In the fight for marriage at the ballot this November, a few good neighbors lending a hand in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, or Washington could be the difference between winning and losing. That’s why Freedom to Marry is teaming up with the ballot campaigns in those four battleground states and the Human Rights Campaign and the […]
The Prospect tells you what’s in store for election day, when three states are slated to consider allowing same-sex nuptials. If you’ve ever read an article about a gay marriage ballot initiative, you’ve almost certainly seen an anti-marriage-equality advocate proclaim confidently that every time the question has been on the ballot, “traditional marriage” has won, and
Wednesday’s presidential debate could mark the first opportunity for President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to face off on marriage in a race in which LGBT issues have figured less prominently than previous elections. The debate — the first in a series of three for the presidential candidates — is set to take
In one TV ad, a husband and wife talk fondly of a lesbian couple who moved into their neighborhood. In another, a married couple speaks of wanting fair treatment for their lesbian daughter. A third features a pastor talking supportively about gay unions. Each of these ads ran recently in states with gay marriage issues
Black clergy members decried President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage during a news conference on Friday as a betrayal of the black civil rights movement as they admitted limited financial ties to the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage. Rev. William Owens, founder and president of the Coalition of African-American Pastors, held the conference standing along
Reports are coming through that Chick-fil-A is continuing to actively raise money for anti-LGBT organizations like the Marriage and Family Foundation. The Advocate is reporting that Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy Tweeted a photo from an event raising funds for the anti-LGBT group on Tuesday – a day before LGBTweekly reported that the fast food chain
This Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court released the first list of cases it will hear this Term and AFER’s challenge to Prop. 8 is not on this week’s list The Justices meet nearly every week to determine the cases they will take up. The next time we could hear something is Monday, October 1 at
Q. I am a 61-year-old gay man who is about to retire. I have a 60-year-old partner. We have been together now for 38 years. I have worked all my life. My partner has spent most of his life as a stay-at-home husband and father. (Yes, we raised a son and daughter, both of whom
For the past two years, polls have fairly consistently shown that a majority of Americans support marriage equality for same-sex couples, but not every specific poll had quite as strong a result. One prominent survey, conducted regularly by the New York Times and CBS, had shown a plurality of support (46-44) as of July, but
Actor-director LeVar Burton has joined the NOH8 Campaign, which raises awareness and funds for gay rights causes, including ending California’s 2008 voter-approved gay marriage ban, Proposition 8. Burton first came to prominence playing Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots. He is best known for his portrayal of Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge on
