BBC: “Under the law, couples who want to form a partnership must register their intentions with local councils. Unlike marriages, the signing of the legal partnership papers does not need to happen in public.”
In 1833, Parliament banned slavery across the British Empire.
The United States abolished slavery with the 13th Amendment in 1865.
So if we do the math, then we’ll see same-sex marriages legalized here in 2037.
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with the BIG IF where you suppose that time is linear
The Netherlands abolished slavery in 1863 and saw same-sex marriages in 2001. So there’s hope
Ah, but we’re doing away with the 13th amendment.
Of course, we still execute children, the mentally ill, and the retarded. And, for that matter, the merely criminal. So what makes you think that the US will ever join the rest of the civilized world in doing this?