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Barkley speaks out against "fake Christians"
"I think they want to be judge and jury," Barkley said. "Like, I'm for gay marriage. It's none of my business if gay people want to get married. I'm pro-choice. And I think these Christians, first of all, they're not supposed to judge other people. But they're the most hypocritical judge of people we have in the country. And it bugs the hell out of me. They act like they're Christians. They're not forgiving at all."
VIDEO: 'Let California Ring' campaign
CNN's Mary Snow reports on Equality California's 'Let California Ring'
campaign for Situation Room. The TV ad campaign uses an amusing
wedding scenario to explain why marriage matters to people who may
still be undecided on where they stand on the freedom to marry.
VIDEO: San Diego mayor rethinks his position on marriage
Watch this very touching video of the Republican mayor of San Diego
rethinking his position on marriage, rejecting civil union, and
deciding to sign, not veto, a resolution adding San Diego to the other
major California cities calling on the supreme court (and governor) to
support the freedom to marry. He talks about his gay staffers, and his
lesbian daughter, and being unable to look them in the face and say
their love is unworthy or unequal.
BLOG: The View's Elisabeth Hasselbeck supports marriage equality
On Thursday's episode of "The View," conservative host Elisabeth
Hasselbeck said heterosexuals are the ones who should be blamed for
"destroying marriage," and also conveyed the idea that civil unions
are not enough.
VIDEO: Edwards on the Leno couch: Wife's support for marriage
equality was a surprise to him
CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer looks to Evan Wolfson to
give the Edwards' disagreement some context — and included footage of
the couple's couch chat with Leno. Thanks in part to Mr. and Mrs.
Edwards, national attention on where the presidential candidates stand
on marriage isn't going away anytime soon.
PODCAST: Loving Day and the freedom to marry
Stuart Gaffney and his parents have something in common. His marriage
to his husband and their interracial marriage were declared void by
the law.
VIDEO: Gay and lesbian marriages stay legal in Bay State
Watch lawmakers vote Thursday to keep a constitutional amendment that
bans gay marriages off the 2008 ballot during a joint session of the
Massachusetts House and Senate.
VIDEO: New Yorkers march for marriage equality
"We aren't here in favor of mandatory gay marriage. We are neither
advocating that people become gay or become married. We are saying
that there's a certain dignity this country aspires to," said
Representative Anthony Weiner.
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VIDEO: A march across the Golden Gate Bridge for equality
In San Francisco marchers gathered at Crissy Field, marched across the
Golden Gate Bridge and then return to Crissy Field for wedding cake
and entertainment. The march was led by 4-year old Abigail
Hasting-Tharp who has two mothers hoping to marry.
AUDIO: Marriage milestone, looming legal fight in MA
When Dean Hara married his longtime partner, former Massachusetts Rep.
Gerry Studds, he wasn't thinking about the rights, benefits and
protections of marriage that advocates always talk about. But two
years later, Hara's legal rights were very much on his mind when
Studds suddenly collapsed, and Hara rushed to the hospital. He spent
10 days there, sitting at Studds' bedside and making complicated
medical decisions about his care until the day Studds died. "All I can
say is thank God we were married. Thank God that I could make those
decisions. I'm very, very fortunate in that context," Hara said.
AUDIO: 'It's a matter of equality'
In the three years since marriage equality became a reality in
Massachusetts, interest in — and enthusiasm for — civil unions has
dropped off sharply in the four states that allow them.
VIDEO: Baltimore church shows support for gay couples
In an effort to show their support for equal rights, the congregation
and ministers unveiled a banner saying they support civil marriage.
"We support them, some of us are them and we support them as human
beings, because all of us have inherent worth and dignity," said
Allison Farnam.
AUDIO: A personal view of marriage
The New Jersey Supreme Court recently declared the state's anti-gay
marriage ban unconstitutional. Two of the plaintiffs in that case,
Alicia Heath-Toby and Saundra Toby-Heath, describe what marriage means
to them.
Rosie speaks for marriage on The View
Rosie O'Donnell spoke candidly about her family and her life during her time on The View. She regularly refered not only to her children, but also to her wife, her in-laws, her now-rescinded marriage in San Francisco, and marriage equality in general. Watch her name-check Evan Wolfson and his book Why Marriage Matters, and talk about how important gay civil rights are to a civilized society. Watch HERE.
VIDEO: Bush backs civil unions
Bush on record in 2004 as supporting civil unions in 2004, even if he
didn't mean it, and even though his anti-gay campaign of
state-by-state constitutional amendments would forbid them.
John McCain waffles on marriage
"I think that gay marriage should be allowed, if there's a ceremony
kind of thing, if you want to call it that. I don't have any problem
with that, but I do believe in preserving the sanctity of a union
between man and woman."
PODCAST: WI State Senator Mark Miller on civil rights and marriage
Excerpts from an interview by John Quinlan on the public affairs radio
program, Forward Forum, which aired on July 29, 2006 on WXXM, The Mic,
92.1 (www.themic921.com) in Madison, WI. State Senator Miller reflects
on the parallels between laws that had historically prohibited
interracial marriage and current prohibitions against marriage for
same sex couples. He draws on his own experiences in the late 1960s,
early in his marriage to Jo Oyama-Miller, his Japanese-American wife,
when the young couple lived lived in Alabama—a state where it was
still technically illegal for them to be married. The 13 minute clip
also includes excerpts from a speech that then State Rep. delivered on
the floor of the WI State Assembly March 4, 2004.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Samiya Bashir on the importance of marriage equality
Freedom to Marry Communication Director Samiya Bashir joins RAINBOW
RADIO in South Carolina for their Freedom to Marry Week program to
discuss the importance of marriage equality.
VIDEO/HUMOR: A look back at Massachusetts
Ed Helms, a correspondent for "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart, last
Thursday presented a news segment called "Mass.Hysteria" that looked
back on the year since Massachusetts legalized gay and lesbian marriages.
CBS5
September 19, 2007
Watch this very touching video of the Republican mayor of San Diego
rethinking his position on marriage, rejecting civil union, and
deciding to sign, not veto, a resolution adding San Diego to the other
major California cities calling on the supreme court (and governor) to
support the freedom to marry. He talks about his gay staffers, and his
lesbian daughter, and being unable to look them in the face and say
their love is unworthy or unequal.
The Boston Channel
June 14, 2007
Watch lawmakers vote Thursday to keep a constitutional amendment that
bans gay marriages off the 2008 ballot during a joint session of the
Massachusetts House and Senate.
Comedy Central
November 3, 2005
Ed Helms, a correspondent for "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart, last
Thursday presented a news segment called "Mass.Hysteria" that looked
back on the year since Massachusetts legalized gay and lesbian marriages.
