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This outgoing act shows how America is starting to broaden its horizons towards the term gay as an adjective and as a noun. In the year 2000, “Vermont [became] the first state in the country to legally recognize civil unions between gay or lesbian couples” (The American Gay Rights Movement). As we move along in time gay rights are steadily growing and are being respected by more and more people. Even though there are still some people who are still some people who are very much against homosexuality, the way of living still continues.

I argued in class that the Baltic States have been more successful in their transitions than the other successor states. What factors have helped the Baltic States, like Latvia, set up newly independent democracies?

Recently, Burke declared that she supports same-sex marriage, which takes the lower house to 75 MPs in favour of same-sex marriage. Seventy six votes are needed to pass a bill.

Homosexual marriage is one of the old but controversial issues around the world. Compared to the past, it seems to become a more open debate among people. At the same time, people seem to be more swayable than before, but towards the gay marriage, different voices have still been hovering in the air. Gay people and their supporters have been striving for their rights to get married legally, while others who against gay marriage have never stopped deterring it.

With the new verdict that has come into play, it will empower each state to define their own stance on the legalization of gay marriage, They, and their residents, may decide whether they are completely against same sex marriage and thusly ban them all together, completely in favor of same-sex marriages and grant them will full privileges, or lastly, allow for the moderate compromise which are civil unions and registries with similar though not equal rights.

Lewin was the first widely publicized court case that changed the conversation surrounding queer couples.[footnoteRef:50] Baehr v. Lewin was a lawsuit in which three same-sex couples argued that Hawaii's prohibition (enacted after the passage of The Defense of Marriage Act) of same-sex marriage violated the state constitution. Although it was a case regarding legal action, it expanded on claims surrounding the institutions marriage (including the legality of non-procreative relationships). It questioned not only if queer relationships are legitimate, but led to public recognition to the commitment of the three couples involved. In most discussions of Baehr v. Lewin, one couple was referenced as a couple of “thirty some years”, giving it not only legitimacy, but a relatability that most queer cases didn’t have previous to the Baehr case.[footnoteRef:51] [50: Clark, Andrew. 2011. "Falling through the Cracks: Queer Theory, Same-Sex Marriage, Lawrence v Texas, and Liminal Bodies. “Disclosure no. 20: 24-43. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed March 23, 2016).] [51:

The law regulating same-sex marriages continues to change, in order to better reflect the community 's opinions and expectations. Within the last decade, Australia has seen substantial changes in the legal recognition of same-sex relationships. This increase in legal recognition is primarily aimed at removal of institutionalized discrimination, as well as providing adequate legal protection of same-sex couples has arisen due to the wide spread changes of opinions about same-sex relationships within society.

The difference the United States has from other countries comes from societal and social normative. The United States foundation was built upon individualistic ideals. Given these points, The United States society upholds the American Bill or rights; it is organized around the Declaration of Independence, “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” (Barr 36). Alternatively, Canadian foundational principles were built upon collectivist concepts. The Canadian government preserves the principle of parliamentary supremacy; it is organized around “peace, order, and good government” (Barr 36). So, it is logical that after the Revolution during the cultural migration those in favor of British rule moved to the north. Conversely, those supporting the south supported newly independent colonies.

On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme court ruled gay marriage as a constitutional right in all 50 states. This was a tremendous achievement for the LGBT community, it was the beginning of acceptance. Even though the Supreme Court passed this ruling

This essay will consider law reform in the context of homosexual relationships between men. In particular, it will look at the various influencing Acts, establish the different legal principles and scrutinise how the changing social attitudes have affected the development of this law. It will only focus on the broader context and will not include other influencing changes such as LGBT adoption laws, discrimination etc. In order to reach a conclusion of the effects of these …. secondary sources such as books and the Westlaw website.

This summer, the Supreme Court states that gay and lesbian Americans have the right to get married. This is certainly an important step in the new Civil Rights movement for LGBT equality, and has led to a more perfect United States. However, LGBT people are still not completely free from discrimination and abuse, there is much more society can, and should do, in order to advance LGBT equality.

was the culmination of decades of activism by the LGBT community, set of jubilation and tearful

Same sex- marriage is still the topic of many peoples conversation across the country. Citizens, divided by politic party, are very passionate about how they feel about it. The president didn’t approve of it at first, but now he finally accepts same- sex marriage, the Judicial System uses its power to dictate to the States, forcing them to accept same- sex marriage. Both houses of Congress continue to debate what marriage means.

Historic change in American matrimony is especially pronounced in three areas: the equalizing of the respective rights and duties of wives and husbands, the dissolution of marital prohibitions based on race, and the evolution from state-defined grounds for divorce to couple-defined no fault divorce. The most recent area of debate is whether the state should sanction marital consent between same-sex couples. Although such a prospect is unthinkable to some, earlier forms of legal marriage are equally unimaginable now.

The same-sex marriage issue has ignited worldwide. Joseph Chamie- the previous director- and Barry Mirkin-the previous Population Policy Section Chief- of the UN’s Population Division aim to present up-to-date statistics and information on the same-sex marriage debate in “Same-Sex Marriage: A New Social Phenomenon.” They mention that same-sex marriage is a “recent phenomenon” that will possibly stick around for years in many countries because societal, religious, and legislative controversies continually revamp its debate (544). The issue is labeled “recent” because “…SSM [same-sex marriage] did not exist until the twenty-first century when an increasing number of countries began permitting same-sex