Same-sex marriage

2017-05-31T13:20:58Z

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'''Gay Marriage''' is when two people of the same sex get married. [[Gay]] people, like their straight counterparts, should have every right to get [[Marriage|married]]. This option should be available to all.

==The USA==
Gay marriage is legal throughout the [[United States of America]]! The [[United States Supreme Court]] decided in the [[Obergefell v. Hodges]] case that banning gay marriage violates the [[Constitution of the United States]]. Before this decision gay marriage was illegal in many conservative states but the majority of states allowed it. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33290341 US Supreme Court rules gay marriage is legal nationwide]</ref>

Banning of gay marriage was a violation of the US Constitution under the 1st amendment. This is because seemingly the only argument against gay marriage is on religious grounds, and the Constitution prohibits the establishment of [[religion]] in the [[law]]. Gay marriage bans also violated the 9th amendment (individual rights) and 14th amendment (equality under law). Social conservatives who are [[Homophobia|homophobic]] tried to make this illegal, mainly because this was a wedge issue that they could use to get ignorant social conservatives to go vote [[Republican]]. At least it was a wedge issue but American voters overall became more accepting of gay marriage. Anyway they can't use that issue any more.
[[File:12583428071548.jpg|thumb|160px|A loving gay couple getting married]]

==The United Kingdom==
The law is different in different parts of the [[United Kingdom]]. Same-sex marriage is legal from [[March]] [[2014]] in the [[England]] and [[Wales]], [[Scotland]] is debating the issue and will probably legalise it but [[Northern Ireland]] isn't planning to allow it. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26782081 Gay marriage legalised at midnight in England and Wales]</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/gay-marriage-ban-ends-in-england-and-wales-on-saturday/2014/03/28/f2f15453-6502-4557-ad3c-10e24fddb746_story.html Gay marriage ban ending in England and Wales on Saturday]</ref>

==Civil unions==
The US states of [[Hawaii]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_partnerships_in_Hawaii] and [[Rhode Island]] among very many others recognise same-sex [[Civil unions]] as do many other jurisdictions including the [[United Kingdom]].

==Economic Solution==
What [[Conservapedia]] (who claim to pride themselves in teaching [[economics]]) fails to understand is that gay marriage could be a massive economic solution. Millions of gay couples spending thousands of dollars on their weddings would pump BILLIONS into the economy, as well as attract tallented gay people to places where their [[human rights]] are recognised.

==Christianity==
[[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] and [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Christian fundamentalism|Fundamentalists]] oppose gay marriage but [[Liberal Christianity|Liberal Christians]] are more supportive. Of course there are many religious types in between the two extremes. Churches that are [[wikipedia:LGBT-affirming religious groups|LGBT-affirming religious groups]] will marry gay people when this is legal. Sympathetic churches will do a service of blessing for a gay partnership where gay marriage isn't legal.

==Why so many heterosexuals support gay marriage==
''Warning! This section deals with [[Heterosexuality|Heterosexual]] [[sex]].''

[[Religious Right|Conservative Christians]] spend far too much time telling other people how they should run their sex lives and a great many [[liberal]]s are fed up with that sort of thing.

'''Men '''<br abp="681"/>Straight young [[men]] and older [[boy]]s are tired of their religious girlfriends saying stuff like what's below.

#No darling! We shouldn't do ''[[Sexual intercourse|that]]'' till we're [[marriage|married]].
#No darling! Even when we're married we shouldn't do it ''that way''.
#No darling! Even when we're married you shouldn't put ''[[Condom|that thing]]'' onto your [[Penis|willie]].
And after they've married straight men are tired of their religious wives telling them what ([[God (Far Right Religious POV)|God]] or their religious leader) does and doesn't want them to do in bed. People sometimes would rather change from the [[w:c:atheism:missionary position|missionary position]], many Conservative Christians don't like that.

'''Women '''<br abp="700"/>Straight young [[women]] and older [[girl]]s are tired of religious people making them feel sluttish when they want the type of fun men and older boys are allowed to enjoy.

#Nice Christian girls don't have their skirts too short or their pants too tight.
#Nice Christian girls don't have their necklines too low or their sleeves too short.
#Nice Christian girls don't wear bikinis.
#Nice Christian girls don't go to dance halls where they could meet the wrong types of men.
And so it goes on.

'''Both sexes'''<br abp="711"/>Well basically:

#Very many [[Humans|Human beings]] of both sexes and many different sexual orientations are tired of religious people telling us what we should and shouldn't do [[Masturbation|with our own bodies]] or with our consenting adult partners.
#Very many [[More on humans|Human beings]] of both sexes and with [[:Category:Sex and Relationships|very many different sexual interests]] sympathise with gay people because we've also had trouble over religious prudes trying to regulate our sex lives.
#We understand how gay people feel when churches try to stop them getting married. After all we also have problems or had problems in the past with churches trying to stop us doing the things we personally like to do.

==See also==
*[[Homophobia]]
*[[Homosexuality]]
*[[Maggie Gallagher]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_legislation_in_the_United_States_by_state Same-sex marriage legislation in the United States by state]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21229118 Gay marriage: Eight things for better, for worse] Gay marriage is proposed in the [[UK]]

===Videos===
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXzgLH6cZoc&feature=channel Gay Marriage]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bja2ttzGOFM&NR=1 "Defenders of Marriage"] Video ridiculing conservatives who oppose same sex marriage by [[Roy Zimmerman]]

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