11: Marriage

11 years ago today (June 26, 2015) the US Supreme Court made Gay Marriage legal throughout most of the United States.

Gay Marriage remains illegal on some Indian Reservations and the US Territory of American Samoa.

Massachusetts became the first US State or Territory to allow Gay Marriage in 2004.

68% of American Adults approve of Gay Marriage.

Homosexuality was first decriminalized in 1962 with Illinois becoming the first US State or Territory and last decriminalized (by the US Supreme Court) in 2003 in Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.

However, there is currently a new Lavender Scare causing Unnecessary Mass Moral Panic across the United States (the same way it did in the 1940s-1970s.)

Many US States (such as Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, Alabama, Indiana, Arizona, South Dakota, Iowa, Montana, Arkansas, Tennessee, etc.)  currently have or are working on making Anti-Homosexuality Laws where they can including: Education, Sports, “Don’t Say Gay”, Pride Parade Bans, Gay Book Bans, Boycotts,  etc.

The US Federal Government is also looking into doing away with Gay Marriage and many other Federal Homosexual Protections.

Politicians and Groups of People across the United States are trying to cause panic and fear against Homosexuals so attention is deflected from the real issues and so People have a Scapegoat to blame all their problems on.

I’m not Gay, but I support Gay Rights and Gay Marriage because I am Straight, but not Narrow (Minded.)