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Bookmark or Share- Same-sex marriage: What you need to knowAdditionally, same-sex couples in legal unions are more likely to remain in a committed relationship than those denied marriage rights. Taken together, the research shows that there’s no scientific basis for denying marriage rights to same-sex couples, and doing so can adversely affect them as well as their family and friends.
- Marriage Equality for Same-Sex Couplesthat do not permit marriage of same-sex couples do not recognize these valid marriages (Badgett, 2009; Gates et al., 2008; Herel, Marech, & Lelchuk, 2004; Marech, 2004); and WHEREAS many other adults who are in a committed same-sex relationship wish to marry, but are prevented by state law from being married in their home jurisdiction or
- A brief history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender social movementsSame-sex civil unions were recognized under Vermont law in 2000, and Massachusetts became the first state to perform same-sex marriages in 2004; with the end of state sodomy laws (Lawrence v. Texas, 2003), gay and lesbian Americans were finally free from criminal classification. Gay marriage was first legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain ...
- Resolution on Marriage Equality for Same-Sex CouplesSame-sex marriage: The cultural politics of love and law. New York: Cambridge University Press. Jellison, W.A., McConnell, A. R., & Gabriel, S. (2004). Implicit and explicit measures of sexual orientation attitudes: Ingroup preferences and related behaviors and beliefs among gay and straight men.
- Same-sex couples: A model for straight pairs?Same-sex pairs were also more likely to use humor and affection in their interactions and to be less physiologically aroused in the face of conflict. "When it comes to emotions, we think these couples may operate with very different principles than straight couples," says Gottman.
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