History Behind Gay Marriage

Civil union is the term that is used to describe a legal partnership
between two persons, which is also referred to as a marriage. Today,
there are quite a number of persons in gay relationships that are
requesting to have civil union legalized for persons with the gay
communities; on the other hand, there are persons that are opposing any
legalization of same sex marriage. The legalization of gay marriage
affords those in gay relationships the same rights as married
heterosexual couples; this is inclusive of being able to make medical
decisions for a partner that is sick, and being able to add partners to
medical insurance.



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Denmark is actually the first county to
legalize gay marriage, and this was done in 1989. Ever since, there
have been several other countries, and some of the states in the United
States that have allowed persons in gay relationships to marry, or have
allowed them to generate an agreement that is treated like a marriage,
which both the country and the state authorizes and recognizes.


Some of the countries that support same sex marriage are inclusive of
Mexico, Israel, the United Kingdom, Iceland, France, Finland, Sweden
and Norway, and also some of the states in the United States. Vermont
is known as the first ever state in the U.S. to legalize same sex
marriage, after which some other states followed suit. This is also
inclusive of California and Oregon’s laws relating to domestic
partnership.

However, not all laws relating to gay marriage
have equal standing. For example, in Denmark, persons involved in gay
marriage are not allowed to adopt children; even though, one of the
partners is allowed to adopt children belonging to their first spouse.
Another big difference in a majority of the laws relating to same sex
marriage is the fact that the union may not be recognized outside of
the country or the state in which the couple got married. For instance,
heterosexual married couples living in Texas will have the same rights
even if they travel to New Jersey; however, this does not apply to
persons in gay relationships.



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Therefore, if a gay couple got married in a
state that legalizes gay marriage and traveled to a state that does not
legally recognize gay relationships, then that state will not see them
as a married couple. Actually, the United States Federal Government
does not recognize same sex marriage as being portable or legal; as
such, there are several gay activists that are fighting for gay
relationships to be recognized as marriage, instead of domestic
partnerships.



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