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When Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy told a reporter that he supported the “biblical definition of the marriage unit,” it was a shot heard ’round the world. In addition to the reactions from activist groups and non-activist consumers, corporations large and small have jumped into the fray by showing their support of marriage equality. But will […]
Pro Marriage Equality Stances Haven’t Hurt Companies, Investors Read More »
After pressure earlier this week from Rep. Nancy Pelosi and a coalition of more than 80 Democrats, Homeland Security says it will consider the partner status of gay potential deportees. Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed: The department has issued a new policy governing the issuances of “Notice to Appear” documents, which is the step that
A billboard posted by a dating website expressing support for same-sex marriage was “unintentionally” placed adjacent a Florida Catholic Church, says the creator of the dating website. Greg Hodge, creator and managing director of beautifulpeople.com, had billboards posted in communities like Clearwater, Fla., to promote support for same-sex marriage and the new LGBT versions of
Oops, We Put Our Marriage Equality Billboard By Your Catholic Church Read More »
This Saturday marks the two year anniversary of AFER’s first major legal victory. On August 4, 2010, the Federal District Court in California ruled that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. A lot has happened since then. And now that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld that 2010 ruling, the case is headed to the
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The Human Rights Campaign has compiled a searchable database of where members of Congress stand on marriage equality, and it indicates Congress’s support lags that of the public. A total of 181 Congress members — 36 senators and 145 representatives — are supportive; they account for 34% of the body’s membership. In contrast, recent polls
USA: New HRC Report Shows Congress Lags Behind Public on Marriage Equality Read More »
Supporters of California’s “Proposition 8,” a ballot measure adopted by voters four years ago to ban same-sex marriage in the state, urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold the ban and thus put it back into full effect. The petition and appendix (a file of nearly 500 pages) are HERE. The document raised
Proposition 8 appeal officially filed with Supreme Court Read More »
As the same-sex marriage debate continues in New Zealand, lawmakers discussing a bill proposing the traditional definition of marriage have said it was inspired by U.S President Barack Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage. One of the sponsors of the bill, Louisa Wall, an openly gay member of the opposition Labor Party, expressed that Obama’s endorsement
Lawmaker Cites President Obama as Marriage Equality Bill Influence Read More »
The fight to include a marriage equality plank in the 2012 Democratic Party platform is heating up as one LGBT advocate drew on support from Democratic governors and the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in testimony urging platform committee members to adopt such language. Members of the platform drafting committee are holding a national hearing this
Democratic platform committee hears marriage equality testimony Read More »
The Prime Minister also compared the Church, which is fighting the plans, with the Conservative Party for the way it locked out homosexuals for so long. In remarks to a reception for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans-sexual community in 10 Downing Street on Tuesday evening, Mr Cameron paid tribute to Tony Blair’s Government for the
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Boston Mayor Thomas Menino spoke out against Chick-fil-A, promising not to let the chicken chain enter the city, after the company’s president and COO Dan Cathy made anti-gay marriage comments. Now, he has sent a strongly worded letter to Chick-fil-A. “I was angry to learn on the hells of your prejudiced statements about your search for a
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