My Equality Hurts

Reuters : Maine voters latest to turn down gay marriage

snagale — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:34:20 +0000

Excerpt: PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) – Voters in Maine on Tuesday overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing a fresh setback to the U.S. gay marriage movement in a race that attracted national attention. The law was approved by Maine’s Legislature in May but was not implemented after opponents gathered enough signatures to put the [...]

Reuters : U.S. judge sets Jan 2010 federal gay marriage trial

snagale — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:50:33 +0000

Excerpt: SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 19 (Reuters) – The federal judge being asked to declare gay marriage a fundamental constitutional right on Wednesday set a January 2010 trial date and denied attempts by gay and conservative advocacy groups to join the case, already top-heavy with high profile lawyers. About 30 lawyers crowded into a San Francisco courtroom [...]

Gronstal blocks amendment to reverse Iowa marriage equality

snagale — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:40:50 +0000

Old news, however I neglected to share this before, but I was reminded of it today. Having been raised in Iowa, this touches me deeply. It reminds me that no matter what I have to say negatively about my home state, Iowa supports marriage equality and what Sen. Gronstal says underlines why we will have [...]

LA Times: Civil rights group threatens to fire local leader for gay marriage endorsement

snagale — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:07:08 +0000

Excerpt: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference has targeted the Rev. Eric P. Lee, president of the Los Angeles chapter, for his outspoken advocacy. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a civil rights group partly founded by Martin Luther King Jr., has threatened to fire the president of its Los Angeles chapter because he supports same-sex marriage. The Rev. [...]

See’s Candies: Letters Show Noncompliance with Equal Benefits Ordinance

CubanJon — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:54:51 +0000

CONFIRMED: See’s Candies is closing it’s Union Square location in San Francisco because they are not in compliance with SF’s requirement to offer equal benefits to domestic partners & legal spouses. They state that they won’t renegotiate union contracts for a single city, which highlights the fact that they have no plans to offer [...]

Boston Globe: Mass. challenges federal Defense of Marriage Act

snagale — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:14:27 +0000

Excerpt: Massachusetts, the first state in the nation to legalize gay marriage, has become the first state to challenge the constitutionality of a federal law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman, saying Congress intruded into a matter that should be left to individual states. “In enacting DOMA [the Defense of [...]

NY Times: Indian Court Overturns Gay Sex Ban

snagale — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:29:23 +0000

Excerpt: NEW DELHI —In a landmark ruling Thursday that could usher in an era of greater freedom for gay men and lesbians in India, New Delhi’s highest court decriminalized homosexuality. “The inclusiveness that Indian society traditionally displayed, literally in every aspect of life, is manifest in recognizing a role in society for everyone,” judges of the [...]

An Overview of the Same-Sex Marriage Debate, v1.3

snagale — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:37:36 +0000

Join us on October 10th and 11th!

olloverlb — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:38:34 +0000

Where were those ads last year?

olloverlb — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:56:51 +0000