From America, the advancement of gay equality may have to come down to court room battles, rather than appealing to politicians to do the right thing!
Jamaica Plain couple Betty Jo Green (left) and Jo Ann Whitehead are among plaintiffs challenging the Defense of Marriage Act.
Gay-rights activists, acknowledging they will lose momentum for their agenda in Congress when Republicans assume control of the House this week, are pinning their hopes for further gains in 2011 on a series of incremental measures and a host of federal court cases.
Last month’s historic repeal of the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military signaled an expanding political acceptance of fuller integration of gays into American life. Yet activists and observers caution against expecting anything as dramatic from the next Congress.
For instance, a legislative repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, which prevents the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages, is virtually out of the question in the near future because of the GOP’s rise to power in the House, advocates said.
It’s clear from the stance of almost all republicans that gay rights and gay equality do not matter to them, indeed since the mid-term elections the number of people in Congress and Senate that oppose gay equality & gay marriage has gone up by over 100%.
Over 60% of the membership of the US republican party do not believe gay people should have the same rights as heterosexual people! So much for the land of the free!
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