When was gay marriage taken away

What this is targeting people of faith and putting a big target on their backs. And now we've seen the tide shift. What they thought was going to be a quick walk through the Senate has been stymied. People have been asking hard questions. And if the Democrats in Congress thought that there was a way to get a majority vote for this bill, they would've very likely done it before the elections because this is really a political ploy, is what it is.

Same-Sex Marriage Around the World

Since the first same-sex marriages were legally recognized in the Netherlands in , nearly 40 other jurisdictions — mostly in Europe and the Americas — have enacted laws allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry. This year, Thailand and Liechtenstein join the list.

A decade after the Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision, marriage equality endures risky terrain

Paul M. Collins Jr. Same-sex marriage, which the U. Supreme Court in legalized nationwide in the case known as Obergefell v. Hodges , is facing resurgent hostility. Obergefell led to an increase in marriages among same-sex partners, with more than , same-sex couples currently married.

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