September 2011
1 post
“It’s very dear to me, the issue of gay marriage. Or as I like to call it:...”
– Liz Feldman
June 2011
5 posts
6 tags
8 tags
8 tags
“It’s not a gay thing. We don’t list unmarried...
And yet there is still on-going discussion as to why marriage-equality matters… Batesville Daily Guard, Arkansas Paper, Omits Gay Man’s Partner From Obituary
5 tags
10 tags
"It's a symbol for millions of gays and lesbians...
Chloé and I had our first wedding ceremony in Paris at a time when we could not be legally married in our home state of California. Now, we are legally married in our home state of California at a time when other same gendered couples would like to be legally married but can’t. Here is a story of a couple in France who are now a legally married same gendered couple at a time when no...
April 2011
1 post
6 tags
February 2011
1 post
6 tags
January 2011
1 post
8 tags
November 2010
1 post
14 tags
October 2010
3 posts
14 tags
23 tags
10 tags
John Cougar Mellencamp Tells NOM to back-off
It should be of no surprise to anyone fighting for marriage equality~ that the deceptively named “National Organization For Marriage” (NOM is against equal marriage rights for all) ~is up to their dirty tricks again. This time they are trying to pull the wool over the American public’s eyes by making it look like John Cougar Mellencamp is on their side. And well, he actually...
September 2010
3 posts
11 tags
National Organization for Marriage drops $235K on...
Oy! Maggie and her mob of malcontents are at it again. Instead of focusing on their own families, if they indeed have one, they are dropping tons and tons of cash into Iowa to try to destroy the lives of happily married LGBT couples and to try to destroy the lives of three judges who enforced equal protection, as demanded by the Constitution.
Jason Hancock at the Iowa Independent reports that...
15 tags
WatchEven more on the whole republican support for marriage equality
10 tags
August 2010
13 posts
11 tags
GOP, Tazmania and Mexico City all lovin' gay...
Same-sex marriage gains GOP support
A Washington Post article today details that a growing number of Republicans are breaking with the party’s traditional stance to publicly state their support for same-sex marriage
Tasmania for marriage equality
ABC NEWS reports that the parliament of Tasmania approved a law to recognize same-sex marriages and civil unions registered in other...
5 tags
7 tags
More straight families for marriage equality
Let’s add Ugly Betty alum, Christopher Gorham, who played the adorable accountant Henry, to the list of of people who strongly support marriage equality. Not only did he and his wife and three cuties kids pose for the NoH8 Campaign, the actor chose to use that image on the Today show this morning instead of another pic of the family. Yet another family who not only doesn’t worry...
5 tags
Lawyers may move to recover Prop. 8 court costs
SFGate posted a story today indicating that once the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decides on the Aug. 4 ruling that overturned the ban on marriage equality in California, the pro-gay lawyers would seek MILLIONS from the anti-gay folks who defended the ban in court after California’s governor and attorney general refused to do so.
“Judge Walker: I Doubt Prop 8 Ruling Can Be Appealed”
– http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/13/judge-walker-i-doubt-prop_n_681224.html
5 tags
Editorial Cartoon
Don’t miss this one from the Dallas Voice. Uncanny likeness of Mags
5 tags
In one week...
So much positive ground has been made for marriage equality. For those of you just joining us, and wonder why full marriage equality matters, it is simple. All couples who are in love and committed to each other should be respected and protected by society equally. Every child should share the same dream, the wonderful dream of growing up and falling in love, having a wedding surrounded by...
4 tags
“California is able to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, as it has...”
– http://www.7x7.com/love-sex/supreme-court-rules-prop-8-unconstitutional
5 tags
David Boise on the case against Prop 8
“One of the most invidious of the state-sponsored discriminations against gays and lesbians is the prohibition of gay and lesbian marriage”
“Times can blind us to certain truths and later generations can see that laws once thought necessary and proper in fact serve only to oppress.”
Read more:...
July 2010
4 posts
6 tags
One more HUGE victory for equality today in DC!! ... →
7 tags
WatchThe Atlantic’s latest story on the federal prop 8 trial has a video of David Boise discussing the trial and how he wishes it would have been televised, so that the people who oppose marriage equality could have seen the questions that the opposition had to answer on the stand and said to themselves, ’How would I have answered those questions?’ Boise states that it is...
7 tags
WatchA TRUE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE: A federal judge in Boston declared unconstitutional the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). A law that wrote discrimination into the constitution by baring federal recognition of same-sex marriage.
SO NOW WHAT?
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says in this video from last nights Rachel Maddow Show, that although “Judge Tauro’s decision does not...
June 2010
1 post
4 tags
March 2010
1 post
7 tags
February 2010
2 posts
6 tags
4 tags
Watch“NEW LAW WOULD BAN MARRIAGES BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO DON’T LOVE EACH OTHER.” This satire, from the Onion, speaks for itself.
December 2009
1 post
6 tags
NY Votes Against Marriage: The Rainbow Lining
This morning, for the umpteenth time, we sat at the edge of our seats glued to our twin laptops—one tuned to the New York Senate’s live debate over marriage equality; the other tuned to TweetDeck, where our community (as always) banded together in solidarity and anticipation of a vote on our personal lives. For the umpteenth time, we held our breath and tried to fend off that...
November 2009
2 posts
5 tags
Money Matters
Yesterday, the New York Times “Bucks” blog rolled out a new series, “What If You’re Gay?” The blog comes in response to an October 2, 2009 Times article, “The High Price of Being a Gay Couple,” which estimated that we, as a couple unmarried in the eyes of the federal government, will pay dearly for having fallen in love in a state of inequality, to the...
4 tags
A Love Letter to Maine, From a Couple of Prop 8...
Dear loving LGBT couples of Maine,
Tonight we sat glued to our twin laptops, separated only by a couple plates of reheated leftovers, compulsively refreshing the election results from your state. We shared a bottle of wine and surfed back and forth between the New York Times and the Bangor Daily News and the feeds of just about every live blogger known to us through Twitter so that we might stay...
September 2009
3 posts
2 tags
5 tags
5 tags
August 2009
3 posts
7 tags
WatchDeny for Deny: Should Gays Boycott Straight Weddings?
This week on Top Chef: Season 6, lesbian contestant Ashley Merriman got fired up about a wedding-related challenge because she and the show’s other LGBT contestants “are not allowed in that institution.” Her sense of conflict sparked discussion with fellow lesbian chef Preeti Mistry, who validated Merriman’s anger—saying that she herself has a...
4 tags
5 tags
WatchThe Great Nationwide Kiss-In
Don’t you just love seeing lovebirds share a smooch on the bus or in the checkout at the grocery store? We do! Doesn’t it fill you up with joy to see joy manifest, to witness living proof that we all share a common purpose in this life? Cuz without love, life can feel pretty null and void.
Unfortunately, not everyone sees it this way. Some folks say this...
July 2009
6 posts
9 tags
Reverend Eric Lee, of the Southern Christian...
7 tags
Worse than losing the love of your life is not...
Last week, we wrote here about the need for lgbt couples to secure marriage-like legal documentation—advanced healthcare directives, living wills and power of attorney—to protect them in cases of illness and emergency. Today, Washington Blade contributor Rebecca Armendariz penned, “Losing the Love of My Life: There is nothing more painful than the death of a partner—except being denied...
8 tags
WatchNo Rain at this Parade!
Cloris Leachman & Lt. Dan Choi have cameos in this SF Pride short documentary film by Joseph Olesh at Flicker Films. Joe followed “Just Married” from glittering posters in the garage and down the rainbow-lined parade route. He really captured the meaning and beauty of Pride. Enjoy the show!
**UPDATE July 20, 2009** “PRIDE 2009” was accepted to...
5 tags
