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1. Iowa is the only state outside of the Northeast that recognizes same-sex marriage. 2. California briefly issued marriage licenses, but then voters passed a law stopping the practice. 3. In Maine, the only state in the Northeast that hasn’t put the issue on a ballot, overturned a gay-marriage law before it could take effect. 4. There is urgency to vote in New Jersey. They need to get the bill passed before Chris Christie takes office on January 19th.
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"Update: Same-Sex Marriage." //Issues & Controversies On File:// n. pag. //Issues & Controversies//. Facts On File News Services, 26 Mar. 2009. Web. 4 Dec. 2009. .
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 * 2) As of April 2007, Massachusetts is the only state that allows same-sex marriage.
 * 3) Maine, California, and Washington DC allow same-sex couples to have to have spousal rights through domestic partnerships.
 * 4) New Jersey, Conneticut, and Vermont allow same-sex couples to have spousal rights through civil unions.
 * 5) In April 2007, New Hampshire's legislature passed a bill that legalized civil unions for same-sex couples.
 * 6) Washington and Oregon passed a similar bill in April and May that allowed same-sex couples to establish domestic partnerships.
 * 7) New Hampshire's bill gave same-sex couples almost all of the same rights current heterosexual couples have, such as inheritance rights and hospital visitation rights.
 * 8) In June 2007, Massachusetts legislature rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. This amendment would have effectively banned gay marriage. The amendment's defeat guaranteed same-sex marriage for the next five years in Massachusetts.
 * 9) In July 2008, a bill was signed by Governor Deval Patrick that would repeal a 1913 law that prohibited same-sex couples who lived outside of Massachusetts from marrying within the state.

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Jost, Kenneth. (2003, September 5). Gay marriage. //CQ Researcher//, //13// , 721-748. Retrieved December 4, 2009, from CQ Researcher Online, http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2003090506.
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 * 2) a relationship in which two people have pledged themselves to each other
 * 3) any close or intimate association or union
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 * 2) Mary Bonauto, Civil Rights Project Director, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD):
 * 3) Marriage is important for building families and communities. Weddings allow friends and family to recognize a couple’s lifelong commitment to one another. Marriage is also a unique relationship. It is a way to have hundreds of legal protections that are established by the state and over 1,000 established by the federal government. Married couples have hospital visitation, security for their children and rights of inheritance.
 * 4) Gay and Lesbian families have limited ways to protect themselves. They can create wills, health-care proxies and co-parent adoptions, but it not anywhere close to the automatic protections and peace of mind that comes with marriage. “People cannot contract their way into changing pension laws, survivorship rights, worker’s-compensation dependency protection or the tax system, to name just a few.”
 * 5) Marriage also is the ultimate expression of love and commitment, without it, they fall short of citizenship.
 * 6) “Marriage will not be destroyed by allowing same-sec couples to marry, just as it was not destroyed by women’s equality within marriage or the repeal of interracial marriage bans.”

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Dematteis, Lou. "Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions, and Domestic Partnerships." __The New York Times__ The New York Times. 3 12 2009. December 4, 2009 <4. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/same_sex_marriage/index.html>.
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 * 2) Lawmakers in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire approved bills allowing gay marriage in 2009.
 * 3) In 1994, Hawaii legislature passed a bill that stated marriage as being for ‘an-woman units’ capable of procreation.
 * 4) In September 1996, the “Defense of Marriage Act” was approved by the United States Congress. This act denies federal benefits to married people of the same sex and permitted states to ignore those marriages sanctioned in other states. Bill Clinton signed the bill.
 * 5) Hawaii banned same-sex marriage in 1998.
 * 6) In 2004, the Supreme Court in Massachusetts said that same-sex marriage was required under their equal protection clause in their constitution.
 * 7) In late 2008, Connecticut began allowing same-sex marriage.
 * 8) In April 2009, Iowa’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay couples being able to marry.
 * 9) Maine and Vermont legislatures passed laws granting the same right in following weeks.
 * 10) In California, a 2008 court decision allowed the marriages, but in May 2009 it was barred.
 * 11) New Hampshire revised a same-sex marriage bill on the third of June in 2009. Gov. John Lynch signed the legislation and New Hampshire became the sixth state to allow gay couples to wed.
 * 12) In New Jersey, Connecticut, and Vermont, civil unions are legal. Connecticut and Vermont are adopting same-sex marriage laws.
 * 13) In New England there is a campaign underway to allow marriage rights to all gay men and lesbians in all six of the region’s states by 2012.
 * 14) In November 2009, voters decided to repeal Maine’s new law allowing gay men and lesbians to wed.
 * 15) November 4th, 2008 proposition 8 passed with 52%. Florida and Arizona passed bans at the same time as well.
 * 16) Obama is calling for the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the military and supports the legislative repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, which is the law from 1996 that said states did not need to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
 * 17) In 2005, The United Church of Christ was the first Christian denomination to support same-sex marriage.

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//Coontz, Stephanie. "'Traditional Marriage' Isn't as Straightforward as All That." Hartford Courant, March 18, 2007,// [|//www.courant.com//]//.// **BO** "D.C. council approves same-sex marriage." //UPI NewsTrack// 1 Dec. 2009. //Student// //Resource Center// //- Gold//. Web. 3 Dec. 2009. []. **BO**
 * Stephanie Coontz, a history professor at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., writes://Once marriage came to be seen as an institution bringing together two individuals based on mutual affection and equality, without regard to rigidly defined gender roles or the ability to procreate, it's not surprising that gays and lesbians said, 'That now describes our relationships too, so why can't we marry?'// ---
 * On December 1 Washington voted to allow gay marriage. The subject of allowing same-sex marriage had to go through a second council vote and a congressional review. The law of same-sex marriage being allowed was taken in effect in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Iowa .Also in New Hampshire and Vermont by state legislatures.

Sager, Ryan. "The gay gap: support for same-sex marriage." //Reason// Dec. 2009: 12. //Student// //Resource Center// //- Gold//. Web. 3 Dec. 2009. []. **BO**
 * **"** Most young people will support same sex marriage however people who are old tend to not support it because they feel that they don’t know and people who are in that position. The fact that young people know more homosexuals perhaps makes them more potential to support gay marriage."

"Update: Gay Rights." //Issues & Controversies On File:// n. pag. //Issues & Controversies//. Facts On File News Services, 4 June 2007. Web. 2 Dec. 2009. . MM
 * In 2003, the Ontario Court of Appeals in Canada ruled that gays can legally marry. The Canadian government decided not to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court of Canada, basically making it the law of the country.
 * Critics say, the truth is that the gay rights agenda is more about forcing people to accept certain behavior than it is about gaining equality.
 * most people still believe that a marriage can only be between a man and a woman and that sodomy is wrong, the laws should reflect those sentiments, critics argue.
 * Opponents warn that gay marriage will undermine the institution of marriage
 * Gay rights activists say the fact that gay Americans are not allowed to legalize their relationships in the same way that heterosexual Americans can is a travesty of justice
 * Gay rights advocates say that they are not asking for any special treatment. But they want to be able to count on all of the rights that most straight Americans take for granted.


 * U.S. Supreme Court released a decision in //Lawrence v. Texas//, the court struck down Texas's antisodomy laws as an unconstitutional invasion of privacy. The Texas law applied only to gay people, not to heterosexuals.
 * In 1969 homosexual acts were illegal in most places but their rights have been expanding ever since
 * Many in the U.S. view homosexuality as a sin that is condemned in the Bible. But others say that people who are not harming anyone ought to be able to live with whomever they choose free from intrusions by those who disapprove of their lifestyle
 * Massachusetts became the first state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples

"Gays in the Military." //Issues & Controversies On File:// n. pag. //Issues & Controversies//. Facts On File News Services, 24 Jan. 2007. Web. 3 Dec. 2009. . MM
 * In 1993, a compromise policy was struck between supporters and opponents of the ban on gays in the military. The new policy, known as "don't ask, don't tell," allowed gay s to serve in the military as long as they did not proclaim their homosexuality or engage in homosexual conduct.
 * To date, three federal appeals courts have upheld the policy, although lower courts have struck it down.

Jost, K. (2003, September 5). Gay marriage. //CQ Researcher//, //13//, 721-748. Retrieved December 2, 2009, CQ Researcher Online, http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher /cqresrre2003090506. **BO**
 * The aspect of marriage is a stong focal piont in a relatonship .It makes a couple stronger and brings them closer togather. Allowing Same sex marrige will strenghten the institution.Marriage will not be destroyed by alowing same -sex marriage

Across America: Defining Marriage (2009, Nov 29) Deseret News Dec 2 2009 <[]> MM
 * Maryland added domestic partnership laws in 2008

Dec 2 2009 SIRS Discoverer  MM

 * The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act defines marriage as "only a legal union between one man and one woman."
 * "No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a relationship between persons of the same-sex that is treated as a marriage...or a right or claim arising from such relationship," the law reads.
 * While advocates say they are only seeking equal rights under the law, many people, citing deeply held religious beliefs, contend marriage should only be allowed between a man and woman.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4473785/ (K.A)
 * Same sex marriage is only legal in six states: Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. (K.A)

"2008 Presidential Race." //Issues & Controversies On File:// n. pag. //Issues & Controversies//. Facts On File News Services, 3 Oct. 2008. Web. 3 Dec. 2009. . MM


 * Obama supports civil unions for gay couples and has said he would try to legalize them on the federal level. In addition, Although he personally opposes same-sex marriage,
 * Obama also voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment, arguing that "enshrining a definition of marriage into the Constitution can allow states to roll back the civil rights and benefits that are provided in domestic partnerships and civil unions."
 * Obama supports the expansion of hate-crime laws to include crimes based on gender, sexual orientation and gender identity
 * Obama says that homosexuals should be allowed to serve openly in the armed forces, without fear of being discharged

"Homosexuality Is Removed from the APA List of Psychiatric Disorders, December 15, 1973." //DISCovering World History//. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. //Student// //Resource Center// //- Gold//. Gale. FREDERICK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. 4 Dec. 2009 . MM
 * In 1973 the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders.
 * The riots against police raids looking for gays at New York's Stonewall Inn in June, 1969, are generally considered the birth of the Gay Liberation movement.

= District approves same-sex marriage Dec 2 2009 The Washington Post Dec 4 2009  MM =


 * The D.C. Council voted to legalize same-sex marriage, bringing the District closer to allowing gay couples to marry.
 * The council passed the bill 11 to 2 and must take a second vote before the mayor signs it.
 * Mayor Adrian Fenty has indicated that he will sign it.
 * If it is approved, the Congress of the United States will vote on it.

"www.stateline.org." 4/6/2009. Web. 4 Dec 2009. . K.A
 * (1993)Hawaii Supreme Court rules the state must show a good reason to ban same sex marriage and orders a lower court to hear a case for same sex couples and the right to marry
 * (1995)Utah Governor makes the Defense of Marriage statute, which states that Utah does not have to recognize out of state marriages that violate state public policy.
 * (1996)DOMA is signed by Bill Clinton
 * (1998) Hawaii voters approve a state constitutional amendment giving the right to define marriage to Legislators
 * (1998)Alaska bans same sex marriage
 * (1999) California enacts first domestic partnership law, giving same sex couples some of the same benefits as married couples.
 * (1999) Vermont gives same sex couples the same rights as heterosexuals with marriage, but the court lets the legislator decide how to provide marriage rights/benefits to same sex couples
 * (2000)Vermont becomes the first state to give all of the benefits of marriage to same sex couples
 * (2000)Nevada approves a constitutional ban on same sex marriage
 * (2001) Seven same sex Massachusetts couples file a lawsuit after being denied marriage licenses
 * (2002) Nevada voters give final approval to a constitutional ban on same sex marriage
 * (2003)Massachusetts guarantees equal marriage rights for same-sex couples
 * (2004)New Jersey signs a law granting same-sex couples certain rights, such as hospital visits
 * (2004)Massachusetts Reaffirms its decision and specifies that only marriage rights, not civil unions, would provide equal protection under the state constitution.
 * (2004)Massachusetts holds a convention to consider amending the state constitution to keep marriage to one man and one woman. The measure doesn’t pass
 * (2004)President Bush announces support for a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage
 * (2004)Massachusetts votes to amend the state constitution to ban same sex marriage but allow civil unions. The Legislature must approve it again by 2006 before it can go to a statewide vote
 * (2004)Massachusetts starts marrying same sex couples
 * (2004) Missouri, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon and Utah approve banning same sex marriage
 * (2005)Kansas Approves banning same sex marriage
 * (2005)Oregon made about 3,000 marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples void in violation of state law
 * (2005)Connecticut signs bill allowing civil unions for same sex couples, it happens Oct. 1
 * (2005)California issues ruling giving co-parenting rights of same sex couples
 * (2005)California approves (Senate) passed bill to legalize same sex marriage, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes it.
 * (2006) Alabama approves bill for banning same sex marriage
 * (2006)Arizona rejects ballot for banning same sex marriage
 * (2007) Maryland rules that same sex couples don’t have a right to marry
 * (2008)California marries same sex couples
 * (2009)Iowa, Maine and Nebraska allow same sex marriage
 * (2009)California introduces Proposition 8, a voter-approved constitutional amendment that overturned the same court’s 2008 ruling in favor of gay marriage and amended the state constitution to prohibit it.

· Only 24 states currently allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military · Of these 24 countries, 22 are part of coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan · Openly gay and lesbian soldiers from Allied Forces are serving alongside U.S. troops, despite the U.S. ban. In July · Over 50 retired U.S Generals and admirals are calling saying Congress should repeal the ban on openly gay and lesbian soldiers serving in the military · By 2008, the U.S. discharged over 11,000 service members for being gay or lesbian · In 2001 Marriage between same-sex couples was first made legal in the Netherlands · By 2008, six additional countries have given marriage rights for LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transsexual) citizens · Spain is the only country in the world that recognizes same sex marriage and heterosexual marriage under the same law · Proposition 8 in California, would take away marriage rights for LGBT citizens in that state · There are at 13 states, as well as D.C, that have enacted policies to protect against gender identity and sexual orientation discrimination in employment · There are 7 states that have laws that prohibit employment discrimination just based on sexual orientation · LGBT citizens can be fired just because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity without any legal recourse in 30 states · By 2005, 39% of all LGBT workers reported getting discriminated or harassed at work · At the same time polling suggests that more Americans view equal rights in the workplace as a moral issue · As of June 2007, according to the Center for Disease Control, 71% of those in the U.S. infected with HIV/AIDS were “Men who have sex with men” (MSM) · more than 230,000 gay men have HIV/AIDS · around 33.2 million people in the entire world have HIV/AIDS

//http://gayrights.change.org///. 06/10/1008. Web. 4 Dec 2009. . MM

[|O’Grair, Scot: “Effects of Same-Sex Unions: Data on Several Jurisdictions.”] BO
 * To many people marriage takes on a different meaning however gay marriage is not jus t religion and morals but a legal institution.
 * A myth that most people know is that marriage can only involve a man and a women which can be true to an extent but that’s the way society views things and it does not always have to be that way.
 * People believe that if the place allowed same sex marriage then that would harm the straight marriages and most people believe that’s not true because people’s marriage has nothing to do with appearance but about love and passion.
 * In 2009 bills were approved by New Hampshire and Vermont.
 * Hawaii rejected same –sex marriage being allowed in 1998.
 * Iowa permitted same sex marriage in April 2009

Marriage and religions are common factors of peoples opinion over whether they support same sex marriage or not
 * On Dec. 2 the bill over same sex marriage was rejected in New York.
 * For gay sex the penalty in Uganda is a death sentence even before parliament
 * Only about 19 states allow same sex couples to adopt children

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 * Belgium was the 2nd country in the world to legalize same sex marriage in 2003
 * Spain was the 3rd country in the world to legalize same sex marriage in 2005
 * Canada was the 4th country in the world to legalize same sex marriage in 2005
 * South Africa was the 5th country in the world to legalize same sex marriage in 2006
 * Norway was the 6th country in the world to legalize same sex marriage in 2008
 * Sweden was the 7th country in the world to legalize same sex marriage in 2009
 * Sweden was one of the first countries to give gay couples legal "partnership" rights, in the mid-1990s
 * Sweden allowed same sex couples to adopt children from 2002
 * In Sweden the law was passed by 226 votes to 22 and will come into force on 1 May
 * "The decision means that gender no longer has an impact on the ability to marry and that the law on registered partnership is repealed" (Swedish government)
 * The Lutheran Church, the largest church in Sweden, has offered to bless gay partnerships since January 2007
 * The Lutheran Church though, has still not given formal backing to the term "marriage"
 * The Lutheran Church will allow individual pastors to refuse to carry out gay weddings
 * Canada and South Africa have also passed such legislation, as have some US states and local authorities in other countries.

"Do you favor or oppose allowing gay couples to enter into same sex marriages" 10/25/2009 NBC News/ Wall Street Journal Poll 12/6/2009  MM
 * 41% of people in the US are in favor of allowing gay couples to marry
 * 49% of people in the US are opposed to gay marriage
 * 10% are undecided

[] "Gay Marriage Statistics." (2007): n. pag. Web. 7 Dec 2009. .
 * 2001- Netherlands recognize gay marriages.
 * 2003- Belgium recognizes gay marriages.
 * 2005- Canada recognizes gay marriages.
 * 1989- Denmark recognizes “registered partnerships.”
 * 1993- Norway recognizes “registered partnerships.”
 * 1994- Greenland recognizes “registered partnerships.”
 * 1995- Sweden recognizes “registered partnerships.”
 * 1996- Iceland recognizes “registered partnerships.”
 * 1999- France has domestic partnership laws.
 * 2001- Germany has domestic partnership laws.
 * 2001- Portugal has domestic partnership laws.
 * Australia extends recognition to domestic partnerships but have little legal protection.
 * Brazil extends recognition to domestic partnerships but have little legal protection.
 * Israel extends recognition to domestic partnerships but have little legal protection.
 * Only Vermont has civil union laws.
 * California has domestic partnership laws.
 * Hawaii has domestic partnership laws.
 * New York has domestic partnership laws.
 * District of Columbia has domestic partnership laws.
 * Massachusetts has pending legal matters.
 * Hawaii has pending legal matters.
 * Indiana has pending legal matters.
 * New Jersey has pending legal matters.
 * The only state that will perform a same sex marriage is Massachusetts.
 * There are 19 current states that ban gay marriage.
 * Alaska banned gay marriages.
 * Nevada banned gay marriages.
 * Montana banned gay marriages.
 * Oregon banned gay marriages.
 * Utah, Nebraska, Missouri, Michigan, North Dakota, Ohio, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama also banned gay marriages. A.K.

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 * In America marriage rate has dropped from 232, 900 to 217, 800 in 2 years
 * In Netherlands same sex marriage was made up 3.6% of the marriages when same sex marriage was allowed
 * 4037 marriage licenses were legalized in San Francisco
 * The Netherlands was the first country to legalize gay marriage
 * 19 states have banned same sex marriages
 * In the united states 6 to 10 million children lived in gay or lesbian homes
 * One third of lesbian and one fifth gays have children
 * Divorce rates have to deal a lot with religion; Muslim countries have low divorce rates.
 * In France 2004 the mayor conducted a same sex ceremony; it was voided and the mayor faced death
 * In 2005 San Francisco stated that same sex marriages were allowed
 * 2005 a bill was sent to allow marriage but it was vetoed
 * California ,2004 were voided


 * Gay divorce was not legalized in Canada until 2004
 * The united kingdom does not permit same sex marriage
 * Maryland has yet to decide over same sex marriage; they had a hearing in 2006
 * In organ same sex marriage was permitted in 2004 and 2005
 * Nineteen states have passed a gay marriage amendment
 * In 2005 Latvia Enforced ban on gay marriage
 * Since 2004 Massachusetts has recognized same sex marriage
 * Some of the benefits of same sex insurance benefits and marriage related tax breaks
 * Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said that he supports gay marriage
 * Vice president Al Gore also supports gay marriage
 * Sates that allow adoption to gay couples are New York ,Oregon