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Gay Marriage Updates By State

i seriously think that gay marriage will be legal in all 50 states within the next 4 years. you guys are underestimating the supreme court and the president just like how some of you were underestimating the public last week during the election.
 
JockBoy87 said:
I think you are going to be disappointed.
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i'm willing to bet on it. :p it would have been a different story if obama didn't get reelected.

after the supreme court or the president gets rid of doma, there's going to be heavy opposition and you'll even have states refusing to follow the decision. in fact, i think all of this is going to happen next year. 10 years after lawrence vs. texas.
 
"True. As happened in Arizona.

I'm not so sure if it would be NOM's final victory. We could lose trying to repeal amendments too.

Anyway, their "wins" are always presented in this false equivalency to our wins. An amendment doesn't change the fact that same sex marriage is already banned in those states. It just constitutionally excludes LGBT citizens from the political process. Voters usually do not fully appreciate the subtlety, and why divisive issues should not appear in the constitution."

Nate Silver's projection, which correctly predicted the results for MN, shows that such a measure would fail in Indiana if voted on even this year. 2014 may have lower turnout, but it also would benefit from increased accelerated support for same sex marriage.

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/the-future-of-same-sex-marriage-ballot-measures/

"I want to just ask the question, how is that possible?"

See for yourself:

http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/...s-marriage-for-same-sex-couples_ByCounty.html

In addition, the margin is likely to increase even more due to the fact that the vast majority of ballots left to be counted are from supportive counties.

"The Supreme Court just postponed their consideration of re: marriage cases yet again to November 30.

There must be some serious bickering going on in there. Or at least one crucial justice hasn't made up his or her mind."

I wouldn't read into it that much. The likely cause for delay was the fact that the offices were closed for the October 30th conference.
 
It's going to be a very interesting few years - that's for sure.

And, as for the President and DOMA - as I've stated before, the President can direct his staff to ignore the statute, but he can't simply Executive Order the law, itself, away. That has to be done by Congress or, more likely, the Courts.

And, while I love a lot of people in Indiana, they are SO back in the 19th century on this issue.
 
refujiunderground said:
i'm willing to bet on it. :p it would have been a different story if obama didn't get reelected.

after the supreme court or the president gets rid of doma, there's going to be heavy opposition and you'll even have states refusing to follow the decision. in fact, i think all of this is going to happen next year. 10 years after lawrence vs. texas.
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I'm still not convinced it will happen that quickly - but we ALL know, I think, that if Obama hadn't been elected, it is entirely possible that a favorable and all-encompassing Supreme Court decision in our favor may possibly have never happened before any of us reach retirement age (at least). I feel confident that Romney Supreme Court appointments would have been YOUNG ultra-conversatives who would fuck up the high Court for at least the next 35 years.
 
Nervously following the Supreme Court deliberations as best I can. I have such high hopes for a little enlightenment to finally spread across the nation, but I am so scared I will be wrong on that....

Having lived in Norway for 30 years now, I often find it amazing that this kind of thing is even an issue in this day and age...
 
Can someone educate me on the following point please ?
If a couple get married in Vermont, if DOMA is strucked down and gay married couples have the same federal rights anywhere, and they move to, say, Texas : what will be the difference between this couple and a heterosexual one ? What is the impact of marriage in a State that is not a federal right ?
As in France there is only one marriage, a nation wide civil one, this problem confuses me.
Also, if they want to divorce, how would they do without having to move back in Vermont ?
 
-In Minnesota the vote will likely not happen until next week. The legislature wants to take up the minimum wage increase first. I can assure you that they're not trying to delay it and time out the session, and MN United supports this move since we are actually poised to gain more support if we wait another week.

-The current count in the Delaware Senate is 10 Yes, 9 No, 2 Undecided. One of the undecideds is considered a lean Yes while the other is a lean No. In the event of a tie the Lt. Governor would cast the tie-breaking vote in favor (he is supportive).
 
We can hope - it's been clear the vote is moving ever closer.

OakPope - our Constitution reserves things not spelled out explicitly in the Federal Constitution to State's Rights.

It's a bit confusing, but we usually get there, eventually.
 
Thanks for the replies but I would want to know more in details :)

For example in court, I think there is the right for one spouse not to reply to a question asked if the answer may incriminate the other spouse. So, a gay couple married in Vermont, but in a trial in Texas, how would that unfold ? They would be married federally but not in Texas, would the spouse have to answer or not ?

More generally, don't you think, since DOMA eventual fall, it would be somewhat justified to attack every ban on gay marriage in States ? on base of gross discrimination ?

And what if something is required by a couple but forbidden to a not couple : for example federally they should do something but the state say non married couple are forbidden to do, what happens ? What trumps what ?

So weird situations, when for the nation you're married but not in the State where you live...
 
Looks like Rhode Island is a go.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island appears poised to become the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry after a legislative panel voted Tuesday to forward same-sex marriage legislation to the full House for a final — and largely procedural — vote.
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The first gay marriages in Rhode Island could take place Aug. 1, when the legislation would take effect. Civil unions would no longer be available to same-sex couples as of that date, though the state would continue to recognize existing civil unions. Lawmakers approved civil unions two years ago, though few couples have sought them.
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http://news.yahoo.com/ri-gay-marriage-bill-headed-final-vote-225634833.html

This will make a clean sweep of New England.
 
Luxembourg will likely have it this year. Same-sex marriage and adoption has already passed committee and is awaiting a vote in the full chamber.
 
So proud of my home state of Minnesota!! (And Rhode Island and Delaware, too)... What great momentum the cause has now - I just hope it keeps up!

It's Illinois next, yes? Then maybe back to California?

I'm glad to see France move forward, even though it looks like a painful move for them. Crossing my fingers for the UK soon!

Anyone else have any inside information? :)
 
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