> slow acceptance of gay rights
Huh? Many US states legalized same-sex marriage before other Western democracies like France, New Zealand, Germany, etc. What exactly was slow?
Huh? Many US states legalized same-sex marriage before other Western democracies like France, New Zealand, Germany, etc. What exactly was slow?
France: 2013
New Zealand: 2013
United States: 2015
Germany: 2017
Other European nations began legalization as early as 2001.
Individual states, provinces, and cities might have acted sooner, but lets compare apples to apples.
An inordinate number of laws in the US are de facto “national” only because all States recognize similar laws, not because there is actually a national law. The Federal government doesn’t have the authority to enact most laws. It is the same reason the US does not have a national ID, why corporations are solely creatures of individual States, and why public health policy is decided by States (see: COVID).
New York (Population: 8.49 million): 2011
With populations like that, I think that is comparing apples to apples.