Unit 2: Political Beliefs & Behaviors
Alabama, Where Same-Sex Marriage Remains Deeply Unpopular
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/upshot/alabama-where-same-sex-marriage-remains-deeply-unpopular.html?_r=1&abt=0002&abg=1
The 21st
century, the great debate over gay marriage has really started in the early
2000s. Alabama, one of the most
conservative states where 2/3 of the population oppose gay marriage and one of
the only states that strongly opposes gay marriage; that is challenging for
same-sex couples in that region. Whether
for isolation or religious factors, Alabama population do not agree with gay
marriage If the Supreme Court finds
that gay marriage bans are constitutional then those bans could last decades in
the South states, especially Alabama.
The article
talks about how Alabama’s population does not have political tolerance for same-sex marriage
in their state. There is reasoning in
why Alabama does not support same-sex marriage and that could be because of
religious views, Christian and conservative views, or because of isolation, the
percentage of gay people in Alabama is not high and the population does not
have a predisposition of gay people – both reasons are considered political socialization. There are gay activists in the rural states of the south who are
seeking approval from the Supreme Court so their marriages can be honored disregarding
what their state believes. While public
opinion shows that many adults in the US favor gay marriage, in 2012, Alabama
enacted a ban on gay-marriage that was very popular in the state. The stability in Alabama is very little and some think
with time that the population will change their minds. In June, if the Supreme Court honors
gay-marriage being constitutional it will make millions and myself happy.
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| Yashinari Effinger kissed Adrian Thomas as they were declared a married couple Monday in Big Spring Park in Huntsville, Ala. Gary Cosby Jr./The Decatur Daily, via Associated Press |
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