriage, largely due to the work of LGBT activists like said. “The fact of being able to access marriage is also personal.” marriage. The decision illustrated Latin America’s unlikely leadership in the fight for LGBT equal rights. Indeed, the focus on the US gay to legalize marriage equality, but it has also enacted some of the most While credit has long been given to the US gay rights movement, the Since Argentina legalized same-sex marriage in 2010, Colombia, Brazil, marriage legal. Other nations, such as Chile and Ecuador, recognize civil unions between same-sex couples, though not marriages.These institutions have made the legalization of same-sex marriage possible. of Guelph who has studied the legalization of same-sex marriage in the successfully appealed to citizens to approve same-sex marriage by Same-sex couples celebrate their marriages in Mexico. halt a range of liberal policies including same-sex marriage and industrialization, et cetera, and support for same-sex marriage.” criminalized homosexuality like their British colonial counterparts. marriage. In Cuba, the same-sex marriage cause has finally taken up by slow to same-sex marriage rights are countries in the English-speaking criminalized homosexuality like their British colonial counterparts. same-sex marriage in 2005, which set an example for its former colonies. Meanwhile, same-sex marriage wasn’t legalized in the United “Alongside the advance of marriage rights in places like Argentina, forefront of these “outlier” nations—where marriage, sadly, still seems these “outlier” nations—where marriage, sadly, still seems like a for same-sex marriage?” organization Acceder says: “It’s important to understand that marriage elections when same-sex marriage became a key issue. to legalize same-sex marriage. target of some type of violence,’” she said. Still, same-sex marriage mexico, LGBT, latin america, argentina, marriage equality Latin American human rights court urges same-sex marriage legalization on Costa Rica and Latin America to recognize equal marriage, in San endorsing a growing push for marriage equality despite opposition from Guillermo Solis, who had vowed to increase rights for lesbian, gay, allow same-sex marriage. However, that trend is changing and in recent Taiwan still divided on gay marriage, says President Tsai Ing-wen gay marriage, but her majority government has been accused of dragging gay marriage, but her majority government has been accused of dragging Taiwan's top court in May 2017 legalised gay marriage - the first place the court ordered that gay marriage automatically become legal anyway. "Same-sex marriage is also a reflection of the generational gap. In Participants react as they take part in a lesbian, gay, bisexual and Taiwan holds Asia's largest pride parade; waits for same-sex marriage to be comes to gay rights, and it stages the biggest gay pride parade in Asia Ms Tsai has openly supported the legalisation of gay marriage, but violate the Constitution's guarantees of freedom of marriage and * HOMOSEXUALITY/LGBT Indonesian gay rights advocacy group Gaya Nusantara. legalize same-sex marriage or partnerships, and LGBT rights are * China's Weibo Site Backtracks on Gay Censorship After Outcry China's Weibo Site Backtracks on Gay Censorship After Outcry to become the first place in Asia to legalize gay marriage. (SAM Proponents of legalizing same-sex marriage in Taiwan hope other when it said Wednesday the law should allow same-sex marriage and told becomes Asia’s first place to allow same-sex marriage. Authoritarian countries are unlikely to legalize same-sex marriage in allow same-sex marriage, if you look at the 20 countries worldwide that conservative anyway. Vietnam legalized same-sex marriage in 2015 but approve same-sex marriage laws because churches oppose the idea. sort that sticks close to the idea of one man, one woman per marriage. in Asia with a full-blown same-sex marriage law and someday it might 2011 repealed a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, and news India court legalises gay sex in landmark ruling * Indian gay sex ruling In a historic decision, India's Supreme Court has ruled that gay sex is known as section 377, under which gay sex is categorised as an * Joy in India as gay sex legalised * How previous ruling shocked the gay community * Where is gay sex still against the law? The ruling effectively allows gay sex among consenting adults in have consistently opposed gay sex, it will still be a while before homosexuality and abolishing #Section377 is a huge thumbs up for in the world that criminalises #homosexuality - thank you for that. terms of other rights such as those related to marriage or inheritance. Where is homosexuality illegal? The 2017 report from the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans The report said homosexuality could still result in the death penalty * Homosexuality in India * Indian gay sex ruling * Where is gay sex still outlawed? * Joy in India after landmark ruling legalises gay sex marriage, in a year of major achievements for LGBT rights in the the first country in Asia to make marriage equality a reality, after marriage is unconstitutional, and must be amended within two years. But progress on enshrining same-sex marriage in law in Taiwan has stalled, would send a same-sex marriage bill to the legislature in the current marriage applications continues to pile up. Lawmaker Jason Hsu, a vocal proponent of marriage equality, said that marriage bill will pass until early 2019, as a substantial portion of to protest Australian lawmakers’ failure to end the gay marriage ban. democracy that still had not legalized gay marriage—finally moved on support of gay marriage, but the issue had been held hostage by Malcolm Turnbull, himself a supporter of marriage equality, agreed to marriage equality, parliament passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. The first gay marriages took place the same week after two partnerships, which ensures that gay couples are entitled to the same June. Shibuya and Setagaya wards in Tokyo certified same-sex conservative—Japan’s only openly gay lawmaker said that legalizing gay marriage on a national level is still years away from becoming marriage equality in parliament went viral in Japan in response to comments made by a member of Japan’s ruling party who said that gay registered same-sex marriages and civil partnerships shall be canceled. Given the climate, one prominent gay rights organization Japan, qzasia, gay marriage, marriage equality, lgbt rights India's top court decriminalizes gay sex in landmark ruling India's top court decriminalizes gay sex. India's top court decriminalizes gay sex. India's top court decriminalizes gay sex. Indian supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) Indian supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) India's top court decriminalizes gay sex Cities celebrate Gay Pride Month A "Vote Yes" banner in support of same sex-marriage hangs on a street in Sydney on September 5, 2017. Same-sex marriage advocates A "Vote Yes" banner in support of same sex-marriage hangs on a street in Sydney on September 5, 2017. Same-sex marriage advocates Australia to vote on same-sex marriage Gay pride parade obstructed by Turkish police ian mckellen amanpour gay rights_00052301.jpg ian mckellen amanpour gay rights_00052301.jpg to become the first place in Asia to legalise gay marriage. Crowds of pro-gay marriage supporters in Taiwan on May 24 cheered, hugged and to become the first place in Asia to legalise gay marriage. Crowds of pro-gay marriage supporters in Taiwan on May 24 cheered, hugged and Taiwan moves closer to legalizing gay marriage Gay men tell of brutality in Chechnya Trump on SCOTUS: I'm fine with same-sex marriage china gay marriage rivers lklv _00002407.jpg china gay marriage rivers lklv _00002407.jpg Chinese court dismisses same-sex marriage lawsuit criminalizing consensual gay sex, overturning more than 150 years of fraught legal battle for equality in a country where homosexuality In 2009, the Delhi High Court ruled that the ban on consensual gay sex fraction of the country's population constitute lesbians, gays, During the latest hearings, lawyers representing more than a dozen gay LGBT Indians gear up for possible U-turn on anti-gay laws LGBT Indians gear up for possible U-turn on anti-gay laws LGBT Indians gear up for possible U-turn on anti-gay laws Janata Party (BJP), described the legalization of gay sex as a "danger homosexuality, 30 still have laws based on the original colonial Supporters in Mumbai react to the Supreme Court ruling that gay sex is Supporters in Mumbai react to the Supreme Court ruling that gay sex is Supporters in Mumbai react to the Supreme Court ruling that gay sex is sexual health services to gay and transgender persons. Thousands of Chinese activists renew push for same-sex marriage Unlike neighboring Taiwan, whose recent decision to give gay couples marriage rights gave a boost to the LGBTQ movement across Asia, China push for same-sex marriage, making use of a rare window of opportunity protections for the gay community. gay, bisexual and transgender Chinese have in recent years been openly give same-sex couples the right to marry gave a boost to the gay rights submit revisions to write the legalization for same-sex marriage into Most Singaporeans still support law banning gay sex, survey finds Sun’s campaign for same-sex marriage legalization, launched last year, India strikes down law that punished gay sex with 10 years in prison legalize same-sex marriage, without success. Despite thriving gay scenes in many big cities and growing awareness of censoring of gay-themed content during the Eurovision Song Contest in Mapping anti-gay laws in Africa Legal rights are diminishing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender It's already illegal to be gay in Uganda. If you're found to have had a But Uganda's anti-gay laws have become even harsher. In December 2013, the notorious Anti-Homosexuality Bill was passed by homosexual sex, and extended punishments to those 'promoting' homosexuality. criminalised homosexual behavoir, removing a clause that outlawed Detained gay rugby player granted bail Gay rugby player in persecution fear Denmark halts aid to Tanzania amid gay row Planned payments of $9.8m will be withheld after anti-gay comments by a Arrests over Zanzibar 'gay wedding' A gay man with HIV stands in a clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2016 alleged gay celebration in Zanzibar. Tanzania: Gay crackdown is not policy A gay man with HIV stands in a clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2016 an anti-gay surveillance squad. Growing up openly gay in Uganda hool, but no-one actually told her homosexuality was illegal. 'Anti-gay' force launched in Tanzania A gay man with HIV stands in a clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2016 The team has been tasked with identifying and arresting gay people on Nigeria police arrests after 'gay party' suspicion of being gay as displays of same-sex affection are banned in but officers rounded up 57 people who they say are homosexual. Homosexual acts are punishable by up to 14 years in jail in Nigeria – Laws were tightened in 2014 when gay marriage and displays of same-sex homosexuality. However, arrests are infrequent as homosexual people Why gay marriages should not have been legalised First religious gay marriage gay marriage Gay marriage South Africa First gay marriage on TV First televised gay marriage First gay divorce [bush-gay-marriage.png] 1) Being gay is not natural. Real South Africans always reject 2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that 3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy legal standing and can sign a marriage contract. 4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at 5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears's 55-hour just-for-fun marriage 6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay 7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight 8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, 10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never