A quick flash back, it is just over the one year anniversary of the Windsor and Prop 8 decisions from the US Supreme Court, as well as the 11 year anniversary of the Lawrence v. Texas case. And they were all very close calls, a fact that’s easy to forget now, looking back. Keen News […]
It has been quite some time since I wrote a blog article, and seeing that certain *cough* other authors have beaten me to the Indiana ruling that found my home state’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, I thought I ought to write something before Scott revokes my access to the blog. Nice to see you
A new gay adoption poll shows that it has more support in the US than marriage equality. Joe.My.God reports: A clear majority of Americans (63%) say same-sex couples should have the legal right to adopt a child, the most to say so since Gallup began tracking opinions on the matter more than 20 years ago.
This week featured a major event in the Republican Party’s still-ongoing evolution on gay marriage, with Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) becoming the latest of a handful of congressional Republicans to say he supports it. But while Democrats have come out en masse for gay marriage in the last couple of years, don’t expect a similar
A couple interesting new studies out this week on how straight people view gays. First off, a new Gallup poll shows that 37% still believe being gay is a choice. Queerty reports: According to Gallup’s latest results, posted on Wednesday, 37 percent of Americans “believe people become gay as a result of factors such as
Since last year, the progress toward marriage equality has been nothing less than stunning. Nearly a year ago, the Supreme Court granted full federal recognition of married same-sex couples in declaring the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. In rapid succession since then, federal judges in 13 states have overturned their state’s respective bans
A figurative and literal step forward as transgender actress Laverne Cox is featured this week on the cover of Time Magazine. Think Progress reports: Time Magazine has declared that society has reached a “transgender tipping point,” offering up a new feature that includes an extensive “Transgender 101″ article covering the gamut of issues affecting the
The White House on Friday released a proclamation by the President making June LGBT Pride Month. President Obama has proclaimed June as LGBT Pride month since he took office in 2009. Here is the proclamation: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATION As progress spreads from State to State, as justice is
There’s a fair chance that US marriage equality is just around the corner. Vox reports: At this point, it’s looking more and more likely that the battle for marriage equality will once again reach the Supreme Court. By Paul Smith’s estimate, it’s going to take at most two years for the nation’s top court to
