Sentences with phrase «debate over gay marriage»

The debate over gay marriage is back on the agenda with evidence that the government might allow religious elements into civil partnership ceremonies.

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When even Christianity Today is asking, «Is the Gay Marriage Debate Over?»

E.g., from Why Marriage: The History Shaping Today's Debate Over Gay Equality by George Chauncey (c) 2004:

It would just bring a major impact say if half the Americans were gay over a long period of time, sure it might solve a few problems with the decline from the billions, but in the end it... you should join speech & debate my friend, just my opinion they shouldn't allow gay marriage, they can have their relationships all they want, just my belief about it, I respect your beliefs as long as you respect mine.

Obviously there is a lot of debate over the isue of gay marriage and sin.

But what I detect in it is the work of someone who was never all that interested in investigating the arguments on either side of the same - sex marriage debate; whose scant interest in it has now been fully exhausted, both intellectually and morally; and whose present conclusions hover in mid-air without anything to support them other than a wistful regret that he has lost a hoedown partner in a gay man who has come fairly unglued over the issue.

Opponents of gay marriage are facing intolerance in the ongoing debate over a change in the law, the former Archbishop of Canterbury has said.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand again injected herself into the debate over same - sex marriage in Albany today, sending a letter today to state lawmakers urging them to end «institutionalized discrimination» in New York by allowing gay couples to wed..

Mr. Cuomo, 52, appears poised to succeed the most pro-gay rights governor the state has ever had, at a pivotal moment in the debate over same - sex marriage, and with gay men and lesbians exercising increasing influence within the state Democratic Party.

In the true essence of Albany, politicians in this nearly 400 - year - old city bargained and bickered over a host of seemingly unconnected issues as gay couples and other states watched closely for indications about which way the national debate is evolving over using the word «marriage» to describe the union between people of the same sex.

Over the holidays, there was a family discussion / debate / argument — don't you just love them — about LGBTQ rights, specifically gay marriage.