Gay Rights/Marriage
Tyler Bond
Gay Pride
- People who are homosexual are sexually attracted to people of the same sex
- President Barack Obama signed a law ending the military’s ban of gay soldiers
- Massachusetts was the first state to allow gay marriage
- In June 2015, the supreme court ruled that states cannot ban gay sex marriage
DOMA
- In 2012, two federal appeals courts ruled that DOMA was unconstitutional
- The movement to obtain marriage rights in the United States began in the early 1970’s
- Most countries do not legally recognize same sex marriages
- Bob Barr, wrote the Defense of Marriage Act Beginning in the early 2000’s, a number of states legalized same-sex marriage
Breaking- Supreme Court Legalized/ Upholds Same Sex Marriage Now Legal in all 50 States