Blog Entries by support
Ohio marriage supporters gain powerful ally — the AARP
Posted on Oct 05, 2004 at 12:36 pm
October 5, 2004
The powerful 35 million member senior support and lobbying organization, the American Association of Retired People, has announced opposition to a state constitutional amendment. [link]
Kerry explains support for Massachusetts and Missouri amendments
Posted on Sep 24, 2004 at 12:41 pm
September 24, 2004
"I was unbriefed and I thought it was the same amendment we had in Massachusetts... I just thought it was a simple prohibition...I just didn't know it went as far as it did and, obviously, I don't support it." [link]
NBJC condemns discriminatory constitutional vote in Missouri
Posted on Aug 04, 2004 at 12:43 pm
August 4, 2004
"George W. Bush and his radical conservative allies are seeking to divide us on this issue...African Americans oppose discrimination in all its forms." [link]
LIBRARY JOURNAL: Book review, Why Marriage Matters
Posted on Jul 13, 2004 at 02:51 pm
July 13, 2004
Wolfson shows that marriage has changed in meaning over the years and points out how similar fears were raised in the 1960s to justify denying marriage to interracial couples. [Link]
OPINION: You signed the petition, didn’t you?
Posted on Jul 08, 2004 at 02:43 pm
July 8, 2004
Writer predicts an anti-gay state amendment will pass in Arkansas... just like a segregation law did in the 1950's. "We voted narrowly in 1990 to repeal it. Narrowly. In 1990. To repeal. Racial segregation." And anti-gay laws will be repealed too. [Link]
Service Industry Labor Union, SEIU, Passes Marriage Equality Resolution
Posted on Jun 28, 2004 at 05:08 pm
June 28, 2004
Following the lead of several of their local unions, the AFL-CIO's largest and fastest growing union adopted a marriage equality resolution at their annual conference. [Link]
Prenuptual agreements… just in case there’s a gay divorce
Posted on May 11, 2004 at 04:27 pm
May 11, 2004
Lawyers in Massachusetts are facing completely new issues about how to deal with married couples under federal law--the rules are different depending on whether they are same-sex or opposite sex. [link]
Court denies transgender marriage appeal
Posted on Jan 15, 2004 at 03:44 pm
January 15, 2004
Jacob Nash is an FTM with an amended birth certificate who was denied the right to marry his girlfriend in Ohio. [Link]
The radical case for marriage equality: Why progressives must join this fight
Posted on Sep 03, 2003 at 01:47 pm
September 3, 2003
The movement for marriage equality affects all disenfranchised groups; and that means it's time for allies to get involved to beat back right-wing attacks and promote social and economic justice. [Link]
Double bind: Why a woman in MI is a man in KS, and why it matters
Posted on Jul 07, 2000 at 03:47 pm
July 7, 2000
This is an article about MTF widow J'Noel Gardiner and her fight to inherit her husband's $2.5 million estate.
KS Supreme Court summary of the Gardiner case. [Link]