Thanks to www.existentialpunk.com!
We here at USDemocrazy would rather spend our time at peace with the world, feeling really “kumbaya,” as they say.
But as we have seen of late, even issues that will help everyone (like health care or stopping climate change) can cause so much fighting!
There’s one issue that can cause more than its share of heated battles: gay marriage. We’ve seen it in the past, and no doubt we will see again. But recent battles have shown some movement on the issue. Heres’ a rundown what is going on around the world!
Mayor Fenty of Washington, D.C., is expected to sign a gay marriage bill after passing the bill on Tuesday. This will make D.C. the sixth place in the United States that will allow same-sex couples to marry! But not everyone is happy.
Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz disagrees with same-sex marriage, and
vowed to lead an effort in Congress to block a gay marriage bill expected to be signed in approval by the mayor today.
Maybe D.C. won’t be joining Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire, but this is just one chapter in the long saga of same-sex marriage.
California is struggling right now to keep gay marriage legal.
Thanks to Daryl Cagle!
As more locations are passing gay marriage legislation, California is struggling. Andy Pugno, the California lawyer who successfully defended the ban in the state supreme court, states,
The focus is very much on this one case.
California is hoping that, if they can keep same-sex marriage, then a Constitutional amendment may make it possible to spread gay marriage nationwide.
Many other countries are passing, or leaning towards passing, gay marriage, including, recently Portugal.
Socialists in Portugal are pushing for legal gay marriage despite the fact that it did not pass in July (sound familiar, like the problems that we’ve had here?)
Let’s see if the United States will be one of the countries that changes! Yes we can? Well, we’ll see!
