Washington D.C legalizes same-sex marriages
On Wednesday Washington DC became the first federal district to legalize same sex marriage, following the states Massachusetts, Vermont, Iowa, and Conneticut. As support for same-sex marriage continues to increase how does the city of Houston stack up with the rest of the country.
A 2009 Pew opinion research poll found that 54% of Americans oppose same-sex marriage, while 36% supported it.
The Houston area survey in cooperation with Rice University found that amongst those polled, 43% believed “marriages between homosexuals should be given the same legal status as heterosexual marriages,” an increase of 11% from two years earlier
Now that our nation’s capitol has paved the way for greater civil rights, what does the mean for rest of the country? The California initiative to ban same-sex marriage and it’s ultimate state amendment are still on trial. According the San Francisco Chronicle, closing arguments could be broadcast after a requests to broadcast the entire trial were denied. The trial which will determine the fate of same-sex marriage in the world’s seventh largest economy, is scheduled to have closing arguments as soon as next week.
So far only the changes have only been isolated to the New England are, with the exception of Iowa. A win in California will do one of thew things. Either push the country toward the a more modern approach to marriage rights, or create a dichotomy on gay issues, further separating people.
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