• @chiliedogg
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    10 days ago

    According to the GSS, only 10% of Americans reaponded “Agree” or “Strongly Agree” to the statement “Homosexuals should have the right to marry” in 1988 (first year the question was asked).

    In 2004, it was 30%.

    In 2022 it was 67%.

    Also according to the GSS, 40 years ago a third of Americans thought homosexuals shouldn’t have the right to speak.

    We’ve made remarkable progress in a very short period.

    • @[email protected]
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      1610 days ago

      Yeah, trans people are just new targets. DOMA wasn’t that long ago, but regressives lost the battle against gay people, so trans people are just the next rung on the hate ladder for them.

    • Don_DickleOP
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      110 days ago

      Is that why I had to fly to a different state to marry my gf instead of my home state who does not recognize same sex marriages?

      • @chiliedogg
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        1910 days ago

        All 50 states are recognize gay marriage since Obgerfel v Hodges in June 2015.

          • @chiliedogg
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            1310 days ago

            In this case it is. All 50 states are required to perform gay marriages as of June 26th, 2015. The ruling took immediate effect nationwide. Clerks were having to hand-edit marriage licenses to allow for same-sex certificates because within an hour of the ruling people were showing up at courthouses to get married in states where it had been illegal.

            Churches aren’t required to perform same-sex marriages nationwide, however.

              • @chiliedogg
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                1010 days ago

                Correct. And I appreciate that. A couple wanting a religous wedding should know that the pastor that’s blessing the union supports them.

      • @[email protected]
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        29 days ago

        So now it’s demonstrated this can’t be true was it a lie and if so why? If not then what extra details make it plausible?