In 2010, Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, found Section 3 of DOMA—the part of the 1996 law that defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman—to be unconstitutional. Foundations of the act had finally begun to crumble, but the real hammer fell withUni...
We find that women, Whites, and younger persons are more approving of gay marriage than men, Blacks, and older persons. Nonparents with cohabitation experience are most approving, whereas parents with no cohabitation experience are most opposed. Heterosexual marriage p...
Get in touch with us now , Jul 5, 2024 In 2022, about 72 percent of male-male couples in the United States were White, compared to 6.4 percent of gay couples who were Black or African American. Gay marriage in the United States ...
On Friday, Arizona and Alaska became the latest states to allow same-sex marriages, bringing the total number of states with gay marriage up to 31 and the collective population of these states to almost 200 million, up from165 million last week, according to 2013 census figures. ...
states of Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan and Kentucky were specifically considered in the Supreme Court’sObergefell v. Hodgesdecision, which was handed down last Friday, Cruz — a former Supreme Court clerk — believes that other states with gay marriage bans need not comply, absent a judicial order...
"Marriage equality is coming to Kansas," said Thomas Witt, executive director of the gay rights group Equality Kansas. "It may not be this morning, but it may be another morning very soon. "It is not here quite yet," Witt said. "But I feel like the kid in the back of the car sa...
Moore said individuals affiliated with MassResistance have been involved in three anti-LGBTQ incidents over the past two years, including camping outside a Drag Queen Story Hour in Reno, Nev., protesting a pride festival in Nampa, Idaho, and referring to the LGBTQ community as a “cult” and...
WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) -- Weddings, court rulings and confusion are defining a week that started with the U.S. Supreme Court denying appeals from five states seeking to retain their bans on same-sex marriage. Here's a rundown of the most recent developments: ...
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Chief Justice John Roberts, whose questions demonstrated his resistance to gay marriage, continued with the religious-liberty thread. “We have a concession from (Bonauto) that clergy will not be required to perform same-sex marriage,” Roberts said, “but there are going to be harder questions...