Update: In DC, final vote passed gay marriage bill 11-2

*Update:  DC Council passed gay marriage bill,  11-2, in the District of Columbia "We are on the verge of history".   ~  DC Council member David A Catania  Today,...

In DC, gay marriage creates rift for African Americans

As they overwhelmingly approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the District, council members on Tuesday sounded as if they were at a civil rights march right out of the 1960s.  ~Washington Post,...

Pro-gay marriage camp may have won the political ads wars

We live in an age (and have long been living in it)  in which  television advertising  within the political arena  has great effect;  great power of psychological and moral suasion....

2 Va Ministers protest gay marriage discrimination

Two Unitarian ministers in Virginia will no longer sign marriage licenses for heterosexual couples in protest of discrimination against gay marriage.The Unitarian Universalist Church ( the one in which this author...

Saints linebacker Scott Fujita endorses National Equality March

New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Fujita endorses National Equality March to be held in Washington, DC, October 10-11. Fujita became aware of GLBT inequality when an attempt to restrict an adoption in Arkansas...

Washington, DC gets gay marriage bill

Same Sex Marriage has been long anticipated in DC, and will likely pass: Although Congress could block the bill,  which was introduced on Tuesday,  it is unlikely considering precedent. A Vice President of the Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance has said he is...

Same Sex Marriage Debate & Arguments

  Same-sex marriage debate and states arguments is a hot topicand is not going away.Obama ran on a platform promising to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act,as of yet Obama has done little to pushforward...

N. Hampshire Gay Marriage Bill Becomes Law: 6th State to Legalize

UPDATE | June 4, 2009 — New Hampshire became the sixth American state to legalize gay marriage on Wednesday, as a bill approving same-sex unions was passed into law. " The Senate and House passed key language on...

Same Sex Marriage Supporters Protest at California's Capitol

More than 400 supporters of same-sex marriage marched in the streets of downtown Sacramento on Tuesday evening in reaction to the morning's ruling by the California Supreme Court upholding a ban on same-sex...

California Supreme Court Ruling on Prop 8 Gay Marriage Ban May 26

UPDATE | May 22 — California's Supreme Court will issue its long-awaited decision on the state's controversial ban of gay marriage next Tuesday, May 26th at 10:00am PDT. The Court will rule on the validity of...

Mexican culture war over family and sex laws

Of all Latin American countries Mexico has introduced more permissive and liberal laws on same sex union, abortion, divorce and sex education than any other.The measures have also seen senior citizen sex clinics...

Prop. 8 Supporters Seek to 'Undo' 18,000 Gay Marriages

California's Supreme Court is set to hear a legal challenge to the recent passing of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in the state, however, supporters of the ban filed a document on Friday that...

California Supreme Court to Review Gay Marriage Ban

Supporters of gay marriage, who protested the passing of Proposition 8 in California, which instated a ban on same-sex marriage in the state, have a reason to feel hopeful. California's Supreme Court has...

Huckabee: Prop. 8 Did Not ‘Prohibit’ Same-Sex Marriage

Conservative talker Bill Bennett recently interviewed Mike Huckabee on his radio show. In the course of their interview, Huckabee said that in approving Prop. 8, California did not “ban” or “prohibit”...

Stars Speak Out Against Proposition 8

Nationwide protests took place across the United States on the weekend, against the passage of Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California.For ongoing coverage of this issue, please see NowPublic's...

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