BLOG: Hispanics Back Marriage Equality at Same Rates as Whites
Posted on May 27, 2009 at 12:13 pm
FiveThirtyEight
May 26, 2009
Nate Silver blogs about several national and state polls that indicate that support for marriage equality among Hispanic voters is relatively similar to support among white voters. [Link]
May 26, 2009
Nate Silver blogs about several national and state polls that indicate that support for marriage equality among Hispanic voters is relatively similar to support among white voters. [Link]
Looking Back at a Time When Interracial Marriage was Illegal
Posted on May 25, 2009 at 01:12 pm
Gainesville Sun
May 25, 2009
Memories of the Perez case were suddenly revived last May when the California Supreme Court overturned the state's ban on marriage for same-sex couples, using the Perez decision as a key precedent. The state's midcentury interracial marriage pioneers, including Jeanne Lowe and the Watsons, have been largely absent from the debate, though they do have opinions about it.
Leon Watson said he "couldn't care less" who married whom, and, playfully conversing with his wife, wondered why the Catholic Church that went out on a limb to marry them couldn't marry same-sex couples. Jeanne Lowe, who has three children, one of them a lesbian, said she feels that adults have the right to marry whomever they choose. [link]
May 25, 2009
Memories of the Perez case were suddenly revived last May when the California Supreme Court overturned the state's ban on marriage for same-sex couples, using the Perez decision as a key precedent. The state's midcentury interracial marriage pioneers, including Jeanne Lowe and the Watsons, have been largely absent from the debate, though they do have opinions about it.
Leon Watson said he "couldn't care less" who married whom, and, playfully conversing with his wife, wondered why the Catholic Church that went out on a limb to marry them couldn't marry same-sex couples. Jeanne Lowe, who has three children, one of them a lesbian, said she feels that adults have the right to marry whomever they choose. [link]
Study Says New York Latinos Support Marriage Equality
Posted on May 06, 2009 at 10:23 am
Times Union
May 5, 2009
A study released by the University of Albany Tuesday surveying Latinos in New York and several surrounding states found that half of respondents said they supported marriage for gay couples or civil unions. [Link]
May 5, 2009
A study released by the University of Albany Tuesday surveying Latinos in New York and several surrounding states found that half of respondents said they supported marriage for gay couples or civil unions. [Link]
Study says New York Latinos support marriage equality
Posted on May 05, 2009 at 04:20 pm
Times Union
May 5, 2009
The University at Albany released a study on Tuesday polling the Hispanic population of New York and surrounding states. The New York Latino Research and Resources Network (NYLARNet) surveyed more than 1,200 Hispanics in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Jose Cruz, director of NYLARNet, said the study found half of Latinos in those states supported marriage equality or civil unions despite only 18 percent identifying themselves as liberal. (Link)
May 5, 2009
The University at Albany released a study on Tuesday polling the Hispanic population of New York and surrounding states. The New York Latino Research and Resources Network (NYLARNet) surveyed more than 1,200 Hispanics in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Jose Cruz, director of NYLARNet, said the study found half of Latinos in those states supported marriage equality or civil unions despite only 18 percent identifying themselves as liberal. (Link)
NYS Latinos support marriage equality by overwhelming margins, say two polls
Posted on Apr 22, 2009 at 10:45 am
Blabbeando
April 20, 2009
There are indications that support for marriage equality in New York State might be at a tipping point with one poll saying that a clear majority of registered voters support Governor David Paterson's marriage equality bill. [Link]
April 20, 2009
There are indications that support for marriage equality in New York State might be at a tipping point with one poll saying that a clear majority of registered voters support Governor David Paterson's marriage equality bill. [Link]
Pedro Julio outwits NOM Board Member in Spanish-language TV debate about marriage equality in NY
Posted on Apr 20, 2009 at 02:45 pm
Blabbeando
April 19, 2009
Here was NOM's first media foray after the Paterson announcement: No big flashy display and no attention-grabbing; just an attempt to speak directly to Latinos in their language. In other words, a similar under-the-radar strategy that foes of marriage equality in California used with minority communities in their successful defeat of Prop. 8. Luckily, Mr. Tellez met more than his match in Pedro Julio. [Link]
April 19, 2009
Here was NOM's first media foray after the Paterson announcement: No big flashy display and no attention-grabbing; just an attempt to speak directly to Latinos in their language. In other words, a similar under-the-radar strategy that foes of marriage equality in California used with minority communities in their successful defeat of Prop. 8. Luckily, Mr. Tellez met more than his match in Pedro Julio. [Link]
NY Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. Calls ‘Emergency Summit’ on Marriage
Posted on Apr 16, 2009 at 01:14 pm
Towleroad
April 15, 2009
Towleroad reports that N.Y. state Sen. (and marriage equality opponent) Ruben Diaz Sr. called an "emergency summit" of the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization to "strategize on what to do" after Gov. David Paterson announced he would re-introduce legislation to allow gay couples to marry in the state. [Link]
April 15, 2009
Towleroad reports that N.Y. state Sen. (and marriage equality opponent) Ruben Diaz Sr. called an "emergency summit" of the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization to "strategize on what to do" after Gov. David Paterson announced he would re-introduce legislation to allow gay couples to marry in the state. [Link]
OP-ED: Iowa’s Family Values
Posted on Apr 09, 2009 at 01:49 pm
New York Times
April 8, 2009
Steven W. Thrasher writes, "When the good state of Iowa conferred the dignity of civic recognition on my parents' relationship -- a relationship some members of their own families thought was deviant and immoral, that the civil authorities of Nebraska had tried to destroy, and that even some of my mom's college-educated friends believed would produce children striped like zebras -- our family began. And by the time my father died, their interracial marriage was seen just as a marriage, and an admirable 45-year one at that." [Link]
EDITORIAL: Separation Anxiety
Posted on Mar 17, 2009 at 01:19 pm
The Washington Post
March 16, 2009
"The Uniting American Families Act would allow gay and lesbian Americans and permanent residents to sponsor their foreign-born partners for legal residency in the United States. The bill, introduced last month in the Senate by Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and in the House by Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), would add 'permanent partner' and 'permanent partnership' after the words 'spouse' and 'marriage' in relevant sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act. If passed, it would right a gross unfairness." [Link]