Gay candidates for Congress draw interest, hope
Posted on Sep 14, 2010 at 08:30 am
Just three of the 535 members of Congress are openly gay, but two candidates hope to inch that number up to five this year: David Cicilline, who is running to succeed fellow Democrat Patrick Kennedy in Rhode Island, and Democrat Steve Pougnet, who's trying to knock Republican Mary Bono Mack out of her seat in California.
Sandra Day O’Connor lends support to Iowa pro-marriage equality justices
Posted on Sep 10, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Three of the Supreme Court justices who struck down an Ohio state law denying the freedom to marry are facing "retention votes" this year, and conservatives are using the ruling against them.
The targeting of the Iowa justices has brought together a group of distinguished legal scholars and jurists who have spoken out in support of the beleaguered justices, among them Sandra Day O’Connor.
Video: Meghan McCain on Republicans supporting the freedom to marry
Posted on Sep 09, 2010 at 03:00 pm
Freedom to Marry Voice for Equality Meghan McCain appeared on the Rachel Maddow show on Wednesday night and again made the case for Republicans supporting gay rights issues including marriage equality.
Ireland: Standing up for our same-sex parents
Posted on Sep 09, 2010 at 01:00 pm
The Irish LGBT advocacy group Marriage Equality released a report called Voices of Children which documents the experiences of Irish children with lesbian or gay parents.
Voices for Equality: Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey of ‘Peter, Paul & Mary’
Posted on Sep 09, 2010 at 11:00 am
In reaction to the National Organization for Marriage using their recording of "This Land Is Your Land" on its so-called "Summer for Marriage Tour", the remaining members of Peter, Paul & Mary sent a letter of protest to NOM: "...the philosophy of the National Organization for Marriage is directly contrary to the advocacy position Peter, Paul & Mary have held for decades."
Report: Marriages of same-sex couples strikingly similar to other marriages
Posted on Sep 08, 2010 at 10:30 am
Iowa’s 18-month experience with marriages of same-sex couples has revealed striking similarities to traditional marriage and no discernible harm to it, according to an IowaWatch study.
Video: Maggie Gallagher meets St. Peter
Posted on Sep 07, 2010 at 09:30 am
Watch this humorous but insightful animated account of what a conversation between Maggie Gallagher and St. Peter at the gates of heaven might be like.
Kerry Eleveld: ‘If you don’t support marriage equality, you don’t support equality.’
Posted on Sep 07, 2010 at 08:00 am
Kelly Eleveld discusses The Washington Post's endorsement of an anti-gay candidate: "When The Washington Post endorsed Delano Hunter for D.C. City Council it endorsed homophobia by justifying his stance against marriage equality.
Add Values to Rights to Achieve Marriage Equality
Posted on Sep 03, 2010 at 01:43 pm
Rev. Dr. Janet Edwards: "Rev. Janie Spahr's trial gives us all the opportunity to see that two men or two women, in their profound love and commitment for one another, can exemplify all the qualities we cherish in marriage."
Leslie Gabel-Brett: Obama Stand Does Gay Americans No Favors
Posted on Sep 03, 2010 at 10:30 am
Lambda Legal's Leslie J. Gabel-Brett criticizes President Obama for what some see as a lack of progress on LGBT-related issues.