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Twenty years ago, on May 17, 2004, Mary Bonauto, the lead attorney in the case that made Massachusetts the first state to grant same-sex couples the right to marry, attended the wedding of two of ...
On April 3, 2009, the Iowa Supreme Court overturned a ban on same-sex marriage. Today, LGBTQ Iowans say the state has changed — and not for the better. On April 3, 2009, the Iowa Supreme Court ...
The church opposed the ERA in part because of the belief that it could lead to same-sex marriage and parenting. [44] 1980 – The Ensign published an article stating that a passing of the Equal Rights Amendment would lead to legalizing same-sex marriage and children being raised in a homosexual home. [44] [2]: 151
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2025, [update] marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 37 countries, with a total population of 1.5 billion people (20% of the world's population).
“It’s just targeting people for the sake of believing that they can win elections.”
It said that LGBTQ people "have the same rights as all persons including the right of not being treated in a manner which offends their personal dignity," and have the right to work, to housing, and others. [2] [12] It adds that: It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action.
The Vatican’s newly released document addressing the blessing of same-sex couples doesn’t pave the way for gay weddings at churches or with Catholic priests as officiants.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. Jack Baker and Michael McConnell (r), the first same-sex couple ever legally married in the United States (in 1971), at their Minneapolis home, 1970 Part of the LGBTQ rights series Legal status of same-sex unions Marriage Andorra Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada Chile ...