britain has legalized same-sex marriage which is also I'm Queen Elizabeth the
second has assigned
Pisa legislation she is approved ed which of course is a formality which I
love
I but this shows that they're is a
you know growing acceptance toward the gay community not just in the United
States but in other countries
in fact I hear stories like this it makes me reflect on what's happening in
the US and how
we should really push for federal law that legalizes same-sex marriages that
have leaving it up to the states
but that's just me I'm now Britain of course is not the first country to
legalize same-sex marriage there have been a number
other European countries that have done it in fact back in
2000 the Netherlands that's where a same-sex marriage was legalized first
in 2003 was Belgium 2005 it was Spain and Canada
2006 South Africa 2009 Norway and Sweden
in 2010 it was Portugal Iceland Argentina 2011 Denmark and in 2013 big
year
there's France England Wales Britain ora y and New Zealand
why alright that's fantastic
man %uh votes leading the way a a blessing at work now I should know that
in every one of these countries there are some exceptions to the rule it's not
like
alright go al gay people can get married for instance in some countries I gave
adoption is not legal yet so that's a little bit of a problem
in some countries I they will
say that alright Willis a civil official
doesn't necessarily have to marry you if he or she doesn't want to
so there may be some exceptions within the rule and even though you might have
gay marriage you don't have for gay rights
exactly like the idea of the Queen coming out today
gay people go I
you have full rights okay yes such great news like I'm I get really excited about
this
and today on the point was you guys can watch on YouTube dot com slash town
square
we're having this discussion about race relations in the country verses
gay rights and you're seeing like so much progress with gay rights and of
course at some point in the country we had great progress when it came to race
relations
but with race relations now we're kind of at a standstill wes is gay rights we
continue to see progress
and why is that it's because we like to sell segregate let's keep it real
everyone likes to hang out with people that looks like them
CR have to really deal with those issues when it comes to sexuality people around
us have different sexualities
you see what I'm saying this really interesting so you're kinda forced to
think about it
and you're forced to be more tolerant because you're like but that's my best
friend it turns out that my best friend is gay
for my daughter my son exactly if you're black you can have a white if your baby
yet have a bike tell us your adoptive course
exactly anybody could have a gates son or daughter so
so it's fascinating as the how those dynamics play out
now as we have good news throughout the world up and the US
of course is not caught up to all those countries yet some states have but we
have it as a country
we also some bad news to give you a sense this issue is
buying no means resolved I mean we might be making some progress but we also take
steps backwards there was a journalist
and a gay rights activist in Cameroon his name was Eric
a let Ben Bay and say he was very well known within the gay community
in Cameroon because he was a very outspoken critic
those who would condemn gay people and up
very very sad story he was found dead over the weekend
in his own bed I his friend who found him said that his neck
and his feet were broke in and that he had been burned with an iron
so he was basically tortured to death and it shows you that
you know while you might see great strides in some countries we still have
a long way to go in others
so he had been warning people hate
look gay AP anti-gay folks are coming here
and harassing us and I don't know p but authorities in take him seriously
or be turned a blind eye but the
manner in which she was killed is so horrific
so if you hear people say like oh what are they complaining about they all have
rights anyway which is something you always here in the US well there's about
race relations or
or gay rights et cetera a you look at throughout the world
issue hatred against gays
is nowhere near resolved we saw going
huge fight ahead in different parts of the world
whether it's extreme example in Cameroon or
so our own stays here in America who still will not acknowledge
significant portion of gay rights and saying know that we need
and by the way some of our own evangelicals also from those states
going to places like Uganda and pushing for laws that say that if you
commit up homosexual acts you should be killed
now they didn't do this okay this was vigilante
people who did this rate but for them to push for legal
rules in Uganda say people should be killed for being gay
is beyond sick name is not just people when you go on dates
christian right in america yeah we're also helping them to do that
yes 0 there's a lotta love progress though the be made
whether it's a broader at home