According to the Article 45% of Americans support gay marriage. This is news because it been a big increase since 1996 when 25% of Americans supported Gay marriage. In addition, the percentage of Americans supporting gay marriages will increase with the new generations because it's mostly the old generations that don't agree with gay marriages.
2) Click on the link to Proposition 8 in the NY Times article. What is Proposition 8? Also, briefly describe the history of Prop 8 over the past few years.
Proposition 8 was a ballot measure made in California that banned same sex marriage. However, Proposition 8 didn't end there people still protested and tired to change the outlaw. There was a Judge from San Francisco who stated that this outlaw was unfair to gay women and men which created for the ban to get dropped. Instead the date for dropping the ban got extended and the court concluded that Proposition 8 was illegally discriminating due the the term used "Domestic partnership." Giving the option for different wording that would categorize everyone despite the gender. However, the voters felt strong about their votes and Proposition 8 was left banned but already married couples were allowed to stay married and for now the same sex marriages are discontinued. Nevertheless, advocates for same sex-marriages are going to continue to fight and start a new ballot measure.
3) According to the this amendment, what is the definition of marriage in the U.S.?
According to the amendment the definition of marriage in the U.S is a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word "spouse"refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife. It's sad to see that the Amendment doesn't even recognize homosexuals with new laws being implemented i feel as thought the documents of the U.S should change as well.
4) You can click on a state to see their stand on gay marriage, adoption of Defense of Marriage Act etc. Choose two states and compare their positions on gay marriage. Please don't all choose NJ and now NY has same-sex marriage!
Pennsylvania has already adopted a Defense of Marriage Act, but in recent years, there has been a push to pass a constitutional marriage amendment as well. That measure has passed in the state House but not in the Senate in its present form. Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on November 2008. The measure also can ban civil unions and domestic partnerships. The state already had a Defense of Marriage Act.
5)How is the legalization of same-sex marriage in NY expected to influence the wedding industry. List two of the expected changes reported in the story.
The legalization of same sex-marriages in NY expected to influence the wedding industry by expecting sixty-six thousand couples to marry within the next three years. Which will hence the New York tourism and create more jobs for wedding planners and designers.
According to UCLA demographer, Gary Gates, how do the marriage rates of straight couples differ from the marriage rate of same-sex couples? Who is more likely to marry, gay men or lesbians? Why are some same-sex couples NOT marrying?
According to the UCLA demographer gay marriage is something that slowly but shorty is starting to be accepted in different states which is creating for same sex marriages rates to grow. However, opposite sex marriages still continue to have a higher rate than same sex marriages. Lesbians are more likely to marry but they are also more likely to separate faster.Same sex marriages are not marrying because they feel that it might hurt them instead of helping them because in a lot states still same sex marriages aren't recognized. In addition, they won't receive benefits and they won't get respected.
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