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Question

What states in the united states are opposed to same sex marriage or homosexual marriage and have laws or amendments not allowing same sex marriages.I'm writting a debate for my debate class and can't seem to find a website to tell me please list the states and website so I can site the source.

Answer 1

http://marriage.about.com/cs/samesexmarriage/a/samesex.htm

There are now four countries and one U.S. state (Massachusetts) in the world that recognize same-sex marriage. This FAQ answers some of the most frequently asked questions about these unions.

http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=15576


Currently in the United States, Massachusetts recognizes same-sex marriage, Connecticut and Vermont offer equal rights through civil unions, California, Maine, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia offer varying levels of rights with domestic partnerships, and Hawaii has a reciprocal beneficiary law.

Nineteen states have constitutional amendments explicitly barring the recognition of same-sex marriage, confining civil marriage to a legal union between a man and a woman. Forty-three states have statutes defining marriage to two persons of the opposite-sex. On May 18, 2006, the Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on the Federal Marriage Amendment, a proposed Constitutional amendment that would prohibit states to recognize same-sex marriages. The measure passed in committee by a party line vote. The measure was subsequently debated by the full United States Senate, but defeated in a 49-48 vote on June 7, 2006. [1]. It was also defeated in the House the following month.

The legal implications of the debate extend beyond the lesbian and gay population in that that some self-identified heterosexual couples have been found to be legally of the same-sex in court due to genetics as the result of birth defect, intersex status or a previous sex reassignment surgery. In Texas, Florida, Ohio and and Kansas, couples where one partner was a post-operative transsexual have had their marriages voided by laws that ban same-sex marriage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States

Answer 2

Same-sex marriage, often called gay marriage, is a marriage between two persons of the same gender. The issue is a divisive political issue in the United States and elsewhere.

The social movement to obtain the legal protections of civil marriage for same-sex couples began in the early 1970s. Currently in the United States, Massachusetts recognizes same-sex marriage, Connecticut and Vermont offer equal rights through civil unions, California, Maine, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia offer varying levels of rights with domestic partnerships, and Hawaii has a reciprocal beneficiary law.

Nineteen states have constitutional amendments explicitly barring the recognition of same-sex marriage, confining civil marriage to a legal union between a man and a woman. Forty-three states have statutes defining marriage to two persons of the opposite-sex. On May 18, 2006, the Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on the Federal Marriage Amendment, a proposed Constitutional amendment that would prohibit states to recognize same-sex marriages. The measure passed in committee by a party line vote. The measure was subsequently debated by the full United States Senate, but defeated in a 49-48 vote on June 7, 2006. [1]. It was also defeated in the House the following month.

The legal implications of the debate extend beyond the lesbian and gay population in that that some self-identified heterosexual couples have been found to be legally of the same-sex in court due to genetics as the result of birth defect, intersex status or a previous sex reassignment surgery. In Texas, Florida, Ohio and and Kansas, couples where one partner was a post-operative transsexual have had their marriages voided by laws that ban same-sex marriage. [2]

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

See, the problem with the "nicely, a brother and sister residing co-dependently ought to get exhilaration from a similar advantages" skill that no 2 instantly human beings have *ever* abused the marriage gadget even as they weren't in a romantic relationship. yet a sibling couple doing so ought to nonetheless be legally "married"; they would not then, in turn, be allowed to marry absolutely everyone they were actual romantically in touch in devoid of dissolving that partnership, with each and each of the legal issues a divorce may reason. I advise, i assume if a brother/sister pair (or brother/brother or sister/sister, were gay marriage legal) wanted to enter right into a lifelong, non-romantic legal partnership, sensible, they could conceivably call for they be granted marriage rights. yet such partnerships must be fairly few and far between, as i imagine the social stigma of annoying you be allowed to marry your sister ought to probably suppress that crew. A more beneficial pertinent question must be on a thanks to regulate the form of contributors in a wedding ceremony. If marriage is spread out from the position that's now, then there is the question about no matter if polyamorous unions must be legally regarded. And if we then higher marriage to allow, say, 4 contributors, then what about polygamists who sense socially ostracized because they have a 5-way relationship? Polygamists and brothers wanting to marry their sisters, notwithstanding, signify a tiny, tiny fraction of yankee society. Homosexuals, even as nonetheless a minority, huge variety far more beneficial. beginning up marriage to similar-sex couples, i have self assurance, is a fashion to provide those romantic pairings a similar legal rights that are at present loved through similar partnerships, even as minimizing the replace to the overall gadget. sensible, the "slippery slope" argument can nonetheless be utilized, yet in basic terms because beginning up marriage to homosexuals ought to open up a more beneficial can of worms does not advise that's not an excellent and excellent difficulty to do.

Answer 4

It is easier to find the one state where actual marriage is legal.
MASSACHUSETTS, I live here!
Other than the town of Lexington trying to force homosexual marriage down the throats of kindergartners...THERE IS NO PROBLEM that has risen in Massachusetts from these marriages.

Answer 5

It might be easier to find the list of states that DO allow civil unions (same sex). I *think* Massachusetts and Vermont are the only ones.

Answer 6

Choose another debate

Answer 7

I thought george bush was going to ban the same sex marriages.

Answer 8

It is not allowed in North Carolina.

Answer 9

Google DOMA. That will take you to the stats for all the states.

Answer 10

Massachussets, Connecticut........