Gay Marriage Arrives In Sweden

Gay and lesbian couples may marry in Sweden starting today. Swedish lawmakers approved a gay marriage bill in April, making it the seventh country to legalize gay marriage. The measure was approved in the Swedish Parliament by a wide margin – 261 to 22, with 66 lawmakers abstaining or absent. The legislation repeals a 1987 law defining marriage as a heterosexual union. A recent poll found that nearly three-fourths of Swedes (71%) approve of the new law.

Sweden has recognized civil unions for gay and lesbian couples since 1995. The union offered gay couples the same legal status as married heterosexual couples, including the right to adopt. The Lutheran Church, which was the state church until 2000, offered a separate religious blessing for gay unions.

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Gay Marriage Support Helps Politicians Get Re-Elected

A new study concludes that a large majority of legislators who supported gay marriage won re-election nationwide.

Freedom to Marry, the nationwide marriage equality group headed by Evan Wolfson, looked at 1100 state legislators from four states that have voted on gay marriage bills since 2005. Nearly all of these politicians were re-affirmed by their constituents, debunking the misconception that gay marriage support ends political careers.

Lawmakers from both political parties met with equal success.

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Activists Call On Obama To Repeal Federal Gay Marriage Ban

Grassroots gay activists protesting the passage of California’s gay marriage ban on November 4 turned their attention Saturday to the federal-level ban.

The federal Defense of Marriage Act, widely known by its acronym DOMA, is the 12-year-old law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman for federal agencies and allows states to ignore legal gay marriages performed in another state.

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