Despite this very hostile environment, some queer Ugandans have made notable efforts in the last few years to gain visibility in the international community. Check out more articles on BuzzFeed.com! Saeed Jones is the literary editor for BuzzFeed and the author of the poetry collection Prelude to Bruise, and is based in New York
Gay Marriage in the News - HuffPost Gay Voices
Ry Black Writer, director, producer, and novelist The Coming Renaissance of Liberal Religious Life This is liberal religion's moment, if only liberal religious leaders will be wise enough to seize it. Yoffie Lecturer, writer, and President Emeritus, Union for Reform Judaism A Letter To My Uncle Who Isn't Dealing Well With SCOTUS' Marriage Equality Decision To hear you say you love me and yet disagree with that is confusing
And I think that being in the position I was in the Senate, fighting employment discrimination which we still have some ways to go, was appropriate at that time. But that doesn't mean that those who join later in being publicly supportive or even privately accepting that there needs to be change are any less committed
Supreme Court rules gay couples nationwide have a right to marry - The Washington Post
June 26, 2015 Gay rights supporters celebrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington after justices ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry, no matter where they live. Marriages began Friday in states that had previously thwarted the efforts of same-sex couples to wed, while some states continued to resist what they said was a judicial order that changed the traditional definition of marriage and sent the country into uncharted territory
Landmark: Supreme Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage Legal Nationwide - NBC News
The landmark ruling will produce the most significant change in laws governing matrimony since the court struck down state bans on inter-racial marriage almost 50 years ago. Supreme Court on Friday made marriage for same-sex couples legal nationwide, declaring that refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples violates the Constitution
At this point, five states -- Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont, plus the District of Columbia -- allow legal same-sex marriages. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls
In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls. Each sample includes a minimum quota of 400 cell phone respondents and 600 landline respondents per 1,000 national adults, with additional minimum quotas among landline respondents by region
How Gay Marriage Won - TIME
With the arrival of the first so-called test-tube baby in 1978, the age-old business of one mom and one dad making and raising babies the old-fashioned way was quickly joined by a dizzying array of reproductive strategies. By letting people cut out the trip to the bar or to the restaurant across the parking lot, you cut out the chance that people could call it an early night and head home
Supreme Court Supreme Court Marriage Amici Briefs Complete archive of 2015 Supreme Court marriage case "friend of the court" briefs Marriage Litigation Keep up on marriage in the courts. The freedom to marry is fully in effect in 48 states - AL, AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV, WI, and WY - plus Washington, D.C
France (2013) On May 18, French President Francois Hollande signed into law a measure legalizing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to grant gays and lesbians the right to wed. Countries Where Gay Marriage is Legal in Some Jurisdictions Mexico (2009) In 2015, the Mexican Supreme Court issued a ruling making it much easier for gay and lesbian couples to wed
Supreme Court Declares Same-Sex Marriage Legal In All 50 States : The Two-Way : NPR
"The Constitution grants them that right." Comparing the ruling to other landmark decisions, NPR's Nina Totenberg says, "This is probably right up there with Brown v. Questions about the legal treatment of gays and lesbians soon reached the courts, where they could be discussed in the formal discourse of the law." For supporters of same-sex marriage, Friday's ruling comes as a long-awaited bookend to the Supreme Court's 2013 ruling that struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act and required the U.S
The results reveal numerous, consistent differences, especially between the children of women who have had a lesbian relationship and those with still-married (heterosexual) biological parents
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