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No president legalized homosexuality. States gradually changed their laws against homosexual practices sometimes due to federal court decisions.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoNo president has the power to declare any rights legal. But President Obama is the first president to come out in support of gay rights.
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Who is the leading president for gay rights?
As of 2017, the U.S. President with the strongest support of gay rights was Barack Obama.
What was president regan reluctant to support?
President Reagan was reluctant to support legal recognition of gay rights. While President, he was also reluctant to support AIDS research.
Can a gay person become the president of the US of a America?
There is no legal reason why a gay can not be president.
Who is an openly gay president?
There has not been an openly gay president for the United States of America. President Obama is the first president to openly support gay rights, but he is not gay himself.
President Regan was relucant to support?
What do you the answer is here some of the answers i have. foreign investment legal recognition of gay rights the reunification of Germany free trade
It is true obama is gay?
No, there is absolutely no evidence of it. Some of the president's political enemies, and a couple of tabloids, spread this rumor several years ago. They seemed to base it on the president's support for gay rights and the fact that he has gay friends. But many heterosexuals support gay rights and have gay friends. And all evidence shows that the president is happily married to his wife Michelle.
Why was the religious right upset with some of president reagan’s supreme court appointments?
They ruled in favor of gay rights
How do you get natural rights?
Natural rights are rights that EVERYONE IS BORN WITH and that CANNOT be taken away, no matter what! They include LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY.
Are gay rights positive or negative rights?
gay rights are positive rights.
Is same-sex marriage legal in Mozambique?
No, although gay rights groups in Mozambique have been protesting the lack of legal recognition since 2006.
Does President Obama support equal rights for gay people?
Yes. President Obama repealed the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" presidential order that prevented gays from serving openly in the military. Additionally, he has instructed United States attorneys to not fight gay equal rights activist's attempts to have the Defense of Marriage Act ruled unconstitutional. The Defense of Marriage Act currently prevents the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages that are now legal in several states. On May 9th 2012 President Obama publicly announced his support for gay marriage.
What does President Barack Obama think of gay people?
He thinks they deserve the same rights as straight people.
