Romney-Signed-Pledge. Nevada Hispanics, New Conservative Group, Targets Obama On Gay Marriage In Nevada. A new coalition of groups is rallying conservative Latino voters with an anti-gay marriage campaign launched on Wednesday in Nevada, a crucial swing state where President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney by only 48 percent to 46 percent, according to the latest poll.
Funded by undisclosed social conservative donors, Nevada Hispanics, an offshoot of American Principles in Action, aims to spend up to $1 million on "outreach" and "mobilization" efforts. While it has not endorsed any presidential candidate, it could end up boosting Romney's chances in the state. The results of its efforts, meanwhile, may also serve as a test case for whether religiously conservative Latinos can be mobilized against marriage equality supporters like the president. "Obama came out and announced his support for gay marriage, and evangelical pastors are upset without us even engaging them," said Alfonso Aguilar, a former George W. Bush administration immigration official who now heads up the Washington, D.C.
Same-sex marriage in the United States. Same-sex marriage is legally recognized in some jurisdictions within the United States and by the federal government.
Defining Marriage: Defense of Marriage Acts and Same-Sex Marriage Laws. State legislatures and voters have made sweeping changes over the past two decades in laws defining whether marriage is limited to relationships between a man and a woman or is extended to same-sex couples.
Thirty-three states currently define marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman and prohibit same-sex marriages, while seventeen states and the District of Columbia allow same-sex marriage. These contrasting state laws concerning same-sex marriage reflect sharp divergence in the views toward marriage and same-sex marriage across the country. On March 21, a federal judge in Michigan ruled that state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. This ruling joins with similar rulings in Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma and Utah. Shortly after the decision was made a stay was issued. The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled on Dec. 19, 2013, that same-sex couples are allowed to marry. Defense of Marriage Act. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (Pub.L. 104–199, 110 Stat. 2419, enacted September 21, 1996, 1 U.S.C. § 7 and 28 U.S.C. § 1738C) is a United States federal law that allows states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states.
Until Section 3 of the Act was ruled unconstitutional in 2013, DOMA, in conjunction with other statutes, had barred same-sex married couples from being recognized as "spouses" for purposes of federal laws, effectively barring them from receiving federal marriage benefits. Federal Court geeft homo's gelijke rechten. Een federaal hof van beroep in Boston heeft de Amerikaanse Defense of Marriage Act ongrondwettig verklaard.
Voor getrouwde homo's kunnen de gevolgen groot worden. Negen Amerikaanse staten — bijna allemaal in het noordoosten — erkennen het homohuwelijk. Verwacht wordt dat het er weldra meer worden, want de maatschappelijke aanvaarding van homoseksualiteit neemt snel toe in de VS, waar ook president Obama zich onlangs uitsprak voor de erkenning van het homohuwelijk. Maar dat je staat je toelaat te trouwen met een partner van hetzelfde geslacht, betekent nog niet dat je volledig dezelfde rechten hebt als een heterokoppel. Pew-Forum: Gay Marriage Attitudes. Biden: Gay Marriage 'Inevitable' WASHINGTON (AP)-- Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that the country is evolving on the issue of gay marriage and he thinks it's inevitable there will be national consensus.
He said on ABC's "Good Morning America" the same thing is happening with the issue of marriage that happened with gays' service in the military. Changes in attitudes by military leaders, those in the service and the public allowed the repeal by Congress of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that will eventually allow gays to serve openly in the military. Gay marriage is still not legal in most states. President Barack Obama recently said his feelings on the gay marriage issue are evolving, but he still believes in allowing strong civil unions that provide certain protections and legal rights that married couples have. Obama said he is still wrestling with whether gay couples should have the right to marry, now that the change in the law will allow them to serve openly in combat. Joe Biden Tells 'Meet The Press' He's 'Comfortable' With Marriage Equality.
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden became the highest-ranking official in the Obama administration to signal support for same-sex marriage on Sunday during an interview with "Meet The Press.
" Biden stopped just a touch short from outright saying that he backs marriage equality. But the implication that he has completed the so-called evolution on gay marriage that President Barack Obama has yet to finish was beyond clear. "And you're comfortable with same-sex marriage now? " "Meet the Press" host David Gregory asked.
"I am vice president of the United States of America," Biden replied. There is a distinction between civil unions and gay marriage, of course, and the transcript of the Biden interview doesn't make it clear if he distinguishing between the two or blurring those lines. The president continues to fight, whether it's Don't Ask, Don't Tell or whether it is making sure, across the board that you cannot discriminate. President Obama - Gay Marriage: Gay Couples 'Should Be Able to Get Married' - ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. 'Obama was al langer voor het homohuwelijk' De Nederlandse Publieke Omroep maakt gebruik van cookies.
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We maken een onderscheid tussen functionele cookies en cookies voor het beheer van webstatistieken, advertenties en social media. De cookies bevatten geen persoonsgegevens en zijn dus niet tot een individu te herleiden. Obama On Gay Marriage: It 'Doesn't Weaken Families;' It 'Strengthens Families' NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama on Monday defended his view that gay couples should have the right to marry, saying that the country has never gone wrong when it "expanded rights and responsibilities to everybody.
" "That doesn't weaken families. That strengthens families," he told gay and lesbian supporters and others at a fundraiser hosted by singer Ricky Martin and the LGBT Leadership Council. Obama Says Same-Sex Marriage Should Be Legal. Homohuwelijk verdeelt Amerikanen sterk.