In DC, Blacks Crucial To Gay Marriage Debate
Fri, 03/05/2010 - 17:55
In the move to make gay marriage legal in Washington D.C., the campaign was framed differently, according to the Associated Press.
Over the past year, both sides have courted the support of Washington's black community, a majority of the city's 600,000 residents and one traditionally perceived as opposed to same-sex marriage.
"In D.C., outreach to African-Americans wasn't part of the campaign. It was the campaign," said Michael Crawford, the leader of a pro-same-sex un ...
What a week: Paterson's ethics charges, Nationwide student protests
Fri, 03/05/2010 - 01:00
Here are the top five stories of the week. ...
Gay Marriage Now Legal in Nation's Capital
Thu, 03/04/2010 - 08:23
It was cold and drizzling outside the City Courthouse just after 6 a.m. on Wednesday, but no one seemed to mind among the same-sex couples waiting for the chance to apply for a marriage license, according to the New York Times.
“This is a dream come true,” said Sinjoyla Townsend, 41, as she smiled ear to ear and held up her ticket indicating she was first in line with her partner of 12 years, Angelisa Young, 47. “We wanted it so bad.”
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Christian bigotry and a last ditch effort to stop gay marriage in D.C.
03/01/2010
by devona walkerThe day before same sex marriage becomes legal in the District of Columbia (Wednesday), Catholic Charities modified its personnel policies refusing to pay for the health benefits of any newly married couple it employs.
The memo, signed by the charity's president, doesn’t mention gay marriage by name. He just references the need to change policy due to a “change in law.” "We sincerely regret that we have to make this change... but it is necessary to allow Catholic Charities to continue to provide essential services to the clients we serve in partnership with the District of Columbia while remaining consistent with the tenets of our religious faith," read the memo.
Maryland's Attorney General Says State Could Recognize Gay Marriage
Thu, 02/25/2010 - 10:22
According to CNN, Maryland's attorney general said Wednesday that the state may legally recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
He noted that his opinion is "not itself the law of Maryland in the same sense as a statute enacted by the Legislature or court decision elaborating the common law or construing a statute." Rather, it is an interpretation of law ...
Is Obama failing the gay community?
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:42
Obama governs like he's less concerned about change. ...
The Supreme gamble of gay marriage
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 01:37
Gay marriage advocates will plea their case to one of the most staunch conservative-dominated Supreme Courts in recent history. ...
Notre Dame newspaper apologizes for anti-gay cartoon
01/20/2010
by annie
An editor of the independent student newspaper for the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College has resigned for a cartoon that made a joke about violence against gays, Chicago Tribune reports. The cartoon depicts a conversation that says the "easiest way to turn a fruit into a vegetable" is with "a baseball bat."
U.S. Supreme Court Bans Video Broadcast Of Prop 8 Case
Wed, 01/13/2010 - 17:13
According to The California Report, the U.S. Supreme Court has indefinitely blocked video coverage of arguments in a lawsuit challenging California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage.
Judge Vaughn Walker, the presiding judge o ...
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Maddow on gay marriage
Wed, 01/13/2010 - 01:00
Rachal Maddow digs up the conservative roots of gay marriage. ...
Wed, 01/13/2010 - 01:00
Rachal Maddow digs up the conservative roots of gay marriage. ...
