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Why Wasn’t Marriage Equality Included in the Vice Presidential Debate?
While Martha Raddatz was masterful last night actually moderating a genuine and thoughtful debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, she failed to pose a key question to the contenders: What is your view on same-sex marriage? Some will say, well, there are a long list of issues she had to get in the mix
Marriage Equality Ahead in Three of Four States
For more than a decade now — 14 years to be exact — supporters of gay marriage have longed for that breakthrough win at the state level, where citizens go to the polls, and in the privacy of the voting booth actually endorse marriage for same-sex couples. But it has never happened — not
The Effects of Marriage Equality Campaigns on LGBT Families
This November, four states (Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington) have marriage definition questions on their ballots. Within the LGBT community and society at large, we often think of the effects of these elections in terms of whether or not marriage equality will expand to another state, or whether yet another state will ingrain discrimination into
Three New State Polls Show Increased Marriage Equality Support
A bare majority of voters in Florida and Ohio, and nearly half in Virginia, support the right of same-sex couples to wed, according to September Washington Post polls showing that the national trend toward accepting such unions has taken hold in these swing states. The growing support is a sharp departure from eight years ago,
Paul Ryan Promises Romney Administration Would Defend DOMA
In an interview with Jim Daly, the president of noted gay haters, Focus on the Family, Paul Ryan reaffirmed his and Mitt Romney’s dedication to denying equal rights to LGBT people nationwide. Right Wing Watch reports: It’s the foundation for society and for family for thousands of years. First of all, Mitt Romney and I
NOM Ads Launched in Four States, Fact-Checked by AFER
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), which has spent tens of millions across the country to prevent gay and lesbian couples from marrying, is ramping up their campaigns in Minnesota and Maine with two new television commercials that make some pretty surprising claims. During elections, 30-second sound bites are designed to prey on people’s
Former NFL Player Joins NoH8, Supports Marriage Equality
Former NFL player Matt Willig has been retired from football since 2005, having won two NFC Championships and a Super Bowl ring with the St. Louis Rams. Willig is now an actor, and he has also come out for marriage equality. He spoke with OutSports about negotiating his support for LGBT rights with his
Good Morning America’s Sam Champion Comes Out
Good Morning Americaweatherman Sam Champion has come out as gay and announced plans to marry his partner. Champion came out in a New York Times story published online today on the wedding of journalist Thomas Roberts and pharmaceutical executive Patrick Abner last weekend. Champion, one of about 170 guests at the New York City ceremony, “took
The word by Sheila
He’s removed all doubt. Anyone who may have been harboring a forlorn hope that Mitt Romney might revert to the persona he wore as Governor of Massachusetts can “fuhgeddaboudit,” as they used to say on Seinfeld. He’s not using that famous Etch-A-Sketch to shake up his newfound Tea Party allegiance; to the contrary, with