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Gay Rights

Gay Rights. State vs. Federal?. Individual states are in charge of maintaining the status of a person Marriage is an issue that deals with the status of a person Federal government didn’t even define marriage until 1996

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Gay Rights

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  1. Gay Rights

  2. State vs. Federal? • Individual states are in charge of maintaining the status of a person • Marriage is an issue that deals with the status of a person • Federal government didn’t even define marriage until 1996 • Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman BUT it does not prevent states from making it legal • Several federal courts have found DOMA to be unconstitutional • DOMA was recently challenged by the U.S. Supreme court • This ruling allowed legally married couples of the same-sex be entitled to the same rights as opposite-sex couples • Same-sex marriage is still a state decision. • Technically, same-sex couples can identified as married in one state and not in another

  3. What States? • As of August 2013, 13 states have made same-sex marriage legal: • Massachusetts • California • Connecticut • Iowa • Vermont • New Hampshire • New York • Maine • Maryland • Washington • Delaware • Rhode Island • Minnesota • Along with Washington D.C.

  4. LGBT Statistics • 3.8 % Americans identify themselves as gay or lesbian, or approximately 9 million adults in the U.S. • In the 2008 election, 4% of the voters were from the LGBT community • 42% of LGBT youth feel that their community is not accepting of them • 75% of LGBT youth say that most of their peers have no problem with their sexual orientation • As of 2012 around 110,000 adopted children live with same-sex parents • Florida has a complete ban on gay adoption • Ohio allows gay adoption but does not allow second-parent adoptions. Meaning legally, there is only one parent.

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