Title: History of Same Sex Marriage
Headings: History of Same Sex Marriage
History of Same Sex Marriage
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Historical Same-Sex Precedence
Greco-Roman
Indigenous Peoples
The Fight at Home for Marriage Equality
Victory! Free at Last

Content: However, due to their inability to produce offspring, they could not  constitute a marriage the same way that one man and one woman, or one man with many women could. Throughout the Middle Ages, people began placing special emphasis on procreation as Judeo-Christian beliefs became more widespread. Not only were extramarital relationships of any kind no longer tolerated, but they were suddenly  deemed immoral and punishable. This included same-sex relationships, though any non-procreative sexual act was considered sodomy, even those between partners of opposite genders. By the modern era, marriage had evolved yet again. Property and procreation were no longer considered the primary reasons for a union. The infertile and elderly could enjoy the right, along with couples that didn’t want children. With the women’s liberation movement, relationships between heterosexual couples became much more egalitarian, allowing for deviation from traditional gender roles. Today, marriage is largely centered around love, commitment, and companionship. Same-sex couples can readily fit that definition, and that is exactly what was argued before the Supreme Court in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges that  resulted in marriage equality becoming the law of the land in the United States in 2015.