THIS WEEK IN MARRIAGE EQUALITY
10/24/10
Florida’s ban on gay adoption came to an abrupt end on Oct.12 when the Florida Department of Children and Families opted not to appeal the adoption of two brothers by Frank Martin Gill of North Miami. This marks the end to a heinous law that allowed gay people to care for foster children but denied them the right to a proper family.
Could Meg Whitman revive the appeal of Prop 8? yes indeed...
Largest NH paper won’t print gay marriage notices reports SFGATE.com. New Hampshire is one of five states to have legalized gay marriage. Two men getting married in Portsmouth on Saturday wanted to publish a marriage notice in the Union Leader of Manchester but were refused.
Next month, eight UK couples will kick off a campaign to overturn gay marriage bans and bring just one type of union all UK families.
10/23/10
MySanAntonio.com reports that Catholic leaders, while hypocritically condemning any prejudice against gay people, have discontinued a long-standing mass offered quietly for more than 15 years to the gay and lesbian community. As LezGetReal.com points out, the move leaves the San Antonio Gay Catholic community, which included many same-sex couples with children, searching for a church in which to meet.
10/21/10
Scotusblog.com announced that the Ninth Circuit Court has scheduled a two-hour hearing on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage, to be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 6. The three judges on the panel will not be announced until about a week before the hearing. More…
Also on 12/6, Marriage Equality USA will host a morning vigil from 7:30-9:30am outside the James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco which is located at 95 Seventh Street (At Mission St). San Francisco, California 94103.
Freedomtomarry.org is gathering more and more signatures in their Stand Up to Maggie campaign. Maggie Gallagher, the unmarried face of the anti-marriage equality National Organization for Marriage (NOM), will receive a letter asking her to get out of the discrimination business and make a living off someone else’s back.
10/20/10
Alec Baldwin defends Gay Marriage for Fight Back NY. With over 150,000 views already, Alec is getting out the message that, hey, he wants to marry the man of his dreams!
10/18/10
The Washington Post reports that, in a brief filed with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Monday, the San Francisco city attorney’s office said Proposition 8’s sponsors failed to make a sound case for preventing gay couples from marrying.
