Iowa chief justice won’t fight ouster campaign
Posted on Oct 01, 2010 at 03:00 pm
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Marsha Ternus said Thursday that she and two other justices have no plans to launch a counter-campaign against gay rights opponents seeking to unseat them for supporting last year's unanimous decision legalizing the freedom to marry.
More Americans say gays qualify as families
Posted on Oct 01, 2010 at 01:30 pm
The idea that gay couples who are married or have children qualify as “families” has rapidly become the majority view in the U.S., and researchers credit public discussions about the freedom to marry—by supporters as well as vehement opponents—for the unexpectedly fast pace of change.
NH governor set to take more PAC attacks
Posted on Sep 30, 2010 at 01:45 pm
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch’s re-election campaign is bracing for another wave of independent attack ads that it expects will be the biggest to date.
NOM purchased $425,000 in television and radio ads scheduled to begin airing Monday.
Interview with Ross Levi, executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda
Posted on Sep 30, 2010 at 09:45 am
Levi on the freedom to marry in New York: "To have our lives and our families debated on the floor of the New York State Senate and be told by our government that we’re not worthy of the same protections that all other living families get, has only led us to be more invested in winning this fight."
Editorial: Fair Courts in the Cross-Fire
Posted on Sep 30, 2010 at 08:15 am
The New York Times editorial board criticizes campaigns against justices around the country, including an anti-gay campaign against the three Iowa Supreme Court justices who ruled in favor of marriage for lesbian and gay couples in the state.
A New Kind Of Outing
Posted on Sep 29, 2010 at 02:30 pm
The Human Rights Campaign and the Courage Campaign this week launched a new Web site, NOMexposed.com, which provides details of some of the backers of the National Organization for Marriage.
New Freedom to Marry resource: Party Principles
Posted on Sep 29, 2010 at 01:00 pm
Freedom to Marry has created a new resource called Party Principles so you can see where your political parties stand.
Opinion: Outside agitators
Posted on Sep 29, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Tim Rutten criticizes out-of-state groups and individuals, such as the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage and prominent Utah Mormon, Alan Ashton, that have inserted themselves in campaigns against marriage equality in Iowa and California.
Website to collect Catholic bishops’ DVDs is launched
Posted on Sep 29, 2010 at 10:29 am
A group of Catholic Minnesotans has launched a website to collect and protest DVDs supporting a ban on the freedom to marry in Minnesota that are being distributed by the Catholic Church.
New group opposes effort to remove Iowa judges
Posted on Sep 29, 2010 at 09:00 am
A new coalition aimed at retaining Iowa’s system of judicial appointments warned Monday that an “extremist” group from Mississippi is at the root of an effort to oust three justices from the state Supreme Court.