Gay Marriage Enhances Human Rights

Sydnei TrotterSophomore Project

Homosexuals Can Receive Legal Benefits If They’re Married

Gay people often cannot pass assets to their spouse without having to pay a huge amount of taxes

Unmarried homosexuals cannot file joint tax returns and denied the right to transfer property

Percent of adults currently married, by sexual orientation

1996- Defense of marriage act (DOMA) help defend one-man, one-woman marriage

2004 -Bush supported banning same-sex marriages

2011- Don't Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) official policy on gays serving in the military from admitting their sexualit

2012- Pew conducted a poll showing that more Americans favor same sex marriage

Background Information:

Driving Question:

Has the United States government impeded or enhanced American progress for gay marriage?

Claim:

The United States Government has enhanced American progress for gay

marriage.

The Supreme Court has decided to hear both sides of the cases

Both parties felt their rights should be acknowledge.

The debate has grown so much that the Supreme Court felt that the cases should be decided on.

Supreme Court needs to interpret the constitutionality of gay marriage.

Protesting outside of the Supreme Court building

44th President Barack Obama is for gay marriage

Feels that gays should be able to marry

No other President announced has stood up for gay marriage

Barack Obama cannot picture a state banning gay marriage

Obama for gay marriage

Don't Ask Don’t Tell policy for the Military has been terminated

Policy that didn’t allow homosexuals to come out has been banned

Homosexuals are now able to serve openly in the military

Homosexuals can now serve without all the barriers

Ending of DADT

Others argue that  the American Government impeded the progress for

gay marriage because not all states  have made it legal

However, nine states have already made gay marriage

legal

Support for Same-Sex Marriage by Political Party, 2001-2011

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