In 1997 the American Psychoanalytic Association endorsed the following Marriage Resolution:
"Because Marriage is a basic human right and an individual personal choice, RESOLVED, the State should not interfere with same-gender couples who choose to marry and share fully in the rights, responsibilities and commitment of civil marriage."
The Marriage Resolution was endorsed by an overwhelming majority of the Executive Council. The Executive Council of the American Psychoanalytic Association is made up of a representative from each local component psychoanalytic society, eight councilors-at-large elected by the entire membership, and the officers of the American Psychoanalytic Association – approximately fifty voting member in all. |