bushdoc9919:
I wish them every happiness

On a more serious note....Obama did not legalize gay marriage.

What happened was that some years ago, two gay men who lived in the US state of Ohio(which at the time did not recognize gay marriage)...got married in the State of Maryland (which did).

When one of the men died back home in Ohio...his husband applied to be listed on the death certificate as his spouse.

The State refused...hence Oberfegell vs Kasich(at the lower courts) and v Hodges (at the Supreme). (Oberfegell is the husband of the dead man, Kasich is the governor of Ohio State.Hodges is the Director of the Ohio Dept of Health..a position analogous to our States Commissioner for Health in Nigeria)..

The Supreme Court...in a majority decision...found that the American Constitution's intent is to provide every American with dignity...hence if gay marriage helped provide that dignity.....then gay marriage is legal under the Constitution.(That is a rough way of looking at it.A nearly similar decision was made in 1973 by the then Supremes legalizing abortion....Roe vs Wade.).

Hence...gay marriage is now legal. Obama did nothing(though he obviously is not opposed). If he was opposed...there is nothing he can do...save propose an amendment to the Constitution making gay marriage illegal.....which is a long and complex process...and which may not succeed.

Modified: More details of the infamous or famous case here..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obergefell_v._Hodges.

Iwonimi:
That's good, wat u re tellin us is dat u support gay marriage, just say. Ur mind and let us know

smurfy:


Did you say he didn't legalize gay marriage? Yeah he didn't. The same way Pilate did not kill Jesus.

bushdoc9919:


For Obama to legalise gay marriage....he would have to have a gay marriage law to sign....which would have to be approved by both the House and the Senate.The House is controlled by Republicans....who oppose gay marriage . The Senate is controlled by Democrats...who mostly support gay marriage...a few may be against. So far....no such law has been approved by Congress for signing by Obama.....and it won't get out of Congress if it would. Then there is the issue of American federalism. Laws in America cannot just automatically apply to all the 50 states.....each state has its set of laws.

The problem you have is that you think that America is like Nigeria. It isn't.States in America have more power and leeway than your average Nigerian States.Ideally....for a gay marriage law to be passed in America...it has to also be approved by 2/3RD's of the state Assemblies...and as at last month....over 30 states were opposed to gay marriage....5 had approved.

So,for gays...their last hope so to speak was the Supreme Court.In essence....the court had to find that the American Constitution guaranteed a right to personal dignity....and such dignity guarantees a right to gay marriage for anyone who wants it. Which is what five out of the nine Supreme Court judges found.

My original post was for informative purposes BTW.....NOT to indicate pro- or anti-gay agenda.

bushdoc9919:
I wish them every happiness

On a more serious note....Obama did not legalize gay marriage.

What happened was that some years ago, two gay men who lived in the US state of Ohio(which at the time did not recognize gay marriage)...got married in the State of Maryland (which did).

When one of the men died back home in Ohio...his husband applied to be listed on the death certificate as his spouse.

The State refused...hence Oberfegell vs Kasich(at the lower courts) and v Hodges (at the Supreme). (Oberfegell is the husband of the dead man, Kasich is the governor of Ohio State.Hodges is the Director of the Ohio Dept of Health..a position analogous to our States Commissioner for Health in Nigeria)..

The Supreme Court...in a majority decision...found that the American Constitution's intent is to provide every American with dignity...hence if gay marriage helped provide that dignity.....then gay marriage is legal under the Constitution.(That is a rough way of looking at it.A nearly similar decision was made in 1973 by the then Supremes legalizing abortion....Roe vs Wade.).

Hence...gay marriage is now legal. Obama did nothing(though he obviously is not opposed). If he was opposed...there is nothing he can do...save propose an amendment to the Constitution making gay marriage illegal.....which is a long and complex process...and which may not succeed.

Modified: More details of the infamous or famous case here..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obergefell_v._Hodges.

elampiro:


- On May 9, 2012, Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to publicly declare support for the legalization of same-sex marriage.

- Before Obama became the President of America, only 2 states (Massachusetts May 2004 and Connecticut Nov 2008) legalized same sex marriage. California issued license to same sex couple briefly in 2008, but stopped it after 5 months.

- On November 6, 2012, Maine, Maryland, and Washington became the first states to legalize same-sex marriage through popular vote.

-Before this ruling by supreme court legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, same sex marriage had been legalized in 36 states. This means 34 states legalized same sex marriage under Obama administration.

-This is Obama's agenda. Without Obama as the president, this wouldn't have succeeded.

bushdoc9919:


While Obama is approving of same sex marriage.....decisions by individual states to legalise or recognise same sex marriage are the states alone.

In other words this would have happened even if Obama was opposed to same sex marriage.

Again....America is less centralized than Nigeria.

Modified: ....

The legal issues surrounding same-sex marriage in the United States are determined by the nation's federal system of government, in which the status of a person, including marital status, is determined in large measure by the individual states. Prior to 1996, the federal government did not define marriage; any marriage recognized by a state was recognized by the federal government, even if that marriage was not recognized by one or more states, as was the case until 1967 with interracial marriage which some states banned by statute.
Civil same-sex marriage ceremony being performed in San Francisco City Hall in June 2008.

Prior to 2004, same-sex marriage was not performed in any U.S. jurisdiction. It was subsequently legalized in different jurisdictions through legislation, court rulings,[57] tribal council rulings,[58] and popular vote in referenda.[59][60][61]

The Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell renders moot any remaining legal challenges, as it specifically orders states to both issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and to recognize as valid marriages performed in other states.[62]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States#Legal_issues

Iwonimi:
Brother mi. I'm in support of ur motion only gay supporter will quote u wrong or unlike ur comment. Well done

Setaje:

EUROBOMBER:


Naughty you!

Sweetheart, how are you? Long time naa.