Same sex marriage in the united states | Assesment

SAME SEX
MARRIAGE
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SAME SEX MARRIAGE IN THE
UNITED STATES: AN OVERVIEW
• Marriage between same sexes or the gay
marriage happens between two people who
belong from the same gender or sex
(Coffman, Coffman & Ericson.)
• The United States had dynamic approach
towards this phenomenon depending on the
changing leaders and their perspectives.
Several Prospects like socioeconomic,
religious and cultural prospects are
associated with the concept of gay marriage.

EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS
• The laws about same sex marriage are made based on gender
orientation, ethnicity and race inside the United
States.Although, it is still believed that the laws and regulations
should be same for every human being(Blackwell et al. 2016.)
• Authority and power happens to be two aspects of society that
are critical. It has been one essential aspect that take care of
crucial decisions in the society mostly.

TIMELINE OF KEY HISTORIC EVENTS
• The United States tend to have a long
history since 1970s when it comes gay
marriage.
• The very first lawsuits had took place
around 1972 when civil rights about
acknowledging the relationship or marriage
between two individuals of same (Mallon,
2017.)
• Later, the United States and its central
power wanted an authority to keep and do
not sanction civil rights of the LGBT
community at the same time.

MILESTONES
• Many people protested but the government
stick to its Christian belief. However, on
2004 marriage between same sex took
place and the situation started to gradually
change.
• The supreme court of Hawaii interfered in
this and very soon the marriage between
same sex were allowed. In the same year,
Massachusetts became the first American
state to legalize gay marriage (Bittner,
2018.)

EVOLUTION OF FEDERAL LEGISLATION
OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS
• The federal government of the United States has always
been against the concept of gay marriage since the start.
• It followed Christianity that prohibited marriage between
same sexes. In the year of 1970, Richard Baker and James
McConnell had applied for marriage license at Minnesota.
• Their application got rejected by clerk Gerald Nelson as
they were from the same sex. Thy again appealed at 1972
but the federal courts left to the state that hoped for
legalization of gay marriage (Kahn & Gorski, 2016.)