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Same Sex Marriage by Region

Posted on May 7th, 2009 at 12:41 by bloodstar

There’s an interesting little graphic on secularright.com which shows support for Same Sex Marriage by region (not simply Civil Unions):

    Taking a look at the results gives a few implications

  • You should See New York and NJ move towards SSM sooner than later (Pennsylvania may move but will be colored by the Midwest more
  • You should also see Maryland and Delaware make movement soon
  • The Pacific Coast will probably also tie the knot and allow SSM in the next year or two
  • After that it’s up in the air, will the Mountain West decide to run with their libertarian impulses or will you see the Great Lakes Region decide to allow SSM?

Don’t be surprised if in the next couple of years you have SSM permitted across the entire
Northern Tier of the US. Also, any chance of getting a Anti Gay Marriage Constitutional amendment is zero at this point. There just aren’t enough states that would support ratifying an amendment.

Tags: Law, Misc, Political, bloodstar // 1 Comment »

One Response to “Same Sex Marriage by Region”

  1. Axl // May 7, 2009 at 12:57 pm

    A question for the all the lawyers in the house: so is there a major difference between “Marriage” (with the big M) and a Civil Union? I mean legally and what not. I might be wrong, but aren’t they legally the same thing?

    There seems to be the big tie-up about allowing SSM, but it strikes me as being mostly about stance and posturing than about real legalities. WE have named what WE have and don’t want YOU to have it VERSUS WE see what YOU have and want the exact same thing (sometimes because it sticks it to you that WE have it).

    Maybe the proper course of action is to eliminate Marriage altogether and call everything by its sanitized, non-offensive, legalize name of Civil Union. Marriage strikes my like a mostly religious thing anyways, and therefore should not be recognized by the Government as something more than just a Civil Union.

    Am I wrong here?

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