10 years of same sex marriage equality

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June is the tenth year of legal same sex marriage in my province, Ontario as of June 10. This is full equality as far as marriage compared to heteros dual couple is concerned.

In ten years those that oppose same sex marriage in Ontario has dropped from 47% to 18%.

This is one person's opinion on the past ten years and comparison to other parts of the world where attitudes have not evolved as progressively as Ontario.

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/comme...n_ontario.html

This is the opinion of one person who read the article.
"There is no good reason to deny that we must keep evolving until an adult, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, monogamy or polyamory, race, or religion is free to marry any and all consenting adults. The limited same-gender freedom to marry is a great and historic step, but is NOT full marriage equality, because equality "just for some" is not equality. Let's stand up for EVERY ADULT'S right to marry the person(s) they love. Get on the right side of history!"

You opinion?

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This just appeared in our news showing other parts of the world have a long way to go.

MOSCOW—A bill that stigmatizes gay people and bans giving children any information about homosexuality won overwhelming approval Tuesday in Russia’s lower house of parliament.

Hours before the State Duma passed the Kremlin-backed law in a 436-0 vote with one abstention, more than two dozen protesters were attacked by hundreds of anti-gay activists and then detained by police.

The bill banning the “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations” still needs to be passed by the appointed upper house and signed into law by President Vladimir Putin, but neither step is in doubt..........

The legislation will impose hefty fines for providing information about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to minors or holding gay pride rallies. Those breaking the law will be fined up to 5,000 rubles ($156) for an individual and up to 1 million rubles ($31,000) for a company, including media organizations.

Foreign citizens arrested under the new law can be deported or jailed for up to 15 days and then deported.

Russia decriminalized homosexuality in 1993, but anti-gay sentiment remains high. Russia also is considering banning citizens of countries that allow same-sex marriage from adopting Russian children.


http://www.thestar.com/news/world/20...rotesters.html