The Changes of Same-Sex

Marriage Being Legal

By: Evelyn Velez, Jordan Bratzke, Sam Schild,

Sarah Rausch

Events Leading Up To The

When the Holocaust was
happening when Hitler was around,
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he was against gays.
Gay men and women were to numerous groups targeted by
the Nazis and were eliminated among Holocaust victims.
On March 18th, 2015, leading up to the United States, the
Presbyterian Church of the United States voted to include
same-sex couples in their definition of marriage.
Pride parades happened a lot before same-sex marriage was
legal. Recently in Chicago, there was a parade on June 28th,
2015.

Reasons for this Change:

Many homosexual couples have a general interest in marriage.
This includes 54% of Australians and another 80% of their
general population who support this idea.
It has been said that there will be a decreased divorce rate. 50%
of Americans get a divorce, but allowing homosexual marriage
will allow less of a chance to split up due to incompatibility or
infertility.
This action was said by many supporters that it will separate
church and state. In other words, the right to marriage will have
no harm to religion and hopefully destroy the thought that
homosexuals are sinners.
Also, denying the marriage of homosexual citizens who are in love

Reasons for this Change

Legalizing same-gender
marriage has also been proven over
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time to diminish youth suicide and bullying.
This change also increases the amount of children
successfully adopted because before, certain adoption
agencies did not allow homosexuals to adopt.
Finally, one of the most popular points that gay-marriage
supporters claim is that legalizing this change does not (or
should not) affect the heterosexual community.

Events During the Change:

First country - Netherlands on April 1st 2001
The U.S.A made same sex legal on June 26th 2015
Currently there are 20 countries out of 196 countries in the
world
2003 - Belgium
2005 - Spain and Canada
2006 - South Africa
2009 - Norway and Sweden
2010 - Portugal, Iceland, and Argentina

Events During the

In Slovenia,
Australia, and Colombia there are steps to
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making Same-Sex marriage legal
In Mexico same-sex couples can freely marry in 3 of
Mexicos 31 states in the other 28 they need permission

Impacts Of The Change:

Couples who split are now legally allowed to
divorce
Boosts wedding industry
Retirement benefits- if one spouse were to pass
away, the other can inherit money
Many agencies only release children to married
couples- increases adoption rate
Boosts wedding industry
Shows kids that homosexuality is accepted in