Some NJ Dems backing off from gay marriage issue

Majority leader Stephen M. Sweeney views Corzine's loss in the New Jersey Governor's race as a sign of the times:  Voters may become angry if the gay marriage bill  -  a side issue  -  is...

Gay marriage goes on trial

For those of us who have been blessed or cursed with a critical intellect,  pondering issues such as Proposition 8 and the concept of gay marriage is an exercise in intellectual reflection,  and not...

New Jersey gays rally for same-sex marriage at State House

As pro-gay marriage Corzine exits and anti-gay marriage Christie steps up,  hundreds of New Jersey gays rally at State House.   NOM (National Organization for Marriage) has raised over $500,000.00 to...

Gay blog gives expository review of Manhattan Declaration

"This, in short,  is a political alliance.  It is a pact and a threat."  ~Timothy Kinkaid,  Box Turtle Bulletin  Having posted this Now Public story on the Religious re-igniting of the...

Religious Manifesto warns of coming civil disobedience

RE-IGNITING THE CULTURE WARS :  Human Rights Campaign feels the declaration is pre-emptive,  and implies that equality and liberty cannot co-exist  In a 4,700 word treatise they have entitled,...

10 year old boy won't pledge allegiance until gays can marry

10-Year-Old Won't Pledge Allegiance to a Country that Discriminates Against GaysHe has been called the Gay and Lesbian alliance's own "balloon boy",  and his story has made the rounds.  But this 10 year...

Center for American Progress blasts Bishop Jackson

Speaking about the pending bill legalizing gay marriage in the District of Columbia,  the Center for American Progress comes down hard on the Bishop Harry Jackson,  a controversial figure in DC who is...

Trying to ban gay marriage , Texas has eliminated all marriage

 Texans: Are you really married? Maybe not.  That is what Huffington Post and a Houston attorney have concluded.   Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston attorney  and Democratic candidate for...

NJ Gays worried about future of gay marriage in the state

The repeal of gay marriage via the Question One referendum in Maine on Nov. 3,  taken together with the defeat of pro-gay Governor Jon Corzine by anti-same sex marriage Chris Christie has New Jersey gays...

Preparing initiative for the repeal of Proposition 8 in CA

In California,  the Office of the  Secretary of State has cleared five initiatives which may be put on the ballot for the repeal of Proposition 8,  which banned gay marriage in November 2008 (by...

Maine Marriage Equality group uses IRS against Churches

After the referendum Question One won on the ballot on November 3 in the state of Maine,  gay advocacy groups such as Maine for Marriage Equality began going after Churches who supported "YES on Question One"...

For NJ Gays, changing of the guard is a decisive moment

For New Jersey gays,  a decisive moment has been reached.  With the election of Republican Chris Christie to replace Democrat Jon Corzine as the state's governor,  the gay marriage issue has reached...

On Ohio campus, backlash against gay marriage repeal in Maine

A group of students at the University of Cincinnati last week held a flash mob to "demonstrate the effects of hatred and inaction."  This was in protest of the repeal of gay marriage with the ballot...

Gay Marriage Battle Between Church and State

Church, State, and Business Battle in the District of Columbia over Gay Marriage The Catholic Church said they would withdraw providing services to the poor and needy if the DC council passes gay marriage...

Paterson: Gay Marriage on agenda in Albany

Next Monday and Tuesday, a bill legalizing same sex marriage will be on the agenda in Albany.  The Governor has declared that the bill will come to vote before January 2010.  "We're talking...

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