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The Journey to Marriage Equality in the United States
The road to nationwide marriage equality was a long one, spanning decades of United States history and culminating in victory in June Throughout the long brawl for marriage equality, HRC was at the forefront.
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From gathering supporters in small towns across the country to rallying in front of the Supreme Court of the United States, we gave our all to ensure every person, regardless of whom they love, is established equally under the law.
A Growing Call for Equality
Efforts to legalize same-sex marriage began to pop up across the country in the s, and with it challenges on the state and national levels. Civil unions for same-sex couples existed in many states but created a separate but equal standard. At the federal level, couples were denied access to more than 1, federal rights and responsibilities linked with the institution, as skillfully as those denied by their given state. The Defense of Marriage Act was signed into law in and defined marriage by the federal government as between a man and
Marriage Equality Around the World
The Human Rights Campaign tracks developments in the legal recognition of same-sex marriage around the planet. Working through a worldwide network of HRC global alumni and partners, we lift up the voices of group, national and regional advocates and give tools, resources, and lessons learned to empower movements for marriage equality.
Current State of Marriage Equality
There are currently 38 countries where same-sex marriage is legal: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the Merged Kingdom, the Together States of America and Uruguay.
These countries have legalized marriage equality through both legislation and court decisions.
Countries that Legalized Marriage Equality in
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Why Do More Christians Now Support Same-Sex “Marriage”?
According to a couple of Gallup polls, 71% of Americans think same-sex “marriage” should be legal, and 64% believe gay relationships are morally acceptable. These numbers are way up from a generation ago (27% thought gay “marriage” should be legal in and only 40% thought it was morally acceptable in ). Among those who attend church weekly, 41% support same-sex “marriage.”
Most church leaders ignore Genesis 1–11 (which is the foundation for everything) or educate compromise positions thus undermining the Bible’s authority.
Now this is very deflating that 41% of regular churchgoers do not have any biblical problems with lesbian “marriages.” Of course, to me, that is the root cause of this trend in churches, the lack of knowledge and the lack of education on biblical authority (which the authors of the article hint at but never actually state). In many churches, the Bible is simply taught as a book of fine morals, or even worse, as positive reinforcement for not being “judgmental.” Favor King Jehoiakim in Jeremiah –26, many ch
The Morality of Same Sex Marriage: How Not to Globalize a Cultural Anomie
Abstract
The question of the morality of same-sex marriage has become quite prevalent in the 21st century. Some western cultures believe that same-sex marriage is morally defensible and can be legalized. Using the human right fad and political might, they subtly engineer the globalization of this phenomenon. This move has been strongly opposed mostly by ‘developing’ nations and some churches across nations. The argument of such group is that gay marriage is immoral, unnatural and ungodly. This folio defends the thesis that same-sex marriage cannot morally be defended successfully. It shows that same-sex marriage is not exclusively a western phenomenon but has been in practice for a long time even in some African cultures; though in some subtle way. It argues that in whatever way it is practiced same-sex marriage is a cultural anomie: and more or less an elixir and alibi, aimed at concealing immorality. The paper concludes that it is wrong for some cultures to try a globalization of this cultur