On June 26, 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the denial of marriage licenses violated the Due Process and the Equal Protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The ruling made same sex marriage legal in all 50 U.S. States.
88% Yes |
12% No |
84% Yes |
10% No |
4% Yes, but allow churches the right to refuse same-sex ceremonies |
1% No, allow civil unions but don’t call it marriage |
1% Take the government out of marriage and instead make it a religious decision |
1% No, marriage should be defined as between a man and woman |
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@8DMWLTN4yrs4Y
Yes, of course, but acknowledge that this is not the most pressing issue faced by LGBT communities
@8C5STPW4yrs4Y
Same-sex marriage is already legal nationwide and should be treated as a human right rather than a privilege that can be denied.
@968PG6K2yrs2Y
i dont really care its their body and their own life
@8GL5KMQ4yrs4Y
same-sex marriage should be discouraged and not taught to children. Churches alongside other religious places should be allowed to deny them if they want a wedding there. Businesses should also be allowed to deny service to gays
@9BBHV971yr1Y
Yes, although I don't agree with it. Allow churches to deny ceremonies to same-sex marriages
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@SuperiorMeerkat3mos3MO
The Vatican’s recent declaration allowing the blessing of same-sex couples caused a stir around the globe, but perhaps most of all in Africa, a rising center of the Roman Catholic Church’s future. In one statement after the next, bishops in several countries spoke of the fear and confusion the declaration has caused among their flocks, and said it was out of step with the continent’s culture and values.“In our African context, while recognizing the confusion existing in the more developed countries of new, unchristian models of ‘conjugal union’ and ‘styles of life,’ we are very clear on what a family and marriage is,” said a statement from the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops.“Let’s face facts: There is a lot of homophobia in Africa,” Father Pollitt said.How the controversy over the blessing of same-sex couples plays out in the long run in Africa remains an open question. Some analysts say there may end up being very little tension, primarily because few gay couples are expected to actually ask for blessings.
@TroubledG3rrymander4mos4MO
The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis had allowed priests to bless same-sex couples, his most definitive step yet to make the Roman Catholic Church more welcoming to L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics and more reflective of his vision of a more pastoral, and less rigid, church.The Vatican had long said it could not bless same-sex couples because it would undermine church doctrine that marriage is only between a man and a woman.But the new rule made clear that a blessing of a same-sex couple was not the same as a marriage sacrament, a formal ceremonial rite. It also stressed that it was not blessing the relationship, and that, to avoid confusion, blessings should not be imparted during or connected to the ceremony of a civil or same-sex union, or when there are “any clothing, gestures or words that are proper to a wedding.”
@RightsBill6mos6MO
The Supreme Court's refusal to legalise same-sex marriage has dashed the hopes of India's LGBTQ+ people.
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@ISIDEWITH2mos2MO
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