“Obama Administration Formally Supports Nationwide Gay Marriage.” CNN Wire 7 Mar. 2015. Opposing Viewpoints in context. Web. 10 Mar. 2015
On March 6, 2015, the Obama administration filed a statement to the Supreme Court calling ban to gay marriage unconstitutional. This is another follow up to the statement made by then presidential candidate Obama before ascending into office back in 2012. When he was inaugurated in 2013, he states, “Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.” Not only the president but other high ranking officials of the government has increased their support to gay marriage. Solicitor general Donald Verrilli Jr states that banning gay marriage means to treat gay couples and their children as second class citizens. Furthermore, Attorney general Eric Holder reiterates’ “Marriage equality is an idea whose time has come.” This article highlights growing support of government officials to the equality of marriage which will be of great evidential reference in the research paper.
Barry, Colleen. Associated, Press. “Dolce and Gabbana, Elton John Hashtags Do Battle Over Gay Rights.” AP Top News Package (2015): Newswire. Web. 17 Mar. 2015.
Sir Elton John and designers Dolce and Gabbana rage havoc on the internet recently regarding gay marriage and their children. The fiery battle started when Dolce called biological children of gay married couples “children of chemistry and synthetic babies.” Sir Elton John fired back with extreme, strong objection about the comment and started a campaign to boycott the designers. Then after, Dolce and Gabbana issued a statement that comments made “were not meant to judge others choices and that they recognize the legitimacy of non-traditional families.” Never the less, their fierce battle have already spread throughout the internet and both arguments have been shared almost 70,000 times. Politicians and religious people in Italy have