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28 Aug 04 : 21 | Massachusetts, first in marriage equality Link: 365 Gay Newsby Jennifer Vanasco, editor in chief Excerpt: They’re doing the roll call on the floor of the Democratic National Convention, where each state says how many delegates are for Obama and how many for Clinton - and where they also triumphantly state what they think is wonderful... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News 9 hours ago |
27 Aug 15 : 57 | CA: Corrections developing policies on gay marriage Link: Capitol Weekly Excerpt: The California Department of Corrections is preparing new guidelines for gay marriages in prisons in response to the court ruling that legalized gay marriage in California. Under the new rules, gay inmates will have the same marriage rights as straight ones: They'll... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News 21 hours ago |
28 Aug 03 : 38 | Lesbian pioneer Del Martin is dead; spouse Phyllis Lyon was at her side Link: 365 Gay News Excerpt: Del Martin (left) and her partner Phyllis Lyon, being married by Gavin Newsom. Lesbian rights pioneer Del Martin died Wednesday. She was 87. She and her partner Phyllis Lyon were the first to be legally married in the state of California. Her wife, Phyllis Lyon was at... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News 10 hours ago |
27 Aug 15 : 54 | CT: The Gay Delay Link: Fairfield County Weekly Excerpt: Robin, Barbara and Miya Levine-Ritterman: Civil unions aren’t enough. (Kathleen Cei) There are a bunch of reasons Connecticut's Supreme Court could be taking so long to decide a landmark gay marriage case, but politics isn't one of them. The high court... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News 21 hours ago |
27 Aug 16 : 12 | AZ: Voters to be told gay vows already banned Link: Capitol Media Services via Arizona Daily Star Excerpt: Arizona voters will be told when they go to the polls that it already is illegal for gays to marry in this state. Secretary of State Jan Brewer agreed late Tuesday to add that fact to the description of Proposition 102 that will appear... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News 21 hours ago |
27 Aug 15 : 48 | Study: Relationships of legally recognized gay couples last longer Link: 365 Gay News Excerpt: A study released Tuesday shows that legalized same-sex couple relationships appear to be longer-lasting than those without a legal status. Conducted by researchers from the University of Washington, San Diego State University and the University of Vermont, the study is... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News 21 hours ago |
26 Aug 16 : 54 | AZ: Brewer sues Goddard over gay marriage ballot language Link: Arizona Capitol TImesExcerpt: Court battles over ballot initiative survival and language disputes are nothing new this election season, but Secretary of State Jan Brewer has taken the unusual step of filing a lawsuit against Attorney General Terry Goddard over proposed language to... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News 44 hours ago |
26 Aug 17 : 24 | New Gay Marriage Challenge Allowed by A.G. Link: My Fox BostonExcerpt: Attorney General Martha Coakley has given the go-ahead to a group that wants to overturn the Legislature's repeal of a law barring marriages in Massachusetts by out-of-state same-sex couples. Coakley said Monday the group's proposed ballot question meets the... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News 44 hours ago |
27 Aug 16 : 00 | CA: Manchester executive is troubled by boycott over owner's support of... Link: San Diego Union-Tribune Excerpt: Officials at the Manchester Financial Group have argued for weeks that a boycott by gay rights and union groups hasn't hurt business at its two San Diego hotels, the Manchester Grand Hyatt and The Grand Del Mar. But a top company official, in an e-mail... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News 21 hours ago |
26 Aug 04 : 35 | Obama's non-support for gay marriage loses donation from gay media owner,... Link: Last Word - Metro Weekly, DC Excerpt: [After Clinton lost,] I thought, 'Get over yourself!' I had literally written out a check to the Obama campaign. And then I saw him in front of an evangelical group in Anaheim.... I thought, 'Wow! He just threw the gay community under the bus,' "... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
25 Aug 15 : 29 | CA: An opportunity for Prop. 8 backers: Latino voters against gay marriage Link: San Jose Mercury News Excerpt: [...] Across California, a majority of whites appear poised to vote against Proposition 8 in November, according to a Field Poll in July. But that same poll found that Latinos, with their social conservatism and strong Catholicism, are in favor of a... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
26 Aug 04 : 30 | Arkansas to vote on gay adoption ban Link: 365 Gay News Excerpt: Arkansas voters will decide in November whether to bar unmarried couples from fostering or adopting children. Secretary of State Charlie Daniels certified the measure Monday, saying that the Arkansas Family Council Action Committee had submitted 85,389 valid signatures... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
26 Aug 04 : 33 | Andrew Sullivan: Role Models Link: The Daily Dish | The Atlantic Onlineby Andrew Sullivan Excerpt: The Federalist Society hosted a debate about marriage equality with four law professors (two opposed, two for). Amy Wax argued that "we should be wary of extending marriage to a community with influential people who believe that... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
26 Aug 04 : 27 | Mass A.G. OKs anti-gay ballot measure Link: 365 Gay News Excerpt: Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley on Monday approved the wording of a ballot measure that would reinstate a law used to bar out-of-state same-sex couples from marrying in the Bay State. Coakley said MassResistence had met the requirements to begin collecting... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
25 Aug 15 : 33 | Florida's Pro-Gay Groups Raking In Nuptial Cash Link: Queerty Excerpt: California's gay marriage showdown has been getting a lot of press lately, but let's not forget a similar battle's brewing in Florida, where social conservatives introduced Amendment 2 earlier this year. That measure would ban gay marriage in the Sunshine State. And,... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
25 Aug 14 : 53 | Commentary: Forgotten Arizona? Link: Box Turtle Bulletinby Jim Burroway Excerpt: Remember when Arizona became the first and only state in the nation to defeat an anti-marriage amendment in 2006? I don’t know about you, but I’d that that this victory would be one worth preserving. But our national LGBT leaders, movers and... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
21 Aug 16 : 10 | Now on the Hallmark aisle: Gay marriage cards Link: The Associated PressExcerpt: The nation's largest greeting card company is rolling out same-sex wedding cards — featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best wishes inside. "Two hearts. One promise," one says. Hallmark added the cards after California ... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
25 Aug 15 : 26 | Commentary: Well Marry Each Other as Often as Needed Link: New York Timesby Bob Morris Excerpt: [...] So why did I need to marry him in California — essentially again — well into our fourth year together? Maybe gay people like us have had it easy. We’ve been allowed to revel and wallow in our ambivalence and ambiguity for years. We can live... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
23 Aug 05 : 40 | Bob Barr -- From Public Enemy No. 1 to gay rights advocate? Link: Washington Blade Excerpt: Local resident Rob Calhoun and his husband, Clay, were devastated when Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, the same year Georgia passed its own law against gay marriage. “We were so demoralized,” Rob Calhoun said. “But we were also shocked... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
23 Aug 04 : 56 | Mormon supporters of gay unions take to cyberspace Link: Associated Press Excerpt: Prompted by their church's support for a California initiative to ban gay marriage, some Mormons are voicing opposition to the proposed ban on the Internet — saying in cyberspace what they might not be able to express in church buildings. "We need a place where... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
23 Aug 04 : 07 | Hill vote on D.C. gun law alarms gay activists, casts doubt on marriage Link: Washington Blade Excerpt: A decision by House Democrats to allow a vote next month on a proposal to gut the city’s handgun law has stunned local home rule advocates and could foretell a congressional overturn of a future same-sex marriage bill, according to city hall insiders. Developments... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
21 Aug 01 : 29 | FL: Advocates for Gay Marriage Rake in the Money Link: Miami New Times Excerpt: The battle over Florida's constitutional gay marriage ban is a lot like a drawn-out arm wrestling match. Both sides are sweating, but the crowd seems to have lost interest in the show. Right-wing loonies proposed the measure months ago and gathered thousands of... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
23 Aug 04 : 12 | Opinion: Same-sex marriage debate is similar in California and Germany Link: San Francisco Chronicle by Brigitte Zypries, German Minister of Justice Excerpt: Few topics on either side of the Atlantic are as emotionally charged as the question of same-sex marriage. Germany is following with great interest the Californian debate on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
21 Aug 16 : 36 | Knights of Columbus tip the balance with big anti-gay marriage donation Link: Los Angeles Times | L.A. NowExcerpt: It's official -- opponents of gay marriage have raised more cash in support of Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage initiative, than gay marriage supporters, who have vowed to defeat the Nov. 4 ballot measure. A contribution by the Connecticut-based... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
21 Aug 20 : 28 | Brazil congress rejects adoption by gay couples Link: International Herald-TribuneExcerpt: Brazil's lower house of Congress has rejected part of a pending adoption law that would have allowed gay couples to adopt children. A Wednesday statement from the Chamber of Deputies says a measure giving gay couples the right to adopt was... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
21 Aug 19 : 48 | Current ENDA Draft Co-Signs Defense of Marriage Act Link: Gay City NewsExcerpt: A little-discussed provision of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) would allow employers to give health insurance coverage and other benefits to married opposite-sex couples and deny those same benefits to the partners of their gay and lesbian employees... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
18 Aug 16 : 38 | CA: Editorial--Initiative against gay marriage must be defeated Link: San Jose Mercury News Excerpt: Of all the reasons people give for banning gay marriage - the purpose of Proposition 8 on the November ballot - the most difficult for us to fathom is that a marriage between two people of the same sex somehow diminishes the institution of marriage between a man... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
21 Aug 03 : 34 | Frank to review FDIC policies regarding gay couples Link: Washington Blade Excerpt: U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is looking into a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation policy that disqualifies domestic partners from receiving coverage available to married couples. Frank, one of two openly gay members of Congress, is chair of the influential... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
21 Aug 01 : 25 | OR: Coquille Tribe will sanction same-sex marriage Link: The Oregonian Excerpt: Kitzen Branting (wearing red top) and Jeni Branting plan to be married under a new law adopted by the Coquille Tribe. They are recognized as domestic partners in Washington and will be married in the Plankhouse (behind them) on the Coquille reservation next May. (Doug... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
21 Aug 03 : 36 | Presbyterian pastor due back in church court over gay wedding Link: USATODAY.com Excerpt: A Presbyterian minister who officiated at a lesbian wedding in 2005 is heading for church court again, two years after charges against her were dismissed on a technicality. The Rev. Janet Edwards of Pittsburgh will again face possible expulsion if convicted by the... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
20 Aug 05 : 04 | Dan Savage: A Modest (Marriage) Proposal Link: Slog | The Strangerby Dan Savage An idea that only Dan Savage could come up with: Excerpt: [...] So let???s say Obama is on the verge of getting his ass elected. That???ll mean he???s also on the verge of having to make good on a campaign promise he made to us queers: He???s going to repeal... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
23 Aug 04 : 27 | Poll: Most want church out of politics Link: Politico.com Excerpt: For the first time in a dozen years, a majority of Americans believe that churches and religious institutions should “keep out” of politics, according to the annual Pew Religion and Public Life Survey. It’s the highest level of public concern with faith’s effect... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
19 Aug 23 : 02 | BLOG: No More Excuses - Marriage Equality NOW! Link: Blue JerseyExcerpt: Marriage equality is not like the issue of taxes. Taxes can be demogogued by someone claiming to cut taxes or by selling bonds and using one-shot deals to fill budget holes. How can you have a one-shot marriage equality deal? You can't. You either say, "Well, why... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
16 Aug 06 : 43 | CA: TV ad backing gay marriage doesn't mention Prop. 8 Link: Los Angeles Times Excerpt: The scene plays out like a bad dream. A bride is trying to make her way to the altar, but she keeps encountering obstacles. She trips over cans tied to the back of a car; a flower girl tries to block her way; a wedding guest trips her with a cane. Finally, after... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
23 Aug 05 : 15 | Republican officials leaving party over social issues Link: In These Times Excerpt: A wave of GOP state legislators and other officials is defecting from the Republican Party, exposing the role that an increasingly hard line on social issues may be playing in driving out moderates. The departures weaken the GOP as it confronts another challenging... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
23 Aug 04 : 36 | Groups planning court fight over Ark. anti-gay adoption measure Link: 365 Gay News Excerpt: A group fighting a proposed ballot measure to ban adoptions by unmarried couples living together are preparing to take their battle to court. Arkansas Families First, the group fighting the adoption ban, said that if the question is certified for the ballot, it will go... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
18 Aug 16 : 00 | Obama and McCain Define Marriage At Rick Warren Forum Link: Obama and McCain Define Marriage At Rick Warren Forum / Queerty Excerpt: Barack Obama and John McCain battled for so-called values voters at Pastor Rick Warren's California mega church this weekend. Appearing before 2,800 Evangelicals, the presidential hopefuls hoped to score big with their... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
19 Aug 02 : 18 | GLAAD: 1,049 daily U.S. newspapers now accept wedding announcements from... Link: GLAAD Excerpt: Marking the six-year anniversary of its Announcing Equality campaign, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today announced that 1,049 daily U.S. newspapers now accept wedding announcements from gay and lesbian couples ??? a more than fifteen-fold increase... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
14 Aug 16 : 16 | Gay marriage and the black vote Link: Los Angeles TimesExcerpt: Blacks, like whites, are divided on the issue. In March 2000, when Californians voted on Proposition 22 (the statutory ban on gay marriage that the state Supreme Court struck down in May), a Los Angeles Times exit poll showed that levels of support were very ... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
18 Aug 18 : 08 | Andrew Sullivan answers National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez on his... Link: The Daily Dish | The Atlantic Onlineby Andrew Sullivan Full text by permission. Source retains copyright. Time for a fisking: "Divorced, stigmatized and barred any legal protections." Andrew Sullivan says that's how I want gays in America to live. No, I just want to protect the institution... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
18 Aug 15 : 46 | Opponents of Gay Guinea Pig Book Start to Organize Link: Mombian by Dana Rudolph Full text by permission. Source retains copyright. A few weeks ago I reported on the first challenge to Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, a children’s book featuring two gay guinea pigs who marry. Today, library director James LaRue, who wrote a sensitive, balanced response... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
18 Aug 15 : 50 | Australia: Government cops flak after Ellen's big gay wedding Link: Canberra Times Excerpt: It was a case of here come the brides for Ellen DeGeneres and Australian love Portia de Rossi. The Hollywood couple married at an intimate ceremony at the weekend inside the grounds of their $US29 million ($A33.4 million) Beverly Hills estate. Their marriage has... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
14 Aug 03 : 42 | Gay marriage lawyers receive national honor Link: 365 Gay News Excerpt: Attorneys Shannon Minter and Therese Stewart have been named the recipients of the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association’s 2008 Dan Bradley Award. Minter is the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Stewart is San Francisco’s chief deputy... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
12 Aug 21 : 59 | "Deep" Thought #21: Gay Marriage Will Exacerbate Black Fatherlessness Link: Fannie's RoomExcerpt: Hello readers. I hope you can bear with me. Today's "deep" thought is more serious and a bit longer than usual. See, there's an interesting theory regarding gay marriage that's been circulating in various anti-gay spheres. In a nutshell, it goes like this: If gay... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
12 Aug 02 : 13 | Commentary: Does This Mean Edwards is Now For Gay Marriage? Link: Huffington Postby Paul Jenkins Excerpt: Asked about his position on same-sex marriage a year ago, John Edwards said that he "personally [does] not"support gay marriage, citing his religious beliefs as basis for his opposition. Even without the hindsight we have recently acquired about... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
12 Aug 02 : 16 | Dennis Miller Has no Issue with Gay Marriage, Just Homophobic Terrorists Link: Towleroad Excerpt: Comedian-turned-pundit Dennis Miller calls his political beliefs "eclectic pragmatism" in an interview with Politico: "I’m a moderate in some degree because I have wildly swinging opinions but through some sort of ideological feng shui they end up in the middle. Some... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
21 Aug 19 : 36 | New tribal law allows couple to plan wedding Link: The Register-GuardExcerpt: Shannon Minter, an attorney with the National Center for Lesbian Rights, said the implications for sovereignty are probably limited, because the federal government has the legal right to deny recognition to same-sex marriages under the Federal Defense of... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
11 Aug 15 : 59 | NJ: Gay marriage: Not if, but when Link: The Times Excerpt: Backers of same-sex marriage in New Jersey believe they have the wind at their backs. They are confident the state will replace civil unions for gay couples with full civil-marriage rights. They also believe it will be done not by court order, which is the way gay marriage... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
12 Aug 02 : 28 | Peddling for gay marriage equality Link: 365 Gay News Excerpt: A Rhode Island man set off Monday on a five-state bicycle ride to promote same-sex marriage. Rick Harris’ ride will take him to Springfield, Mass.; Albany, NY; Philadelphia, PA.; New York City; through Long Island and back to Providence. Harris, Executive Director... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
16 Aug 04 : 30 | CA: Employers tied in knots by differences between state, federal marriage... Link: Sacramento Business Journal Excerpt: Kristina Russell and Casie Elliott said ???I do??? at the Sacramento County Courthouse on Tuesday, realizing their six-year dream of legal marriage in California. Marriage is important to the women, though their rights won???t be appreciably different... Source : To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News |
