Cicilline wins RI primary for Kennedy seat
Posted on Sep 15, 2010 at 03:00 pm
Providence Mayor David Cicilline won a contentious Democratic primary to succeed Rep. Patrick Kennedy. If elected in November, Cicilline would become the fourth openly gay member of Congress.
Are Republicans ‘co-opting’ gay rights?
Posted on Sep 03, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Adam Serwer: Pro-gay rights Republicans seem to be less of an oxymoron these days.
Jonathan Merritt: Is Prop 8 fight the culture wars’ last stand?
Posted on Sep 02, 2010 at 08:30 am
Jonathan Merritt discusses shifts in the demographics of those for and against the freedom to marry: "If current trends among religious Americans and the younger generation continue, the current battle over Proposition 8 might just be the beginning of the end for the culture wars as we’ve known them."
Voice for Equality: Roger Ebert
Posted on Sep 01, 2010 at 03:00 pm
In the August 27, 2010 entry of his Journal in the "Chicago Sun-Times", film critic Roger Ebert makes a case for the freedom to marry by telling a personal story of his mother supporting a lesbian couple in their desire to get married back in the 1970s: "Public opinion is perceived to be shifting on the topic [marriage equality]. It seems odd to me that on this issue, Barack Obama is more conservative than Dick Cheney, George Bush and my mother."
Shifting attitudes on gay rights extend around globe, experts say
Posted on Aug 20, 2010 at 12:00 pm
"Often courts will make decisions that are predictors of what public opinion is going to be a few years from now," says Brian Powell, an Indiana University sociology professor.
"Public attitudes don't change really quickly, but this [the freedom to marry] is one that's changing really, really quickly," Powell said.
The conservative case to rethink the freedom to marry
Posted on Aug 16, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Christian Bentzen: "Conservatives have a somewhat questionable history with regard civil rights, a trend that has roots in the south and continued on with Barry Goldwater who infamously opposed the Civil Rights Act as unconstitutional. The consequence of their reaction to the recent [Prop 8] ruling is that conservatives may be planting the seeds of their own demise (as the polls have indicated) and find themselves on the wrong side of civil rights history."
Is public opinion on marriage equality ahead of the Supreme Court’s?
Posted on Aug 16, 2010 at 07:30 am
Michael Klarman: Judicial opinions on cultural issues usually reflect settled shifts in public attitudes. What does this mean for the fate of the freedom to marry in the Supreme Court?
Video: Thank you for your call
Posted on Aug 11, 2010 at 10:30 am
Watch Bill Bowersock's story about being denied his late partner's Social Security benefits, funds that are automatically transferred to any straight spouse that has been married for ten minutes.
Looking for time bombs and tea leaves on the freedom to marry
Posted on Jul 20, 2010 at 01:45 pm
Adam Liptak discusses the possible meaning and ramifications of a sentence added by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to a recent Supreme Court decision issued on the last day of the term.
First marriage of a same-sex couple in Argentina set for August 13
Posted on Jul 19, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Argentina's first marriage under a law passed last week honoring the freedom to marry was set for August 13 between a 61-year-old man and his 60-year-old partner, officials said Friday.