I have to ask those who oppose things like marriage equality why they think these two loving people should be kept apart ?
France officially becomes the 14th nation to legalize marriage equality. read more
We all knew there were going to be some epic freakouts on the conservative side here in a newly-equalized Minnesota, but boy howdy, friends, I think some of these people have achieved low-altitude earth orbit here
As he had promised, French President Francois Hollande signed the marriage equality bill into law this morning. Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition, which had been the last obstacle to passing the bill into law. Show More Summary
This week the ACLU jumped into the marriage equality debate with a call for ABC’s Modern Family to tie their popular gay couple’s knot. The “Cam & Mitch Get Hitched” campaign debuted Thursday with an online petition declaring, “it’s time for America’s biggest, red-beard-iest prime-time couple to get hitched in front of millions of American [...]
As expected, French President Francois Hollande signed a bill into law today making France the 14th country with marriage equality. Just yesterday, France's Constitutional Council approved the bill. The very first same-sex marriages in that country could come as soon...
Remember, at this time last year the Marriage and Voter Restriction Amendments both led in the polls, and by leads that certain would-be Serious Thinkers thought insurmountable. But pilgrims like Sally Jo Sorensen ignored the Serious Thinkers and won the day.
The conservative cable channel gave short shrift to this month's equality victories, instead spotlighting 'threat to marriage' stories. read more
Unbelievable. A day after smearing gay men with an ugly tweet about the Boy Scouts and pedophilia, Liberty Counsel member and Liberty University Dean (yeah, I know!) Matt Barber has the audacity to talk about how marriage equality is from Satan and is a way that government is “shaking its fist” at God.
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[Content Note: Homophobia.]Michael Kinsley: "LGBT PC: Being against marriage equality doesn't make you a monster." I believe this article once had another, equally amazing title, since its URL is "Ben Carson and Gay Marriage Police."...Show More Summary
By Scottie Thomaston - France’s constitutional court has approved the marriage equality bill today. After it was passed by the assembly, the opposition party challenged the bill, before the bill is signed into law. Now that the court has approved the bill it is expected to be signed quickly. - A former Obama administration official, [...]
In a Media Matters report about an analysis by Equality Matters, we learn that “Fox News Spent One Minute Covering Marriage Equality In Three States.” It’s also been announced that FOX has hired Allen West as a contributor. I don’t know if the latter means there will be more reporting on marriage equality, but given [...]Show More Summary
Go ahead with those plans to say “Je fais!” France’s top court has ruled opposition to the country’s recently passed gay marriage law by conservatives lawmakers as unconstitutional. France became the 14th nation to legalize same-sex marriage in April and President Francois Hollande is expected to sign the bill into law on Saturday. This means same-sex couples [...]
France's Constitutional Council has approved the marriage equality bill, denying a challenge from opposition groups, and the measure is now set to become law, The Local reports: France made history on April 23 when it became the 14th country to...
Portugal has offered marriage equality to same-sex couples since 2010, but until now had not allowed those couple to adopt each other’s children. Today, the Portuguese Parliament passed a bill 99-94 to allow adoption, ending the discrepancy in what it means for same-sex couples to be married. Portugal is one of the few countries in [...]
By Jacob Combs A Nevada Assembly committee voted yesterday to advance a constitutional amendment that would allow same-sex couples to marry in the state, setting it up for a full vote in the chamber sometime this session. Yesterday’s vote in the Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee came down along party lines, with all seven [...]
New York Post offers buyouts to several of its highest-paid veteran journalists. (capitalnewyork.com) Fox News spent one minute covering marriage equality victories in three states. (buzzfeed.com) Gawker’s Tom Scocca chides the Toronto Star for sitting on the Mayor Rob Ford crack story. (@tomscocca) | Gawker’s story | The Star’s story. Time … Read More
The ACLU is prodding ABC to have the gay characters on Modern Family get married. Having two main characters in a wildly popular show get married would put the issue of marriage equality in living rooms across the country and generate...Show More Summary
Marriage equality? You betcha. Welcome, lucky No. 12. This week Minnesota made it an even dozen, following the small flurry of states to pass marriage equality this year (high fives, Rhode Island and Delaware!) Sure, there are still 38 to go. Show More Summary