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Marriage Equality

California Marriage Equality -- How We Will Win

Christine Pelosi | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Proposition 8, California, Prop 8, Ballot Initiative, Civil Rights, California Supreme Court, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

Today's California Supreme Court ruling on Prop 8 all but invited marriage equality proponents back to the ballot box.

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The Road from Here to Marriage Equality

Gavin Newsom | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Gavin Newsom, Lesbian, President Obama, Gays, San Francisco, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Gavin Newsom

Today we must turn anger into action. With five states already on their way to marriage equality, it's our job to make sure history moves faster towards equality here in California.

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Prop 8 Decision: We Won't Back Down

Joe Solmonese | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights Campaign, California, Prop 8, Hrc, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Joe Solmonese

Today's decision hurts, but we have known this pain before. Ours is a movement powered by resilience. Once again, we will turn our anger into action.

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California Supreme Court Thinks Prop 8 Was No Big Deal

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Amendment, Equality, Proposition 8, California, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, Gay, California Prop 8, Eqaul Protection, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, California Supreme Court, Revision, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

The court says that because the effect of Proposition 8 is so "minor" we don't need to classify it as a revision and it can stand, as is, after a simple majority vote.

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What Will Marriage Equality Supporters Do During the Prop 8 Rallies?

Pam Spaulding | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pam's House Blend, Marriage Equality, The Dallas Principles, Prop 8, Pam Spaulding, Dallas Principles, California, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Pam Spaulding

Californians should be angry about a state Constitution that allows civil rights to be placed on a ballot measure.

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Inside Out: Hate is Scorched in this Book's Glaring Sunshine

Tom Gregory | Posted 06.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Ted Haggard, Prop 8, New Life Church, Key West, INSIDE OUT, Rupaul, Barbara Marcus, Beauty Pageants, Robert Duvall, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, California Gay Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Barbar Benjamin Marcus, Drag, Drag Queens, Fred Marcus, Media News
Tom Gregory

For even the most religious reader, this coffee table book brings the dark, drag subculture out of the closet.

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The Dallas Principles, a New Approach to LGBT Equality

Lane Hudson | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harry Reid, Democratic Congress, Congress, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Marriage Equality, Dallas-Texas, Politics News
Lane Hudson

All we're seeking is the same rights and responsibilities that non-LGBT people have. Nothing more, nothing less.

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Obama, Don't Defend DOMA

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Equality, Paul Sousa, Social Security, LGBT Issues, Doma, Defense of Marriage Act, Marriage Equality, Lgbt, Marriage, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Glad, Constitution, LGBT Families, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Obama has the opportunity today, to stand up for equal rights by refusing to argue Defense of Marriage Act's constitutionality in court.

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Marriage Equality and the New Faces of the Republican Party

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, Rush Limbaugh, Maine, Iowa, Vermont, Same Sex Marriage, Connecticut, Religious Right, Massachusetts, Socialism, Tea Party, Republican Party, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

The collapse of the moderate opposition to gay marriage is both partially caused by the right wing of the Republican Party's increasing isolation on the fringes of American politics.

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Why President Obama Hurts His Own Cause By Not Addressing Homophobia in the Black Community

Pam Spaulding | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, LGBT Rights, Black Homophobia, Race, Barack Obama, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Pam Spaulding

With a president reticent to do much of anything about LGBT issues or homophobia in the black community without overwhelming support, where does that leave black, LGBT, and black LGBT communities?

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Obama's Marriage Position Sounds Eerily Familiar

Lane Hudson | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jake Tapper, Separate but Equal, Robert Gibbs, Barack Obama, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Lane Hudson

Same rights, different name. Same rights, different vehicle. Same rights, delivered in a different way. Same rights, but....

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What the Supreme Court Appointment Could Mean for Gay Rights

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Gay Rights, Obama Appointments, Kathleen Sullivan, Obama Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, David Souter, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Diane Wood, Pam Karlan, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

The debate over whether Sullivan or Karlan could make it through the approval process given their sexual orientation is an important one, and it illustrates just how far America has to go towards tolerance and equality.

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Republican Political Hackery and the Hate Crimes Bill

Bob Cesca | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe the Plumber, Hate Crimes, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Hate Crimes Bill, Maine Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, House Republicans, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Steve King, Republicans, Politics News
Bob Cesca

Why don't you want to protect religious people, Hannity? Why don't you want to protect disabled people, Limbaugh? Why don't you want to protect women, Congresswoman Foxx?

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White House Speechless on Marriage Progress

Lane Hudson | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Robert Gibbs, Marriage Equality, John Baldacci, Jim-Douglas, John Lynch, Politics News
Lane Hudson

We are in the midst of a revolution. The White House and other Democrats should shed their feigned distaste for equal rights for gays. Now is the time.

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Marriage Equality - Gathering Storm or Rising Tide?

Cathy Brooks | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Rights, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Rick Warren, Gathering Storm, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Cathy Brooks

Of course it's true, one day true equal rights for all people will be a reality in this nation. But, it is a dangerous path when to say that it's as good as done.

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DC, Congress, and the 'M' Word; Part Deux

Lane Hudson | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Congress, District of Columbia, Full Faith and Credit Clause, Marriage Equality, Gay Marriage, DC Gay Marriage, Politics News
Lane Hudson

Today, DC Council is expected to give final reading and pass legislation containing a provision that will allow the District to recognize valid marriages from other jurisdictions between couples of the same gender.

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Gathering Storm: Miss California Trying to Redefine Traditional Breasts for the Rest of Us

Brian Normoyle | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Miss USA, Legalizing-Same-Sex-Marriage, Carrie Prejean, Legalizing Gay Marriage, National Organization for Marriage, Maggie Gallagher, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Miss California Gay Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, Miss California, Miss California Carrie Prejean, California Gay Marriage Ban, Legalizing Same Sex Marriage, Gay Marriage, Gathering Storm, Perez Hilton, Glbt, No Offense Ad, Carrie Prejean Miss California, Jugs for Jesus, caps4christ, jugs4jesus, Politics News
Brian Normoyle

Miss California, you may find full civil equality for all Americans to be "unnatural" and not "Biblically correct," but, frankly, neither are your Jugs for Jesus and your Caps for Christ.

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An LGBT Report Card for Obama's First 100 Days

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equality, Hate Crimes, LGBT Issues, Doma, Enda, White House Easter Egg Roll, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Defense of Marriage Act, United American Families Act, Reverend-Lowery, Marriage Equality, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Immigration Reform, Gay Rights, First 100 Days, Rick Warren, Nancy Pelosi, 100 Days, Obama First 100 Days, LGBT Rights, LGBT Families, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Compared to the rows of sullen, silent Presidents behind him, Obama looks like a gay rights brown-noser. But when it comes to actual change in the lives of LGBT people, nothing has been done.

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Queeries: Going to Get Married in Iowa?

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Prop 8, Lesbian, Same Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, California Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Iowa Same Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Des Moines-Iowa, Style News
Steven Petrow

Who pops the question? Among straights, traditionally it's been the guy who asks the girl, but even that's evolved in recent years. For same-sex couples, we're not burdened by any such traditions.

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Miss USA and the B-Word

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Missusa, Equality, Perez Hilton, Miss-California-Mistake, Equal Rights, Obama Gay Rights, Civil Unions, Barack Obama, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Miss California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Bigot, Miss California, Barack Obama Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Bigotry, Miss America, Carrie Prejean, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Miss California, like many who share her take on the marriage issue, was careful to talk about her "opinion" and "beliefs" and the way she was raised as if this excused her intolerance. Barack Obama talks about tradition and belief as well in defense of his own position.

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Legal Same-sex Marriage: The True Paperwork Reduction Act

Isobel White | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Tax Day, Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, California Supreme Court Gay Marriage, Same Sex Marriage, California Same-Sex Marriage, Gay, California Same Sex Marriage, Cost of Being Gay, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Isobel White

Without all the cumbersome and repetitive paperwork same-sex couples now have to complete just to prove they are committed to each other, think of all the forests that could be left standing.

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Torn Apart By DOMA

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roland Burris Senate, Doma, Dick Durbin, Roland Burris, Immigration, Gay, Mike Quigley, National, Defense of Marriage Act, United American Families Act, Marriage Equality, Deb Mell, Immigration Reform, Gay Rights, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Immigration Debate, Immigration Policy, Uafa, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

One can only hope that quick passage of the UAFA will help people like Karla and Stacy have a fair shot at making a loving committed relationship work for the long term.

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DC, Congress, and the "M" Word

Lane Hudson | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Washington DC, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Congress, Gay Rights, Politics News
Lane Hudson

Could Congress legislatively overturn the DC Council's decision to recognize civil marriages from other jurisdictions? They certainly could.

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Don't Call Yourself Progressive If You Don't Support Sexual Justice

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Religion, Abortion Rights, Same Sex Marriage, Progressives, LGBT Rights, Religion and Politics, Obama Abortion, Sex Education, Religious Left, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Rev. Debra Haffner

You know when marriage equality comes to Iowa that lesbian and gay equality has become a mainstream American value. Yet the Iowa court decision recog...

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Falling Short of Full Constitutional Protection for Gays in Iowa

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equal Rights Amendment, Supreme Court, Iowa, Equality, Gay Rights, Equal Rights, Equal Protection, Discrimination, Gay, Constitution, Gays, National, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Marriage Equality, Iowa Supreme Court, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

In upholding gay marriage, the Iowan Court made a number of choices. Some of these were as progressive as the California Supreme Court's In re Marriage Casesruling and some were not.

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