Andrew Cuomo installed; David Paterson to become a marriage equality activist?
Posted on Jan 05, 2011 at 12:00 pm
As Andrew Cuomo was installed as New York's 56th governor on Saturday, outgoing David Paterson suggested he'll become a marriage equality advocate.
As a candidate, the 53-year-old Cuomo said he wanted to be the governor that signs a freedom to marry bill into law.
Hers is the ministry of ‘yes’
Posted on Jan 05, 2011 at 08:30 am
The Rev. Jane Adams Spahr (a Freedom to Marry Voice for Equality) was found guilty of violating the Presbyterian constitution. Her offense? Officiating at same-sex weddings.
A lesbian herself, she says she won't quit the church she loves.
Michael Steele: If Prop 8 struck down, GOP will form ‘strong front line’ to stop marriage equality
Posted on Dec 31, 2010 at 11:00 am
Andy Towle reports on an interview RNC Chair Michael Steele gave to The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) in which he shares his personal anti-freedom to marry philosophies and the republican party's strategy for fighting marriage equality over the next two years.
LA Times: Enough agonizing, Mr. President
Posted on Dec 30, 2010 at 10:00 am
The LA Times editorial board lays out the case for why it's time President Obama supports marriage equality.
The path down the aisle
Posted on Dec 27, 2010 at 03:00 pm
Marriage equality enacted in DC thanks to Mayor, Council and activists; religious opponents rebuffed at every legal level.
Pause for celebration
Posted on Dec 27, 2010 at 10:00 am
Without repeal of the Defense of Marriage act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman under federal law, or the passage of the Domestic Partners and Obligations Act, which extends benefits to partners of gay federal employees, the spouses of gay and lesbian troops are ineligible for military benefits.
Video: Obama hails victories of lame duck; has ‘evolving feelings’ on Marriage Equality
Posted on Dec 23, 2010 at 09:30 am
Just hours after he repealed the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays serving openly in the military, President Obama acknowledged the discrepancy in his position on supporting gays in the military, while opposing marriages of same-sex couples, and conceded his "feelings are constantly evolving."
Obama: “Prepared to implement” DADT, “attitudes evolving” on marriage equality
Posted on Dec 22, 2010 at 11:00 am
In and exclusive oval office interview with "The Advocate," President Obama says the Pentagon is "prepared to implement" repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and it will take months not years.
He also says he's “wrestling” with the issue of marriage equality.
D.C. files Supreme Court brief defending marriage
Posted on Dec 22, 2010 at 09:30 am
D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles and other city attorneys have urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to take a case filed by a local minister seeking to overturn the city’s marriage equality law.
N.Y. Marriage: Hey, you never know
Posted on Dec 21, 2010 at 10:30 am
There is work to be done in 2011, but marriage equality advocates are betting on improved odds with a Republican senate majority in New York State.