The Supreme Court often looks at a major social issue over a series of cases. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, it considered the rights of gay people. At the time, voters in many states had approved laws strongly limiting gay rights. For example, p

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(165) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(八)月

First listen to March 15th 2013 to hear more about this bill. A crowd of people queued to get into the public gallery in Parliament tonight to watch the final vote on the Marriage Amendment Bill. The bill passed with 77 votes to 44. The crowd in the

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(16) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

On Wednesday night, Parliament passed the second reading of the same-sex marriage bill. It still has to pass the third reading, which should be some time soon. However, usually the second reading is the most important so probably this bill will be pa

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. state of Maryland's legislature on Thursday approved same sex marriage and the state's Democratic governor is expected to sign it into law. The state Senate voted 25-22 to approve the law, less than a week after t

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今天我们要学的词是same-sex。 Same-sex, 同性。 Same-sex couples, 同性伴侣。 Same-sex marriage, 同性婚姻。根据法院裁决,康涅迪克州成为美国第二个承认同性恋婚姻的州。 Connecticut begins issuing marriage

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今天我们要学的词是same-sex。 Same-sex, 同性。 Same-sex couples, 同性伴侣。 Same-sex marriage, 同性婚姻。根据法院裁决,康涅迪克州成为美国第二个承认同性恋婚姻的州。 Connecticut begins issuing marriage

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