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While NOM keeps its hands relatively clean, they want others to do their dirty work. On Top Magazine reports: When asked why NOM, the nation’s most vociferous opponent of gay marriage, is not taking “a hard stance” against gay relationships, Brown said “different groups need to do different things.” “It’s concerning to a lot of […]
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I’ve had to do some soul searching recently regarding marriage equality, not because of where I stand on the issue (I firmly believe that every American should have the right to marry the person they choose) but because of where some of my friends stand. This week I had the awesome privilege of witnessing history:
Grace Under Fire: A Response to Marriage Equality Opponents Read More »
Last March (2012), after Starbucks backed a Washington state ballot initiative legalizing same-sex marriage, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) organized a “Dump Starbucks” campaign in response during the annual shareholders’ meeting. The goal was to get closet-cases and people who despise the LGBT community to stop buying cups of coffee at Starbucks, which would
Dump Decency…for ‘Murica! Read More »
We’ve always looked to the US Supreme Court as the final arbiter of legal disputes, sorting out the arguments, and then, for better or worse, settling the matter. But what if they decide to take half-measures in the marriage equality cases? Doyle McManus speculates at The Los Angeles Times: The court seems ready to strike
Will the Supreme Cour’ts Ruling on Marriage Equality Create a Huge Mess? Read More »
There’s just so much to report today on our opponents – we’ll start with New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who says gay and lesbian couples only get to be friends, sorry. Think Progress reports: Well, the first thing I’d say to them is, “I love you, too. And God loves you. And you are made
What Marriage Equality Opponents Are Saying – Sunday Edition Read More »
By now if you have not heard about the two cases affecting gay marriage which were heard by the SCOTUS then you have no Facebook and have lived under a rock. Let’s cut to the chase, here are my predictions (f you want to know my reasons then read the rest of the column): Prop
Gay Marriage legal in California by late fall my prediction Read More »
Over at the Advocate, Kerry Eleveld has five take-aways rom this morning’s Prop 8 hearing at the US Supreme Court. My favorite: As expected: Justice Antonin Scalia did go on a rant of sorts, insisting that Olson explain, “When did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage?” Olson offered, respectfully, “When did it
Scalia Rants at the Supreme Court Prop 8 Hearing Read More »
NOM must be getting nervous. Yesterday, the group’s leader Brian Brown threatened to pursue a constitutional amendment to ban marriage equality if the Supreme Court rules against them. Joe.My.God reports: “I think we’re going to win these cases. But say the worst happens and we lose in a broad way – that means that the
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Over at ScotusBlog, Tom Goldstein thinks the Court will either find that the Prop 8 defendants have no standing, or will just decline to rule on the case. Either would invalidate Prop 8: The Justices seem divided on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 on ideological lines, four to four – i.e., all the members other
ScotusBlog on the Prop 8 Hearing – Court Will Likely Ditch Case, Invalidating Prop 8 Read More »
This is HUGE. On the day of the US Supreme Court hearing on Prop 8, Think Progress reports that an astonishing 67% in California now support marriage equality: As the Supreme Court hears oral arguments today on California’s Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage, a new SurveyUSA poll shows that 67 percent of Californians believe same-sex
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