Anti gay marriage statements
Same-sex marriage, which the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 legalized nationwide in the case known as Obergefell v. Hodges, is facing resurgent hostility.
In the decade since the court’s decision, public support for same-sex marriage has increased. Currently, about 70% ofAmericans approve of legally acknowledging the marriages of queer couples, a 10-percentage-point bump from 2015.
Obergefell led to an increase in marriages among same-sex partners, with more than 700,000 queer couples currently married.
Despite this, Republican lawmakers in five states have recently introduced symbolic bills calling on the Supreme Court to overturn its ruling in Obergefell.
And Republican lawmakers in two states hold proposed legislation that creates a new category of marriage, called “covenant marriage,” that is reserved for one man and one woman.
As a professor of legal studies, I believe such attacks on same-sex marriage represent a serious threat to the institution.
And others share my concern.
A 2024 poll of married same-sex couples establish that 54% of respondents are worried that the Supreme Court might overturn Obergefell, with only 17% saying they did not anticipate such a challe
Trump on LGBTQ Rights
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Across the country in recent years, gender diverse people and their families have been targeted by a relentless assault on their rights, their safety, and their fundamental freedom to be themselves. States have adopted laws criminalizing their health care, attempting to ban them from public life, and even threatening to remove transgender youth from families that love and affirm them. Throughout this political onslaught, the ACLU, our nationwide affiliate network, and our millions of members have remained stalwart in defense of the basic principle that all people deserve the freedom to be themselves and every state should be a safe place to raise every family.
Donald Trump’s promises to take these discriminatory policies nationwide should be unthinkable, but it is nonetheless a future we’re prepared for. Transgender people are no strangers to government persecution, political slander, or the criminalization of gender nonconformity. They realize how to assemble safety, community, and care among one another, and the ACLU has a century-long history of representing, supporting, and advocating for the powerless, the silenced, the m
200+ Major U.S. Companies Oppose Anti-LGBTQ+ State Legislation
by Henry Berg-Brousseau •
Box, Inc., Compass, Gilead Sciences, Inc., HP Inc., Hyatt, and Mattel, Inc. among signatories joining Human Rights Campaign and Freedom for All Americans’ Business Statement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Human Rights Campaign and Freedom for All Americans announced that more than 200 major companies acquire joined together to autograph on to the Human Rights Campaign and Liberty for All Americans Business Statement on Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation. Together, these companies are united in opposing the wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, much of which specifically harms transgender youth, in states across the land. The list of signatories has more than quadrupled in the past year.
“Every day, more and more major businesses are refusing to sit idly by as state legislators across the country push anti-transgender legislation and other bills affecting their LGBTQ+ workers, customers, and clients,” said Joni Madison, Interim President Joni Madison, Human Rights Campaign. “Cruel legislative attacks, especially against transgender youth, force employees to pick between states where they can pIn quotes: Gay marriage debate
MPs have been debating whether to allow same-sex couples to get married. Here are some key quotes from the debate:
Minister for Women and Equalities Maria Miller
"Marriage is one of the most important institutions we have, it binds society and families together, it is a building block that promotes stability. This bill supports and cultivates marriage."
Shadow minister for women and equalities Yvette Cooper
"Call us hopeless romantics, call it the triumph of hope over life - most of us think when people passion each other and yearn to make that long-term commitment, that is a wonderful thing. So why would we stop a loving couple getting married just because they are gay?"
Stephen Gilbert, Liberal Democrat
"We have come a long way in a short space of moment but it is absolutely right we take the next step and delivers full legal equality for lesbian, gay and multi-attracted people in our region. This view is one that is borne of a hatred of discrimination and prejudice of all types, whether it's about gender or skin colour or religion."
"True Christians are not bigoted and this is actua
Seven Quotes That Make Pope Francis Complicated for Homosexual People
Francis' tenure as pope has also been notable by the queer woman , gay, bisexual, trans person and queer (LGBTQ+) community for his adoption of a more conciliatory tone toward LGBTQ+ people than that of his predecessors. "But anyone who utters Christian words without putting them into practice hurts oneself and others," said Pope Francis in 2013.
So where does Pope Francis rise on LGBTQ+ people?
ON INCLUSION[07/2013]
"If they accept the Lord and possess goodwill, who am I to assess them?"Let's start off with one of the most determinative moments in Francis' papacy for Diverse people. When asked about gay priests during a spontaneous exchange with the press, he responded, "If they [gay priests] accept the Lord and include goodwill, who am I to evaluate them? They shouldn't be marginalized. The tendency [same-sex attraction] is not the problem... they're our brothers."1
The fact that Pope Francis made such a comment – and used the word "gay" in English – was radical, and helped propel significant conversations in parishes and dioceses on LGBTQ+ equality to this day. But more importantly, his comment set the tone and a