Marriage (n)- the social institution under which a man and a woman establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments or religious ceremonies

 Gay marriage destroys the sanctity of homosexual marriage  Civil unions should be sufficient  Homosexuals cannot have children

 Baker v Nelson, 1971 › Jones v Hallahan (1973), Singer v Hara (1974)  Baehr v. Lewin, 1993

Ninth Amendment- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. Fourteenth Amendment- No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws

 Signed in 1996 by Bill Clinton  Marriage- legal union of one man and one woman  By the end of 2000, over 30 states had mini-DOMAs signed into law  Repealed by Obama in 2011

 California (1999)- first state to allow domestic partnerships  Vermont (1999)- first state to allow civil unions  Massachusetts (2004)- first legal same-sex marriages performed in the United States

 Eight states and the District of Columbia issue same-sex marriage licenses  Ten states allow alternatives such as civil unions or domestic partnerships

 First state to allow domestic partnerships (1999)  Same-sex marriage permitted in California (2008)  Proposition 8  2010 and Proposition 8 ruled to be in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment

 Insight of the gay rights movement has proved correct  Young people support it so strongly

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