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An American student in Cape Town sent this link about her celebration of the freedom to marry being honored in Washington D.C. -- which took place among the LGBTQ community in South Africa. "It’s Pride Week in the rainbow city of Cape Town! South Africa legalized marriage equality in 2006. Today, March 3, 2010, my nation’s capital voted to legalize the freedom to marry within it’s city’s borders. I dedicate this post to those worldwide who experience sexual oppression, and to those who choose to challenge it."
Read MoreTo celebrate the legalization of the freedom to marry in the District, I asked two local influential gay-rights advocates what the event meant to them and what needs to happen next to push forward the movement for full equality in our region. The two were from very different generations, and I discovered that their histories illustrate how much gay people's position in American society has already changed.
Read MoreThe debate on whether to extend benefits to gay partners of Asheville, North Carolina city employees is playing out across the city — in coffee shops, barber shops and now in church pews. Religious leaders of various backgrounds — from Baptist ministers to Wiccan priestesses — have joined the fray.
Read MoreValerie Harper is an American actress, best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on the 1970s television show The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and for her starring roles on the sitcoms Rhoda (a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show) and Valerie.
Read MoreOne day after the District of Columbia legalized the freedom to marry, the city's Episcopal bishop said priests may preside over and bless civil marriages of same-sex couples, but cannot use the denomination's marriage rites. "We are of equal value in the eyes of God," Bishop John Chane said Thursday (March 4), "and any one of us may be called by the Holy Spirit into holy relationships..."
Read MoreThe former chief operating officer of Catholic Charities has called on the organization to reverse its recent decision to change health benefits for employees' spouses, a move designed to avoid legitimizing marriage equality. Tim Sawina, who was until last year one of the group's highest-ranking executives, called the elimination of spousal health benefits "devastating" and "wrong" in a letter Wednesday to the governing boards of the social service organization.
Read MoreAs same-sex couples lined up in Washington, D.C., for marriage applications on Wednesday, crowds gathered in Annapolis to hear testimony in front of a Senate committee to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. The measure is considered a step toward recognizing the freedom to marry in Maryland.
Read MoreFormer New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate chose to make marriage equality - specifically an LGBT group opposed to his re-election, Fight Back New York - the focus of a re-election rally Monday, while community members said he should have focused on issues that actually distressed them.
Read MoreA law legalizing marriage equality took effect Thursday in Mexico City, one day after the second marriage of a same-sex couple was performed in Argentina. The Mexican measure also allows gay and lesbian couples to adopt children.
Read MoreCounting states in which the freedom to marry is legal, states in which there are recognized civil unions or domestic partnerships, states that offer itemized rights to same-sex couples, states that recognize marriages of same-sex couples legally performed elsewhere and states in which individual counties and cities provide local recognition and benefits, nearly half of all Americans live where there is some form of official notice of same-sex couples.
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