‘Economist’ debate between Wolfson/Gallagher scheduled for January 3, 2011
Posted on Dec 31, 2010 at 01:00 pm
An online debate between Freedom to Marry's executive director, Evan Wolfson, and Maggie Gallagher of The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) will take place on January 3rd 2011.
You can register for free at "The Economist" to be notified when the debate begins.
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.
Oregon gay couple’s Christmas letter urges neighbors to talk about marriage equality
Posted on Dec 30, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Dan and Marcos German-Domingues sent out a Christmas card with a special message this year.
The couple sent out hundreds of letters to their neighbors asking them to take a moment during the holiday season to think and talk about an issue close to their hearts — marriage equality.
Marriage equality law boosts Mexico City’s gay & lesbian tourism
Posted on Dec 29, 2010 at 01:00 pm
Gay & lesbian tourism in Mexico's capital has soared since lawmakers legalized the freedom to marry in March.
According to the government's Officinia de Turismo Lesbico-Gay Bisexual y Transexual (LGBT), the city netted nearly half a million dollars (6 million pesos) in the second half of 2010.
Weddings for same-sex couples boom under Argentina’s new liberal laws
Posted on Dec 27, 2010 at 05:00 pm
As same-sex couples celebrate marriage rights unique in Latin America, wedding planners are helping them to spend thousands on their big day.
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.
A rude shock at Christmas
Posted on Dec 23, 2010 at 05:00 pm
A NJ civil union provided no protection for Peruvian man abruptly deported.
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Just hours after he repealed the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays serving openly in the military, President Obama acknowledged the discrepancy in his position on supporting gays in the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.
Judge hears federal worker’s spousal benefits case
Posted on Dec 21, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Lawyer Karen Golinski has spent the past 19 years working for a federal appeals court based in San Francisco.
So finding herself seated in court Friday as the plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking health insurance coverage for her same-sex partner was disturbing and strange, she said.