FIVE WAYS TO ACHIEVE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
First we will outline 26 rights and
privileges
that are automatically available to married couples
that could be extended to same-sex couples
if they were recognized and registered in some way.
Then we will project five possible ways
in which laws might be changed in the 21st century
to enable same-sex couples to have the same rights and privileges
now enjoyed by traditional different-sex married couples.
The Unitarian Universalist Association
already recognizes same-sex couples.
And many UU ministers conducts commitment or holy union ceremonies
to solemnize these committed relationships.
The next steps will be achieved thru some
combination
of judicial and legislative action by the individual states.
This presentation will outline five possible ways
the right to marry will be won for same-sex couples:
1. Courts will find laws preventing same-sex marriage unconstitutional.
2. Legislators will repeal state laws
requiring marriage partners to be of different sexes.
3. Legislators will create new state laws
permitting domestic partnership alongside traditional marriage.
4. Legislators will make all laws marriage-blind.
5. Legislators will repeal all marriage laws;
allowing relationships to be private and unregistered.
See a Bibliography of the first books on Same-Sex Marriage.
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