James Obergefell and his partner John Arthur, legally married in the State of Maryland in 2013. However, their relevant state in which they reside was Ohio, where same sex marriage was not allowed. Ohio had passed a law several years prior to their marriage that made same sex marriage illegal. John lost a battle with ALS and Ohio would not allow Obergefell to be recognized as his legal spouse. Mr. Obergefell then took it to the the District courts of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Michigan to have his case heard. The rulings were the same for each court, as they define marriage as an union between a man and a women. Multiple cases emerge across states with the same ruling as people of same sex relationships have the same situation as Obergefell.
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That's when i realized most people really see Gays trying to do. That veil of ignorance is the reason why the don't have equal rights now
An article written by Kate Shellnutt “Fairness for All: Evangelicals Explore Truce on LGBT and Religious” talks about a truce between the Evangelicals and the LGBT community. Talks about laws passed for religion based colleges such as Liberty and Vilanova can no longer discriminate their students. Connects to Obergefell v. Hodges by having laws that discriminated against the LGBT community changed. Health care and other worker benefits at jobs are now coming to place for gays and lesbians. Plus some jobs are specifically seeking out same sex married couples, as trhe prefer their creativity and background over hetersexual people. It is a benefit to jobs to have a more diverse workplace, through ethnicities, and sexualities.
It supports my point of view by showing how even in school systems, LGBT community is gaining equal rights. The world is always rapidly changing, and to have a law that is only based of church restrictions, is contradiction to what we preach out to the world. The right and be …show more content…
Same-sex marriage” talks about the revolution and changed of society's preference on sexuality. The keys to the kingdom of the married might have been held by the only by private citizens—religious bodies and their leaders, families, others parts of civil society. So it has been in many societies throughout history. In the United States, however, as in most modern nations, government holds those keys. Even if people have been married by their church or religious group, they are not married in the sense that really counts for social and political purposes unless they have been granted a marriage license by the
That's when i realized most people really see Gays trying to do. That veil of ignorance is the reason why the don't have equal rights now
An article written by Kate Shellnutt “Fairness for All: Evangelicals Explore Truce on LGBT and Religious” talks about a truce between the Evangelicals and the LGBT community. Talks about laws passed for religion based colleges such as Liberty and Vilanova can no longer discriminate their students. Connects to Obergefell v. Hodges by having laws that discriminated against the LGBT community changed. Health care and other worker benefits at jobs are now coming to place for gays and lesbians. Plus some jobs are specifically seeking out same sex married couples, as trhe prefer their creativity and background over hetersexual people. It is a benefit to jobs to have a more diverse workplace, through ethnicities, and sexualities.
It supports my point of view by showing how even in school systems, LGBT community is gaining equal rights. The world is always rapidly changing, and to have a law that is only based of church restrictions, is contradiction to what we preach out to the world. The right and be …show more content…
Same-sex marriage” talks about the revolution and changed of society's preference on sexuality. The keys to the kingdom of the married might have been held by the only by private citizens—religious bodies and their leaders, families, others parts of civil society. So it has been in many societies throughout history. In the United States, however, as in most modern nations, government holds those keys. Even if people have been married by their church or religious group, they are not married in the sense that really counts for social and political purposes unless they have been granted a marriage license by the