While the Obama administration pretends that the law is a concrete inflexible animal incapable of multiple interpretations, LGBT rights in this country continue to languish. Strong leadership is needed.
So, a couple of weeks ago, after the NY State Senate voted down marriage equality, I put my legal right to marry up for auction on eBay. My symbolic auction had raised $327 for the Point Foundation.
If it's true that the husband's job loss especially increases stress on a marriage - as previous research suggests - we may yet see that emerge for the current crisis. If not, maybe something has changed.
Vows can be seen as the bridge between romantic love and the love that lasts a lifetime. For better or worse, such commitment can lead to understanding, compassion and appreciation of your loved one.
On December 15, 2009, the D.C. Council voted 11-2 in favor of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the District. That distresses the Pope and his employees almost as much as sexual abuse of children.
Unlike many couples whose outside interests take them in opposite directions, Carol and I were joined at the hip. We did everything together. When she passed away, I was more alone than I had ever been.
Some marriages please parents. Others to fit in. Others, to handle an unplanned pregnancy. As reason number seven, here is a good summary of one of the things that can lead to a long term happy marriage.
The world had to know of this, the greatest untold love story in history. It had to be made into a movie for Hollywood. The world had to know The Young Victoria.
You can pull off a fantastic wedding in much less than a year, and without being forced to mortgage the farm to finance it.
Pat Quinn opposes marriage equality, and LGBT people and issues are nowhere to be found on his campaign website. The choice in this race was a clear one for me.
With the intertwined shirts from Brokeback Mountain holding fast on its walls, Museum of the American West has opened up a line of progressive, informative, bigot-fumigatin' dialogue.
"We have a choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real and which lives by a shadowy autonomy for the brief moment of earthy existence."
I've written about how life in our society is becoming a 'spectator sport'. I'm reminded of this as I hear pundits criticizing Obama as if their points aren't contrived to produce controversy or provoke conflict.
You need to have all your non-negotiables met before taking either of those steps or you will feel crazy and off balance. A woman needs to feel completely comfortable with her guy because he may never change.
The open question in an age of polarization is this: have all those prepared to change their minds on the issue of gay marriage already done so?
Anyone who has submitted to the process of recovery on which Tiger seems to have now embarked discovers that they are far better in their brokenness than in their grandiosity.
Marriage is not for everyone, and people who want to stay single should not be targeted with singlism because of it.
Like many couples we read the article by Elizabeth Weil in the New York Times Magazine. We find marriage challenging too. We tried a lot of therapy too. We said screw it.
The story behind "Coco Avant Chanel"'s near plotlessness is Coco's steely determination to become what she must be -- even though she doesn't know what that is.
What do I tell my daughter about these injustices, and now the actions of the 38 New York State Senators who had no compunction relegating me and my family to something less than other families?
The recession has taken a toll on American families, but research suggests that there may be a silver lining: Understanding the link between money and marriage might help us make better choices.
