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Gay Rights Movement started
The Stonewall Riots begin after police raid a popular unlicensed gay bar, the Stonewall Inn, in New York City's Greenwich Village. The riots, which lasted for days, were triggered by police harassment of gays, according to media reports. This is considered by many to herald the start of the gay rights movement in the U.S. -
Baker V. Nelson (Minnesota) Legal issue 1
A gay couple argued that because the language in the Minnesota statute did not include language of sex-specific marriage, this showed the intent of the legislature to legalize same-sex marriage. The couple also included arguments that denying them the opportunity to marry constituted a violation of due process and equal protection under the Constitution. The court ruled that it could not rule for the couple because there was no legal weight in the case law supporting their position -
Homosexuality no longer classified as a mental disorder
The American Psychological Assosiation voted to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder -
Thorton V. Timmers (Ohio) Legal issue 2
A lesbian couple that was denied a marriage licensed sued. The court denied their request and ruled that the legislature intended that married people be of opposite sex. -
Assassination of HarveyMilk
First openly gay man to be elected to office -
AIDS Epidemic
Many people though AIDS originated from gay men -
"Don't ask, don't tell"
Bill Clinton came up with "Don't ask, don't tell" so gay couldn't openly serve in the military -
First legal marriage ceremony
The world's first legal gay marriage ceremony took place in the Netherlands just after midnight. The four couples, one female and three male, were married in a televised ceremony officiated by the mayor of Amsterdam. [152] -
Gay Marriage Performance
The first legal gay marriage in the United States was performed in Cambridge, MA between Tanya McCloskey, a massage therapist, and Marcia Kadish, an employment manager at an engineering firm. [26] -
Grey's Anatomy
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Brokeback mountain came out
Its about 2 cowboys that end up becoming a relationship type thing -
Analysis
Analysis by the New York Times estimated that same-sex couples denied marriage benefits will incur an additional $41,196 to $467,562 in expenses over their lifetimes compared with married heterosexual couples. [7] -
Perry V. Schwarzenegger (ND Cal.)
Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Prop 8 violates both the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and the "full faith and credit" clause of Article IV. The Ninth Circuit affirmed that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional (the case was entitled Perry v. Brown), and the case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
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Same Love
Its a song by macklemore and ryan lewis that talks about how his uncles are gay and he supports it -
Quote by Robin Williams
“You could talk about same-sex marriage, but people who have been married (say) 'It's the same sex all the time.'”
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Quote By Garret Dillahunt
But the fact that same-sex marriage is still an issue is insane. Thinking love knows a sex is ridiculous.
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Quote By Anthony Foxx
I support same-sex marriage.
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Statistic 1
There has been a dramatic shift in recent years in Americans’ attitudes about gay marriage, with support for same-sex marriage rising from 37% in 2009 to 57% in May 2015, according to the most recent Pew Research Center polling. Among the groups most likely to favor same-sex marriage today are Millennials (73%), Democrats (65%) and people without any religious affiliation (85%). -
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Prior to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, same-sex marriage was legal in 36 states and the District of Columbia. In 19 of those states, including Florida, Pennsylvania and Utah, gay marriage became legal (starting at the beginning of 2014) after federal courts struck down laws or state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions. -
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With the Supreme Court’s decision, the U.S. now joins 20 other countries that already allow gay and lesbian couples to wed in all of their jurisdictions. The first nation to legalize gay marriage was the Netherlands, which did so in 2000. Since then, several other European countries – including Spain, France, all of Scandinavia and, most recently, Ireland – have enacted laws sanctioning gay marriage. Outside of Europe, same-sex marriage is now legal in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, -
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In the recent Pew Research survey, nearly three-quarters (72%) of Americans – including half of those who oppose gay marriage – said they saw eventual legal recognition of same-sex marriages as “inevitable.
