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'''Perkawinan sejenis''' (dikenal juga sebagai '''perkawinan gay''') adalah [[perkawinan]] pasangan dengan jenis kelamin yang sama, melalui sebuah upacara keagamaan atau perdatasipil. Istilah '''kesetaraan perkawinan''' mengacu pada status politis yakni perkawinan antara pasangan sejenis dan pasangan berbeda jenis diakui setara oleh hukum.
 
Hingga 2018, perkawinan sejenis diakui secara sah (baik seluruh maupun sebagian) di negara-negara berikut: [[Perkawinan sejenis di Afrika Selatan|Afrika Selatan]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Amerika Serikat|Amerika Serikat]],<ref group="nb" name="United States2">Perkawinan sejenis diakui di semua 50 negara bagian, Distrik Columbia, dan semua wilayah kecuali Samoa Amerika. Beberapa, tetapi tidak semua, yurisdiksi kesukuan mengakui perkawinan sejenis.</ref> [[Perkawinan sejenis di Argentina|Argentina]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Australia|Australia]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Belanda|Belanda]],<ref group="nb" name="Netherlands2">Perkawinan sejenis sah di [[Belanda|Belanda utama]]. Perkawinan sejenis yang dilakukan di sana diakui di [[Perkawinan sejenis di Aruba, Curaçao, dan Sint Maarten|Aruba, Curaçao, dan Sint Maarten]].</ref> [[Perkawinan sejenis di Belgia|Belgia]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Brasil|Brasil]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Britania Raya|Britania Raya,]]<ref group="nb" name="United Kingdom2">Perkawinan sejenis sah di [[Inggris dan Wales|Inggris, Wales]] dan [[Skotlandia]]; meskipun tidak sah di [[Irlandia Utara|Irlandia]]. Perkawinan sejenis juga sah di wilayah seberang laut [[Perkawinan sejenis di Akrotiri dan Dhekelia|Akrotiri dan Dhekelia]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Wilayah Antarktika Britania|Wilayah Antarktika Britania]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Wilayah Samudera Hindia Britania|Wilayah Samudera Hindia Britania]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Kepulauan Falkland|Kepulauan Falkland]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Gibraltar|Gibraltar]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Kepulauan Pitcairn|Kepulauan Pitcairn]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Saint Helena, Ascension, dan Tristan da Cunha|Saint Helena, Ascension, dan Tristan da Cunha]], dan [[Perkawinan sejenis di Georgia Selatan dan Kepulauan Sandwich Selatan|Georgia Selatan dan Kepulauan Sandwich Selatan]]. Perkawinan sejenis juga sah di ketiga [[dependensi Kerajaan]] [[Perkawinan sejenis di Guernsey|Guernsey]] (termasuk [[Alderney]] tetapi [[Sark]] tidak), [[Perkawinan sejenis di Pulau Man|Pulau Man]], dan [[Perkawinan sejenis di Jersey|Jersey]].</ref> [[Perkawinan sejenis di Denmark|Denmark]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Finlandia|Finlandia]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Irlandia|Irlandia]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Islandia|Islandia]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Jerman|Jerman]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Kanada|Kanada]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Kolombia|Kolombia]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Luksemburg|Luksemburg]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Malta|Malta]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Meksiko|Meksiko]],<ref group="nb" name="Mexico2">Perkawinan sejenis sah di negara bagian [[Perkawinan sejenis di Baja California|Baja California]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Campeche|Campeche]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Chiapas|Chiapas]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Chihuahua|Chihuahua]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Coahuila|Coahuila]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Colima|Colima]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Jalisco|Jalisco]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Michoacán|Michoacán]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Morelos|Morelos]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Nayarit|Nayarit]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Puebla|Puebla]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Quintana Roo|Quintana Roo]] dan [[Perkawinan sejenis di Kota Meksiko|Kota Meksiko]] dan juga beberapa munisipalitas di [[Perkawinan sejenis di Querétaro|Querétaro]]. Perkawinan sejenis yang dilakukan di yurisdiksi ini diakui di seluruh Meksiko.</ref> [[Perkawinan sejenis di Norwegia|Norwegia]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Perancis|Perancis]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Portugal|Portugal]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Selandia Baru|Selandia Baru]],<ref group="nb" name="New Zealand2">Perkawinan sejenis sah di [[Selandia Baru|Selandia Baru utama]], meskipun tidak sah di [[Tokelau]], [[Kepulauan Cook]] dan [[Niue]], yang bersama-sama membentuk [[Alam Selandia Baru]].</ref> [[Perkawinan sejenis di Spanyol|Spanyol]], [[Perkawinan sejenis di Swedia|Swedia]], dan [[Perkawinan sejenis di Uruguay|Uruguay]]. Sebagai tambahan, [[Pengakuan persatuan sejenis di Armenia|Armenia]], [[Pengakuan persatuan sejenis di Estonia|Estonia]], dan [[Pengakuan persatuan sejenis di Israel|Israel]] mengakui perkawinan sejenis asing di negaranya. Perkawinan sejenis juga akan segera diakui di [[Perkawinan sejenis di Taiwan|Taiwan]] dan [[Perkawinan sejenis di Austria|Austria]], setelah putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi masing-masing pada Mei dan Desember 2017.<ref group="nb" name="Constitutional rulings">Mahkamah Konstitusi Taiwan dan Austria telah memberikan masa tenggang kepada pembuat undang-undang masing-masing untuk melaksanakan pengubahan secara legislatif (hingga Januari 2019 untuk Austria dan Mei 2019 untuk Taiwan). Setelah akhir masa tenggang, perkawinan sejenis secara otomatis sah di negara-negara tersebut.</ref><ref name="NBC News">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/taiwan-court-rules-same-sex-marriage-legal-asia-first-n763931|title=Taiwan Court Rules Same Sex Marriage Legal in Asia First|date=May 24, 2017|work=[[NBC News]]|access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Deutsche Welle">{{cite news|url=http://www.dw.com/en/gay-marriage-in-austria-approved-by-constitutional-court/a-41654156|title=Gay marriage in Austria approved by Constitutional Court|date=5 December 2017|work=[[Deutsche Welle]]|accessdate=5 December 2017}}</ref> Selanjutnya, setelah mosi yang diajukan oleh [[Pengakuan persatuan sejenis di Kosta Rika|Kosta Rika]], [[Pengadilan Hak Asasi Manusia Antar-Amerika]] mengeluarkan sebuah keputusan yang menyetujui perkawinan sejenis pada 9 Januari 2018, yang diharapkan akan memudahkan pengakuan di beberapa negara di [[Amerika]].<ref name="IACHR" group="nb">The countries which are signatories to the [[American Convention on Human Rights]] and recognize the binding jurisdiction of the court are [[Barbados]], [[Bolivia]], [[Chile]], [[Costa Rica]], the [[Dominican Republic]], [[Ecuador]], [[El Salvador]], [[Guatemala]], [[Haiti]], [[Honduras]], [[Mexico]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Panama]], [[Paraguay]], [[Peru]] and [[Suriname]].
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[[Dominica]], [[Grenada]] and [[Jamaica]], which are also signatories to the convention, have not agreed to the court's blanket jurisdiction.</ref><ref name="IACHR">{{cite web|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/38550305/inter-american-court-endorses-same-sex-marriage/|title=Inter-American Court endorses same-sex marriage|date=9 January 2018|work=[[Agence France-Presse]]|publisher=[[Yahoo7]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109235924/https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/38550305/inter-american-court-endorses-same-sex-marriage/|archivedate=9 January 2018|deadurl=yes|accessdate=9 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
 
Pengajuan perkawinan sejenis bermacam-macam di setiap yuridiksi, dilaksanakan melalui pengubahan [[hukum perkawinan]] secara legislatif, putusan pengadilan berdasarkan jaminan konstitusional atas kesetaraan, atau suara masyarakat langsung (dengan [[Inisiatif|suara inisiatif]] atau [[referendum]]). Pengakuan perkawinan sejenis dianggap sebuah [[hak asasi manusia]], [[Hak-hak sipil dan politik|hak perdatasipil]], serta masalah politis, sosial, dan religius.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42633891|title=Inter-American Human Rights Court backs same-sex marriage|date=January 10, 2018|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=April 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/576/14-556/opinion3.html|title=Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (2015)|date=June 26, 2015|publisher=[[Justia]]|accessdate=April 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/susan_k_smith/2009/07/marriage_a_civil_right_not_sacred_rite.html|title=Marriage a Civil Right, not Sacred Rite|last=Smith|first=Susan K.|date=30 July 2009|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=20 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/09cv2292/files/09cv2292-ORDER.pdf|title=Decision in Perry v. Schwarzenegger|accessdate=6 August 2010}}</ref> Pendukung utama perkawinan sejenis adalah organisasi hak asasi manusia dan hak perdata juga komunitas ilmiah dan medis, sedangkan penentang yang utama adalah kelompok keagamaan. Beberapa komunitas aliran di dunia mendukung perkawinan sejenis, meskipun banyak kelompok keagamaan menentangnya. [[Perkawinan sejenis#Jajak pendapat|Jajak pendapat secara konsisten]] menunjukkan peningkatan berkelanjutan terhadap dukungan pengakuan perkawinan sejenis di seluruh negara demokrasi maju dan beberapa negara demokrasi berkembang.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.gallup.com/poll/210566/support-gay-marriage-edges-new-high.aspx|title=U.S. Support for Gay Marriage Edges to New High|date=May 15, 2017|website=[[Gallup (company)|Gallup]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australianmarriageequality.org/who-supports-equality/a-majority-of-australians-support-marriage-equality/|title=For several years a majority of Australians have supported marriage equality|publisher=Australian Marriage Equality Incorporated|accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/insights/I0844.enrevised.pdf|title=Support for Same‐Sex Marriage in Latin America|publisher=[[Vanderbilt University]]|accessdate=25 September 2012}}</ref>
 
Studi ilmiah menunjukkan bahwa kesejahteraan finansial, psikologis, dan fisik orang [[gay]] meningkat karena perkawinan, dan anak dari orang tua sejenis diuntungkan dari dibesarkan oleh pasangan sejenis yang berada dalam hubungan yang sah dan didukung oleh lembaga masyarakat.<ref name="psychological2">{{cite web|url=http://www.apa.org/about/governance/council/policy/gay-marriage.pdf|title=Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Marriage|year=2004|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511190536/http://www.apa.org/about/governance/council/policy/gay-marriage.pdf|archivedate=11 May 2011|deadurl=yes|accessdate=10 November 2010|author=[[American Psychological Association]]}}</ref><ref name="asa2">{{cite web|url=http://www2.asanet.org/public/marriage_res.html|title=American Sociological Association Member Resolution on Proposed U.S. Constitutional Amendment Regarding Marriage|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812175917/http://www2.asanet.org/public/marriage_res.html|archivedate=12 August 2007|deadurl=yes|accessdate=10 November 2010|author=[[American Sociological Association]]}}</ref><ref name="amici3">{{cite web|url=http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/general/2010/10/27/amicus29.pdf|title=Brief of the American Psychological Association, The California Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy as amici curiae in support of plaintiff-appellees&nbsp;– Appeal from United States District Court for the Northern District of California Civil Case No. 09-CV-2292 VRW (Honorable Vaughn R. Walker)|accessdate=5 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="cpa20062">{{cite web|url=http://www.cpa.ca/cpasite/userfiles/Documents/Practice_Page/Marriage_SameSex_Couples_PositionStatement.pdf|title=Marriage of Same-Sex Couples &nbsp;– 2006 Position Statement|publisher=[[Canadian Psychological Association]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707191052/http://www.cpa.ca/cpasite/userfiles/Documents/Practice_Page/Marriage_SameSex_Couples_PositionStatement.pdf|archivedate=7 July 2012|deadurl=yes|accessdate=28 September 2012}}</ref><ref name="pediatrics2">{{Cite journal|date=July 2006|title=The effects of marriage, civil union, and domestic partnership laws on the health and well-being of children|journal=[[Pediatrics (journal)|Pediatrics]]|volume=118|issue=1|pages=349–64|doi=10.1542/peds.2006-1279|pmid=16818585|vauthors=Pawelski JG, Perrin EC, Foy JM, et al}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/118/1/349|title=The Effects of Marriage, Civil Union, and Domestic Partnership Laws on the Health and Well-being of Children &#124; Special Articles &#124; Pediatrics|date=|website=Pediatrics.aappublications.org|accessdate=2017-07-07}}</ref> Penelitian ilmu sosial menyatakan bahwa pengecualian homoseksual dari perkawinan memberikan stigma dan memicu diskriminasi publik terhadap mereka, dan penelitian juga menolak gagasan bahwa sebuah kebudayaan atau tertib sosial yang baik tergantung pada pembatasan perkawinan hanya bagi heteroseksual.<ref name="amici22">{{cite web|url=http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/general/2010/10/27/amicus39.pdf|title=Brief of Amici Curiae American Anthropological Association et al., supporting plaintiffs-appellees and urging affirmance&nbsp;– Appeal from United States District Court for the Northern District of California Civil Case No. 09-CV-2292 VRW (Honorable Vaughn R. Walker)|accessdate=5 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="aaa2">{{cite web|url=http://www.aaanet.org/issues/policy-advocacy/Statement-on-Marriage-and-the-family.cfm|title=Statement on Marriage and the Family|year=2004|accessdate=18 September 2015|author=[[American Anthropological Association]]}}</ref> Perkawinan sejenis juga dapat memberikan mereka yang terikat dalam hubungan sejenis–yang membayar pajak, layanan pemerintah, dan membuat kebutuhan keuangan–sebanding dengan yang diberikan dan diperlukan dalam perkawinan berbeda jenis, dan juga memberi mereka perlindungan hukum seperti warisan dan hak kunjungan rumah sakit.<ref>Handbook of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Administration and Policy&nbsp;— Page 13, Wallace Swan – 2004</ref>
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[[Mildred Loving]], penggugat bersama dengan suaminya [[Richard Loving]] dalam perkara hak sipil penting ''[[Loving v. Virginia]]'' pada 1967, yang mana [[Mahkamah Agung Amerika Serikat]] membatalkan seluruh larangan [[perkawinan antarras di Amerika Serikat]], mengeluarkan sebuah pernyataan pada peringatan 40 tahun putusan itu pada 2007 yang berbunyi:
{{quote|author=[[Mildred Loving]], penggugat dalam perkara hak sipil penting ''[[Loving v. Virginia]]''|text=''Generasi saya terbagi habis atas sesuatu yang seharusnya begitu jelas dan benar. Mayoritas percaya yang dikatakan hakim, adalah rencana Tuhan untuk memisahkan manusia, dan pemerintah harus mendiskriminasi orang dalam cinta. Tetapi saya sudah cukup lama hidup sekarang untuk melihat perubahan besar. Ketakutan dan prasangka generasi tua telah memberi jalan, dan orang-orang muda saat ini menyadari bahwa jika seorang mencintai seorang, mereka memiliki hak untuk menikahkawin.''
 
''Saat ini saya dikelilingi oleh anak-anak dan cucu-cucu yang hebat, tiada sehari pun berlalu tanpa saya memikirkan Richard dan cinta kami, hak kami untuk menikahkawin, dan betapa berartinya bagi saya untuk memiliki kebebasan untuk menikahi orang tersebut. berharga bagi saya, meskipun orang lain mengira dia adalah "jenis orang yang salah" bagi saya untuk menikahkawini. Saya percaya semua orang Amerika, tidak peduli ras mereka, tidak peduli jenis kelamin mereka, tidak peduli orientasi seksual mereka, harus memiliki kebebasan yang sama untuk menikahkawin. Pemerintah tidak memiliki urusan untuk memaksakan beberapa keyakinan agama terhadap orang lain. Terutama jika itu menyangkal hak-hak sipil orang.''
 
''Saya masih bukan orang politik, tetapi saya bangga bahwa Richard dan nama saya ada dalam kasus pengadilan dapat membantu memperkuat cinta, komitmen, keadilan, dan keluarga sehingga begitu banyak orang, hitam atau putih, muda atau tua, gay atau lurus mencari kehidupan. Saya mendukung kebebasan untuk menikahkawin untuk semua. Itulah Loving, dan mencintai, dan semuanya.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/mildred-loving-endorses-marriage-equality-for-same-sex-couples/|title=Mildred Loving Endorses Marriage Equality for Same-Sex Couples|publisher=[[American Constitution]]|date=June 15, 2007|accessdate=July 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2007/06/mildred-loving-40-years-later/227582/|title=Mildred Loving, 40 Years Later|publisher=[[The Atlantic]]|author=Douglas Martin|date=June 18, 2007|accessdate=March 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/us/06loving.html|title=Mildred Loving, Who Battled Ban on Mixed-Race Marriage, Dies at 68|publisher=[[New York Times]]|author=Douglas Martin|date=May 6, 2008|accessdate=July 14, 2018}}</ref>}}
[[Coretta Scott King]], aseorang leaderpemimpin of thedalam [[CivilGerakan rightsHak-Hak movement|AfricanSipil Afrika-AmericanAmerika civil(1955-1968)|gerakan hak sipil rightsAmerika movementAfrika]] anddan the wife ofistri [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], foughtberjuang forbagi gayhak rightsgay, linkedmengaitkan thegerakan civilhak rightssipil movementdan withgerakan thehak LGBT rights movement, anddan expressedmenyatakan herdukungannya supportterhadap forperkawinan same-sexsejenis marriagedan andmencela publiclylarangan denouncedterhadapnya attemptssebagai tobentuk ban"perundungan it as a form of "gay bashing".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-g-long/coretta-scott-king_b_2592049.html|title=Coretta’s Big Dream: Coretta Scott King on Gay Rights|publisher=[[Huffington Post]]|author=Michael Long|date=January 31, 2013|accessdate=July 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/03/coretta-scott-king-extract|title='I am not a symbol, I am an activist': the untold story of Coretta Scott King|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|author=Jeanne Theoharis|date=February 3, 2018|accessdate=July 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/coretta-scott-king/552557/|title=Coretta Scott King and the Civil-Rights Movement’s Hidden Women|publisher=[[The Atlantic]]|author=Jeanne Theoharis|date=February 2018|accessdate=July 18, 2018}}</ref>
 
The [[NAACP]], theorganisasi veteranhak African-Americansipil civilAmerika rights organizationAfrika, hastelah pledgedberjanji itsmendukung support forhak gay rights anddan same-sexperkawinan marriagesejenis, statingmenyatakan thatbahwa theymereka "supportmendukung marriagekesetaraan equalityperkawinan consistentbersama withdengan equalperlindungan protectionyang undersetara thedi lawmata providedhukum underyang thedijamin Fourteenthdalam Amendment[[Amandemen ofKeempat theBelas UnitedKonstitusi StatesAmerika ConstitutionSerikat|Amendemen Keempat Belas Konstitusi Amerika Serikat]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naacp.org/latest/naacp-passes-resolution-in-support-of-marriage-equality/|title=NAACP PASSES RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY|publisher=[[NAACP]]|date=May 20, 2018|accessdate=April 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.naacp.org/latest/naacp-speaks-out-for-marriage-equality/|title=NAACP SPEAKS OUT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY|publisher=[[NAACP]]|date=April 2, 2013|accessdate=July 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/us/politics/naacp-endorses-same-sex-marriage.html|title=In Largely Symbolic Move, N.A.A.C.P. Votes to Endorse Same-Sex Marriage|publisher=[[New York Times]]|date=May 19, 2012|accessdate=July 14, 2018}}</ref>
 
The [[Human Rights Campaign]], theorganisasi largesthak LGBT rightsterbesar organizationdi inAmerika the United StatesSerikat, statesmenyatakan thatbahwa "manybanyak same-sexpasangan couplessejenis wantyang theingin righthak tountuk legallykawin marrysecara becausesah theykarena aremereka indalam lovecintamanybanyak, in factkenyataannya, havetelah spentmenghabiskan the lastwaktu 10, 20, oratau 50 yearstahun withterakhir thatdengan personorang ituanddan theymereka wantingin tomenghormati honorhubungan theirmereka relationshipdengan incara theterbaik greatestyang waymasyarakat ourkita society has to offertawarkan, bydengan makingmembuat akomitmen publicpublik commitmentuntuk to stand togetherbersama-sama indi goodmasa timesbaik anddan badburuk, throughmelalui allsemua thekesenangan joysdan andtantangan challengesyang familydibawa lifekehidupan bringsberkeluarga."<ref>[http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/answers-to-questions-about-marriage-equality Human Rights Campaign website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206134235/http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/answers-to-questions-about-marriage-equality |date=February 6, 2012 }}. Retrieved November 1, 2010.</ref>
 
SouthPenulis AfricanAfrika authorSelatan [[Mark Mathabane|Gail Mathabane]] likensmengibaratkan prohibitionslarangan onperkawinan same-sexsejenis marriageseperti to past prohibitions onlarangan [[Interracial marriage in the United States|inter-racial marriageperkawinan inantarras thedi UnitedAmerika StatesSerikat]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-01-25-couples_x.htm | work=USA Today | title=Gays face same battle interracial couples fought | first=Gail | last=Mathabane | date=January 25, 2004 | accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref> AmericanPenulis authorAmerika [[Fernando Espuelas]] arguesberpendapat thatbahwa same-sexperkawinan marriagesejenis shouldsebaiknya bediizinkan allowedkarena becauseperkawinan same-sexsejenis marriagemengakui recognizeshak thesipil civilbagi right of a minorityminoritas.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/espuelas.prop.eight/ | publisher=CNN | title=Commentary: Latinos should see gay marriage a civil right - CNN.com | date=November 7, 2008 | accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref> AccordingMenurut tosejarawan American history scholarAmerika [[Nancy Cott]], whomereka rejectsyang alternativesmenolak topilihan same-sexselain marriageperkawinan sejenis (suchseperti aspersatuan civil unionssipil), "theretidak reallydapat is no comparisondibandingkan, becausekarena theretidak isada nothingyang thatseperti isperkawinan likeselain marriage except marriageperkawinan."<ref name="cott">[http://www.afer.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Perry-Vol-1-1-11-10.pdf Direct Examination of Nancy Cott], p. 208. ''Perry v. Schwarzenegger'', No. 09-2292 (N.D. Cal. January 11, 2010). Retrieved December 20, 2011.</ref>
 
===Menentang===
OppositionTentangan toperkawinan same-sexsejenis marriagedidasari ispada basedkepercayaan onbahwa thehomoseksualitas beliefstidaklah thatalami homosexuality is unnatural anddan abnormal, thatsehingga thepengakuan recognitionpersatuan ofsejenis same-sexakan unionsmendorong willhomoseksualitas promotedi homosexualitydalam in societymasyarakat, anddan thatanak childrenlebih arebaik betterdibesarkan offoleh whenpasangan raisedberbeda by opposite-sex couplesjenis.<ref name="thoughtco">{{cite web | url=https://www.thoughtco.com/moral-and-religious-arguments-250095> |Klaim title=Commonini Argumentsdilawan Againstoleh Gayilmu Marriagepengetahuan |yang date=16menunjukkan Julybahwa 2017homoseksualitas |adalah accessdate=26seksualitas Septembermanusia 2017yang |alami author=Cline, Austin}}</ref> These claims are countered by science which shows that homosexuality is a natural anddan normal human sexuality, thatorientasi sexualseksual orientationtidak cannotbisa bedipilih chosenatau or influenceddipengaruhi, anddan thatkehidupan theanak childrenpasangan ofsejenis same-sexsebaik couplesatau farebahkan justlebih asbaik welldibandingkan oranak evenpasangan betterberbeda than the children of opposite-sex couplesjenis.<ref name="Coghlan">{{cite news|first=Andy|last=Coghlan|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14146-gay-brains-structured-like-those-of-the-opposite-sex|title=Gay brains structured like those of the opposite sex|work=[[New Scientist]]|date=June 16, 2008|accessdate=April 5, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Soh">{{cite news|first=Debra|last=Soh|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cross-cultural-evidence-for-the-genetics-of-homosexuality/|title=Cross-Cultural Evidence for the Genetics of Homosexuality|work=[[Scientific American]]|date=April 25, 2017|accessdate=June 8, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Lamanna">{{cite book|author1=Mary Ann Lamanna|author2= Agnes Riedmann|author3= Susan D Stewart|title=Marriages, Families, and Relationships: Making Choices in a Diverse Society|publisher=[[Cengage Learning]]|isbn=1305176898|year=2014|page=82|accessdate=February 11, 2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fofaAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA82|quote=[T]he APA says that sexual orientation is not a choice that can be changed... biological, including genetic or inborn hormonal factors, play a significant role in a person's sexuality (American Psychological Association 2010).}}</ref><ref name="Frankowski">{{cite journal|doi=10.1542/peds.113.6.1827 |author=Frankowski BL|author2=[[American Academy of Pediatrics]] Committee on Adolescence|title=Sexual orientation and adolescents |journal=[[Pediatrics (journal)|Pediatrics]]|volume=113 |issue=6|pages=1827–32 |date=June 2004|pmid=15173519|url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/113/6/1827.long}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Position%20Statements/ps2005_SameSexMarriage.pdf|title=Position Statement on Support of Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Civil Marriage|date=|publisher=[[American Psychiatric Association]]|date=|accessdate=November 2, 2013}}</ref><ref name="aaanet.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.aaanet.org/issues/policy-advocacy/Statement-on-Marriage-and-the-family.cfm?renderforprint=1|title=Statement on Marriage and the Family|publisher=[[American Anthropological Association]]|date=|accessdate=June 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Advocacy%20and%20Newsroom/Position%20Statements/ps2002_Adoption.pdf|title=Position Statement on Adoption and Co-parenting of Children by Same-sex Couples |year=2002|publisher=[[American Psychiatric Association]]|year=2002|accessdate=November 2, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Ama-assn.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/about-ama/our-people/member-groups-sections/glbt-advisory-committee/ama-policy-regarding-sexual-orientation.page|title=AMA Policy Regarding Sexual Orientation|publisher=[[American Medical Association]]|accessdate=November 2, 2013}}</ref><ref name="San Diego Gay and Lesbian News">{{cite web|url=http://www.sdgln.com/news/2010/08/11/apa-reaffirms-support-same-sex-marriage|title=The APA reaffirms support for same-sex marriage|publisher=[[San Diego Gay and Lesbian News]]|date=|accessdate=July 28, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Pediatrics.aappublications.org">{{cite web|url=http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/118/1/349.full|title=The Effects of Marriage, Civil Union, and Domestic Partnership Laws on the Health and Well-being of Children|publisher=[[American Academy of Pediatrics]]|date=|accessdate=November 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aannet.org/assets/docs/marriage%20equality_7-26%2012f.pdf|title=Support for Marriage Equality|date=July 2012|publisher=[[American Academy of Nursing]]|date=July 2012|accessdate=November 2, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Davis">{{cite news|first=Annie|last=Davis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/oct/23/children-raised-by-same-sex-parents-do-as-well-as-their-peers-study-shows|title=Children raised by same-sex parents do as well as their peers, study shows|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=October 22, 2017|accessdate=March 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first= Lindsey|last=Bever|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/07/children-of-same-sex-couples-are-happier-and-healthier-than-peers-research-shows|title=Children of same-sex couples are happier and healthier than peers, research shows|last=Bever|first=Lindsey|date=July 7, 2014|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=July 7, 2014|accessdate=March 28, 2018}}</ref>
 
Penentang perkawinan sejenis cenderung adalah kelompok keagamaan seperti [[Gereja Yesus Kristus dari Orang-orang Suci Zaman Akhir]], [[Gereja Katolik Roma]], dan [[Konvensi Baptis Selatan]], yang kesemuanya menginginkan perkawinan terbatas bagi perkawinan berbeda jenis.
Opponents of same-sex marriage tend to be religious groups such as [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], the [[Catholic Church]], and the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], all of which desire for marriage to remain restricted to opposite-sex marriages.
 
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