1. Americans are not now accepting of homosexual marriages. 2. And if Hawaii allows homosexual marriages, the ability of Congress or other states to not recognize those marriages would be tested in state and federal courts. 3. And, in the American state of Hawaii, a court case may legalize homosexual marriage itself. 4. As the legislative session headed toward a midnight close Friday night, opponents of homosexual marriage insisted on a recorded vote. 5. At Congregational Emanu-El, Pearce estimates that he performs five or six homosexual marriages a year. 6. Between May and July, national policy-making conventions of Methodists, Episcopalians and Presbyterians will address the hot-button issue of homosexual marriage. 7. But for the moment, it seems unlikely that the contemporary debate over Christian acceptance of homosexual marriage can be eased with an appeal to precedent. 8. But is homosexual marriage a constitutional right? 9. But the author nonetheless suggested, Reynolds said, that these premodern rituals involved something approaching a homosexual marriage in the contemporary sense. 10. Chapman, a retiring lawmaker who often differed with Clinton, said the president scored points by signing legislation to ban homosexual marriages and overhaul welfare. |