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 family and friends and sharing a life with someone else.
This week in marriage equality:
TODAY: U.S. district judge Vaughn Walker will issue a ruling this morning on whether to allow marriages in California to begin again or stay a decision in the Proposition 8 case. We found this story which helps explain why this judge, who last week ruled the heinous prop 8 unconstitutional, might grant a stay and where we go from here.
YESTERDAY:
Video: Bill O’Reilly to Glenn Beck: “Do you believe gay marriage is a threat to the country in any way?”
Beck to O’ Reilly “A threat to the country? No, I don’t. Will the gays come and get us?”
Majority support marriage equality for first time: CNN poll
The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates has voted overwhelmingly to allow same-sex couples to marry in the United States.
8/10/2010 Mexico Gay Marriage: Supreme Court Orders All Mexican States To Recognize Weddings Performed In Mexico City
Basketball Star Isiah Thomas appears in ad campaign pro gay marriage
Judge: Same-sex marriage license valid | Santa Fe, New Mexico
8/8/2010 Mexican Supreme Court upholds gay marriage in Mexico City
Conservative republican lawyer on Fox News explaining why the rights of minorities are not determined by popular vote
Unitarian Society backs gay marriage
8/7/2010 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: Let gays and lesbians marry now
Same-sex marriage is currently legal in five US states — Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Iowa and New Hampshire — and in the District of Columbia. Outside the US: Argentina. Belgium,Canada, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and Mexico City.
