Was there non-religious or religious resistance to gay marriage before the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s?

Just curious. My mother of 55 says there was not, but I'm curious what others remember.





Take me for a walk down memory lane..Was there non-religious or religious resistance to gay marriage before the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s?
Yes! Okay look at Anita Bryant--look her up seriously you'll be disgusted with the hate she spewed. The gay marriage issue wasn't as hotly contested as just being gay was--religious beliefs. Gay people were fighting to be considered people and not abnormal people. In the 1970s the American Psychological Association took out that gay people had a mental illness, but that didn't stop people like Bryant from spewing hateful messages.





Many people were against homosexuality. For instance, in 1969 was the legendary Stonewall--look it up if you don't know about it. At that time in New York it was illegal to serve alcohol to a gay person probably because of ';mental illness.'; But, that's not what Stonewall was about it was just an example of how gay people weren't treated as regular citizens.





I would suggest you look up Anita Bryant and then go from there. There has always been much hate against the gay community, and the first order of business was to be seen as people not people with mental illness. So, you can see why marriage wasn't the first thing on gay people's minds.Was there non-religious or religious resistance to gay marriage before the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s?
Being gay before the 1980s was considered a crime and people were imprisoned for it. It was considered a mental problem needing treatment and counseling.
Most gays back then stayed in the closet

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