i did read that New York banned gay marriage this week, also Australia has banned or is trying to get gay marriage banned again.
I'm from Holland, a country where all forms of consentious love are, thank god, legal.
Question, because i can't find it in any news: if gay marriage is banned somewhere after it first was legal, what does that do for the rights of the couples that are already married ?
2006-07-06 10:39:30 · 4 answers · asked by Thinx 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Can't say about what will happen in Australia, but in New York in the USA...
"The Court of Appeals, the highest court in New York State, ruled Thursday that the state 'Constitution does not compel the recognition of marriages between members of the same sex.' "
That means that the government cannot recognize or support the marriage of two women or two men. Simply put, there are no rights or benefits of any kind for any of those people who were already "married" because as far as the state is concerned, they aren't actually married.
The good news is, for people who want fair treatment for gay men and lesbians, the fight is far from over.
http://365gay.com/Newscon06/07/070606courtRxn.htm
2006-07-06 12:43:44 · answer #1 · answered by other_worlds2 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about the answer to your question (but am very interested in the answer), but I did want to set you right on New York. There was already a law somewhere stating that marriage was man and woman; the court decision that just happened said that there is nothing distinctly unconstitutional about that statute. The legislature MAY, however, make another law updating that one. It didn't ban marriage that was already legal here; they just said that it was kind of ok that it was never legal here. They did strongly encourage the legislature to fix that (and the legislators have been working on it, but they've been saying "Wait and see what the courts say", so now they don't have that excuse).
2006-07-07 20:03:20 · answer #2 · answered by Atropis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question - I'm an out and proud lesbian in Canada, where gay marriage is legal. So far the government hasn't tried to take gay marriage away. I hope that for those who have already been married (in New York, Australia etc) those original rights are not taken away. But the only way we will know, is if those people voice their concerns/situations if their rights get taken away.
2006-07-06 18:01:45 · answer #3 · answered by cat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say that if two people love each other and want to spend the rest of thier lives together then who cares, let people love and be loved.
2006-07-06 22:29:12 · answer #4 · answered by rablmb35 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋