[I]t makes sense for us to take a leadership role in ensuring that people are treated the same. —President Barack Obama, January 28, 2010
(via Towleroad.)
So, if a state’s laws say it is legal, and a couple’s church says it’s moral, and a same-sex couple gets married, why isn’t their marriage recognized by the federal government? [...]
Watch: Obama Dances Around Same-Sex Marriage at Town Hall – Towleroad, More than gay news. More gay men
January 28th, 2010 · Comments Off
Tags: · current affairs · glbt · marriage · politics
Conservatives destroying marriage
December 29th, 2009 · Comments Off
Ed Gillespie, former counselor to President George W. Bush, whose wife Cathy has been friends with the Roves for 20 years, said: “It’s always sad to see a marriage end. These are two very good people, who came to a not-easy decision. But they care a lot about each other, and they love their son. [...]
Tags: · current affairs · marriage · politics · rants
The big gay shrug
May 27th, 2009 · Comments Off
The big gay shrug / Sorry, enemies of gay marriage. Prop 8 or no, you’ve already lost
Let us hereby be reminded, before sadness and frustration overwhelm once more: Proposition 8 and its ilk are merely the last, fitful gasps of a long-dying ideology, markers of a certain kind of sad, conservative desperation. They are the [...]
Tags: · current events · lgbt · marriage · politics
Vermont governor vetoes gay marriage
April 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment
If you’d like to let Jim Douglas, governor of Vermont, know what you think of his act, he has a contact page on his website.
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No H8
November 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I can’t be at the protest today (I’m having muscle spasms in my back, but even if I were well, I would be celebrating my friends Chris and John’s wedding instead). So this small contribution to visibility will have to do.
The election of Barack Obama was such a wonderful thing. But on the same day, [...]
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The geography of intolerance
November 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
California Propostion 8 Election Results. (Edit 12pm: The link went to an interactive map that seems to have gone away. If I find another one, I’ll replace the link later.)


