Oregon Indian Tribe Mey Be First to Legalize Same Sex Marriage

[AngelofDeath]

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5659821&page=1

"The Coquille Indian Tribe now not only recognizes legal same-sex unions from state and federal governments, but it will soon be handing out its own marriage licenses not only to heterosexual couples, but to homosexual couples as well."

Thoughts anyone?

 

[alaskabibear]

I'm not surprised.

The little bit I know about Native American and other cultures indicates that they were generally much more accepting of an individuals path. It had to do with their spirituality where all things were interconnected to the Creator. As such, the way that Creator guided a person was also sacred. Here in Alaska I can still see a lot of this influence in the way the Native Alaskan people raise their children and interact with others (and I have written before about how the Polynesian people historically honored transgendered people) Unfortunately, western European influence has radically altered these cultures and now as a people they are struggling in many ways to find some balance between the old ways and modern ways.