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Williamson has worked as a deputy managing editor [5] and theater critic for The New Criterion. [6] Williamson has also worked at the Mumbai-based Indian Express Group; the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal; Journal Register Newspapers; the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, where he directed the journalism and communication programs; and as an adjunct professor at The King's ...
A 2011 study for states with available data initially reported that the dissolution rates for same-sex couples were slightly lower on average (on average, 1.1% of all same-sex couples were said to divorce each year, ranging from 0% to 1.8% in various jurisdictions) than divorce rates of different-sex couples (2% of whom divorce annually). [24]
In 1996, the Tennessee General Assembly enacted a statute banning same-sex marriages. [4] This ban was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, 2015. On May 6, 2004, the House of Representatives approved Amendment 1, a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, by a vote of 85–5.
This article contains a timeline of significant events regarding same-sex marriage and legal recognition of same-sex couples worldwide. It begins with the history of same-sex unions during ancient times, which consisted of unions ranging from informal and temporary relationships to highly ritualized unions, and continues to modern-day state-recognized same-sex marriage.
The State of Alabama shall not recognize as valid any marriage of parties of the same sex that occurred or was alleged to have occurred as a result of the law of any jurisdiction regardless of whether a marriage license was issued. Ref.1 (f) The State of Alabama shall not recognize as valid any common law marriage of parties of the same sex ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 October 2024. Jack Baker and Michael McConnell (r), the first same-sex couple ever legally married in the United States (in 1971), at their Minneapolis home, 1970 Part of the LGBT rights series Legal status of same-sex unions Marriage legal Andorra Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada ...
Michael Leshner and Michael Stark (m. 2003), the first married gay couple in Canada [151] Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf (m. 2004), the first married gay couple in Quebec [152] Chad Beguelin, American playwright and lyricist and a man whose first name is Tom [153] Ryan Butler and Chris Sgro (m. 2006) [154] Pete Burns and Michael Simpson (m ...
The official teaching of the Catholic Church regarding homosexuality is that same-sex behavior should not be expressed. [36] In the United States, a February 2012 Pew Research Center poll shows that Catholics support gay marriage by a margin of 52% to 37%. [37] That is a shift upwards from 2010, when 46% of Catholics favored gay marriage. [38]