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Chad Blair tells the story of a longtime customer threatening to boycott Foodland Super Market because of its membership in Hawaii Roundtable which recently sent a letter to Gov. Lingle asking her to veto the new same-sex civil union bill she's now considering. On Wednesday, Hawaii Roundtable sent Lingle another letter, this time backing away from any appearance of opposition to civil unions.
Read MoreIn a ruling hailed by gay activists, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 upheld a law that requires public disclosure of the names of people who signed a petition to put an anti-gay referendum on the ballot in Washington State. But litigation over the domestic partnership battle may not yet be finished and may be back before the court in a year or so.
Read MoreThere is palpable optimism among gay-rights groups that the latest Prop. 8 court challenge, brought by the legal odd couple of Ted Olson and David Boies, will mean an end to California's ban on the freedom to marry. But activists don't think it's a sure thing by any means, and they're not changing any of their plans because of it.
Read MoreThe concept of family can mean one thing to you and another to someone else. Soledad O'Brien follows a same sex couple in their struggle against the legal and personal obstacles to become parents.
Read MoreThe freedom to marry is a generational issue for several reasons, as the Newsweek correspondent and blogger Katie Connolly points out. Obviously being from one generation or another does not prevent someone from supporting equality, but the trend is worth noting.
Read MoreStatement of Anne Levinson, Chair, Washington Families Standing Together in Response to U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Doe v. Reed. "The Court has made clear today that public disclosure requirements are an important means of making sure measures are not put on the ballot by fraudulent means or mistake."
Read MoreLacey, WA resident Janice Langbehn, whose family story sparked a presidential order that hospitals recognize the rights of gay couples, was an invitee to a White House Pride Month celebration Tuesday night.
Read MoreFreedom to Marry, a New York-based national organization working for marriage equality, plans to hold rallies across the country to counter those planned by anti-marriage equality group National Organization for Marriage (NOM).
Read MoreGay groups are lashing out at former Arkansas GOP Gov. Mike Huckabee for saying in a recent interview that he doesn’t support the freedom to marry, in part, because of the “ick factor.”
Read MoreFreedom to Marry is announcing that we will join NOM in embracing this summer as a Summer for Marriage. We will do this by spreading the word across the country about the importance of ending exclusion from marriage. As part of Freedom to Marry’s Summer for Marriage, we are working with our supporters, as well as local and state partners, to plan rallies and other events wherever NOM is planning to push discrimination and distort the truth about gay couples and their families. In 17 states and the District of Columbia, we will share our stories and demonstrate how the denial of marriage harms same-sex couples and their families, while helping no one.
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