African-Americans were only allowed to marry in all areas after the civil war in the U.S. Mixed race couples could only marry after a U.S. Supreme Court decision was made in 1967. Gay marriages however, couldn't marry anywhere in the world until now. As you can see, the institution of marriage has been in a state of instability for centuries and it will continue to be that way until there is an agreement, but …showed first 75 words of 1425 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1425 total…don't see immediate negative consequences does not mean it is right. I guess that is why they call it faith. In my experience, however, faith and science eventually meet in the same place. "...the word 'marriage' means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word 'spouse' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife."?Defense of Marriage Act, 1996