How many states ban gay marriages?
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49 not counting puerto rico as a state
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For sure Maryland ,Massachusetts, New Jersey & Vermount...  i heard that California but i am not sure about that... But in Maryland u do not have to be state resadance to get married there. my 1/2 sisters aunt went to maryland a couple years ago and married her partner\nI remember them saying that it is not recanised as marrige here in pa but they were considerd life partners or a civil union they would not be able to collect from the goverment from one another or file income tax together but just the same they did not care.... it was kinda cool one wore a white! wedding dress and the other a tux and got married right in a gay church. It was something to see i can tell you that much. Her partner ended up dying just 16 months after they were married and she was gay since she was a early teen she had a son from a one night stand with a guy just to see what it was like.. anyway... all she ever wanted was to get married to the right woman  and her dream came true..and her son has a parent in his life he would not of had one because his father was no where to be found. the son lives with the aunt and thinks of her as his mother and is not afraid to tell anyone that his mom is dead but his other mom is raising him now. Now rather i agree with the life style is another story..
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I'm for it!  If specific churches don't want to marry gay couples they don't have to.  Churches are entitled to discriminate against anyone they want.  The government, however, is not.  Some churches are willing to marry gay couples, but the government refuses the recognize the marriage.  This is discrimation based on both sexual orientation and religious persuation.  Same-sex marriage hurts NO ONE.  Banning it, however, hurts same-sex couples and their children.\n\nchaosjones7: A pedophile is someone who is sexually attracted to children, not people of the same gender as themselves.  The vast majority of pedophiles are heterosexual.\n\nAirborneSaint: Homosexuality is dangerous only insofar as society MAKES it dangerous by marginalizing it.  I would be interested to see that CDC study you cited.  However, you failed to compare your statistics to those of the heterosexual population.  I think you will find that promiscuous sex and pedophilia are not significantly more common within the homosexual population as compared to the heterosexual population.  What difference there is can likely be accounted for by the fact that all sexually repressed individuals such as yourself invariably identify as heterosexual.  Also, when you talk about how many homosexual men have had sex with boys under the age of 18, how many were teenagers themselves at the time?  Think back to high school.  I think you'll find most people have had sex with underage parteners at some point in their lives.\n\nYou said, "the issue was decided by vote, and an overwhelming number of Americans voted against it."  When did that happen?  I was not aware we had had a national referendum on a bill that would have legalized gay marriage.\n\nHomosexuality is not a "life-style choice."  It is likely the result of a combination of genetic and environmental factors, but it is not something the individual has control over.  There are many homosexual individuals who engage in long-term monogomous relationships, just as there are many heterosexual individuals who do not.  Before you condem the entire gay population, remember the story of Sodom and Gomorrah.  "Will you indeed sweep away the rigtheous wih the wicked?"  God told Abraham he would not destroy the city if there were any righteous people in it.  But perhaps you know better than God?
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I believe polygamy is illegal in all states, however it has been practiced in Utah and Nevada for many years
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The American people banned gay marriage
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gay/lesbian marriages are the same as regular marriages, yet gay/lesbian divorce rate will increase with time, when more state will allow them to get married. I personally think that I doesn't matter. gay or straight
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75-80% of Americans are against gay marriage.  Every time it is put on a ballot, gay marriage is defeated.
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Since the federal government looks at marriage as a contract and federal law states that all states must recognize the contracts that were signed in other states then if gay marriage is recognized in one state it must also be recognizes in all states.\n\nIt must be removed from the federal tax code to be decided by the states whether it can be banned.
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At this point in time, and in MOST states, gay marriages/unions are not recognized by anyone except the couple and perhaps family and friends.
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another county? or another country? not all marriages are recognized everywhere. for instance, if a man has three wives in another country it wouldn't be recognized in a place that outlaws polygamy. likewise, same-sex marriage is legal in massachusetts but not other states.\n\nfor new york city marriage license info, check out this site: http://nycmarriagebureau.com/about/marriagelicense.html\n\nfor new york state in general: http://www.nysegov.com/citGuide.cfm?superCat=82&cat=154&content=main\n\nif you're getting married in another country (let's say, ireland) but live in new york, i recommend contacting the city licensing bureau to find out exactly what you need to do.\n\ngood luck, and congratulations! :)
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I am not sure which amendment proposals you are talking about.   Georgia passed a referendum barring the same sex marriage.  However, the court just voided the referendum due to a technicality.  In Massachusetts, the legislatures are considering amending the State Constitution to ban the same sex marriage.  \n\nIn Congress some are proposing the US constitutional amendment (although it could be challenged about its legality based on the equal protection ground) while others have opted in the statutory route.
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Alas, we do not have laws banning gay marriage. Yet. With any luck, that will remain true. \n\nI would say that for the most part being against gay marriage is a matter of fearing what you don't understand, and/or being uninformed.
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I'm not really sure if marriage is a federal issue right now.  It will be a federal issue if the right-wingers get their way and change the Constitution.\n\nIt will be legal on a state by state basis when enough people realize that the only real argument against it is of a religious nature and that there is a constitutional separation of church and state.\n\nThink about it, gay people should have the same rights as every other American and allowing them to be legally married would harm no one!
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As of September 2005 in the United States, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts recognizes same-sex marriage, while California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey and Vermont grant persons in same-sex unions a similar legal status to those in a civil marriage by domestic partnership, civil union or reciprocal beneficiary laws.
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Idaho does.  Vote no on HJR No. 2!!!!!!\n\nIt says that marriage is only between a man and a woman.  It will also ban and kind of civil union in the state whether it be between a man and a woman, man and man or woman and woman!\n\nVote no on HJR #2 in Idaho!!!!
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No law has been passed in any state allowing same sex marriage. The only state in which same sex marriage is legal is Massachusetts, and it is legal there because a court ruled that banning homosexuals from marrying was unconstitutional, based on the Massachusetts state constitution.\n\nThe judges' ruling was based on the idea that granting homosexual couples different opportunities is inherently unequal and since the state produced no compelling reason why homosexuals should be forced into this unequal status, it cannot be constitutional.
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Massecheshits is the only state that allows gay marriage. New Jersey has just had a ruling in its courts that say that a gay marriage is valid. The Federal government does not recognise either so don't expect spousal pension benefitsif your partner dies.