sabrina winston - same-sex marriage thesis presentation
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GAY MARRIAGE BANS
By: Sabrina Winston
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SECTION 1
Background Section
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GAY MARRIAGE BANS
A gay marriage ban is a ban
against same-sex marriage.
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OTHER STATE LEVEL GAY MARRIAGE
POLICIESLegalized gay marriage
Gay marriage recognition laws
Civil unions/ domestic partnerships
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IMPACTS OF GAY MARRIAGE BANS
No end-of-life decision making
No family leaveNo Social Security benefitsNo work place marriage benefits like
health insurance
Don’t benefit from1,100 laws legal & financial benefits and responsibilities for married couples
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CITY & STATES WHERE GAY
MARRIAGE IS LEGAL
(California)
Connecticut
Iowa
Massachusetts
(Maryland)-pending
New Hampshire
New York
Vermont
Washington DC
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RECOGNITION LAWS
There are currently no gay marriage
recognition laws
New York and Washington DC used
to have recognition laws before they
legalized gay marriage
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STATES WITH CIVIL UNIONS
Delaware
Hawaii
Illinois
New Jersey
Rhode Island
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STATES WITH DOMESTIC
PARTNERSHIPS
California
Colorado
Maine
Maryland
Nevada
Oregon
Washington DC
Washington State
Wisconsin
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DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT
(DOMA) Federal law
passed In 1996
Signed by President Clinton
Section 2: States don’t have to
recognize gay marriages from
states where they are legal
Section 3: For federal purposes,
marriage is defined as between a
man & a woman
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SECTION 2
Policy Analysis
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CONTROVERSY 1
Are Gay
Rights CIVIL
RIGHTS?
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LOVING V. VIRGINIA (1967)
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EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE
OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT
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WITHOUT CIVIL RIGHTS,
HOMOSEXUALS ARE:
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COUNTER POSITION:
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ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE OF THE 1ST
AMENDMENT
“Congress shall
make no law
respecting an
establishment of
religion”
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CONTROVERSY 2
Is it more important
to honor majority
rule or minority
rights?
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IS IT MORE IMPORTANT TO HONOR
MAJORITY RULE OR MINORITY
RIGHTS?
Marriage is one of the
"basic civil rights of
man," fundamental to our
very existence and
survival....
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IS IT MORE IMPORTANT TO HONOR
MAJORITY RULE OR MINORITY
RIGHTS?
Should we have cared
that it bothered some
whites for blacks to be
equal or have civil
rights?
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IS IT MORE IMPORTANT TO HONOR
MAJORITY RULE OR MINORITY
RIGHTS?
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CONTROVERSY 3
Should states or federal
governments make gay
marriage laws?
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DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT
(DOMA)
Section 3: For federal
purposes, marriage is
defined as between a
man & a woman
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SHOULD STATES OR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENTS MAKE GAY MARRIAGE
LAWS?
Massachusetts v.
United States
Dept. of Health
and Human
Services
(D. Mass 2010)
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Supreme Court Justice Louis D.
BrandeisOne of the principal
values of American
federalism is that a
“single courageous
state may, if its citizens
choose, serve as a
laboratory; and try
novel social and
economic
experiments without
risk to the rest of the
country.”
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COUNTER-POSITION
The Full Faith and Credit
Clause of the U.S Constitution
says that states must
recognize “public acts, records
and judicial proceedings of
other states.”
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CONTROVERSY 4
Do people have a
right to marry whom
they want?
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DUE PROCESS CLAUSE
OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT
- “Nor shall any state
deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property,
without due process of
law”
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DO PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO MARRY
WHOM THEY WANT?
Goodridge v. Department
of Public Health
--Due Process Clause
--Equal Protection
Clause
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DO PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO MARRY
WHOM THEY WANT?
Perry v. Schwarzenegger
(2010) (Perry v. Brown on
appeal)
--Due Process
Clause
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COUNTER-POSITION
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SECTION 3
Alternative policy
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ALTERNATIVE POLICY
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The outcome
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SPECIAL THANKS TO
Mr. Rick Rosendall,
DC Gay Marriage Bill advocate.
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WORK CITEDHRC Foundation Answers to Questions About
Marriage Equality
Merriam Webster defines domestic violence and civil
unions
Gallup poll First Time Majority Americans Favor Legal
Gay Marriage