Gay Rights Advocate Gloria Allred Performs First Gay Wedding
Powerhouse attorney Gloria Allred, who was the first attorney in California to challenge the ban on same sex marriages in California, is performing her first gay marriage Sunday. The famed attorney...
View ArticleSupreme Court: Was gay marriage settled in 1972 case?
A whole lot of judges who are being asked to decide whether states may ban same-sex couples from marrying think the Supreme Court clearly gave them the answer last year: no. But a few judges think the...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Pride festival is small but feisty
Although San Jose has a less visible gay community than San Francisco, the city has aligned with the nearby city's legal position on gay marriage. Reported by San Jose Mercury News 3 hours ago.
View ArticleAll New Policies Will Have To Pass 'Family Friendly Test', Says UK Govt
British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that all new government policies will have to pass a “family friendly test”, according to the BBC. He claims that he believes that parents and...
View ArticleEight-year-old writes letters to Tony Abbott asking why his uncles can't get...
Eight year old writes to Prime Minister Tony Abbott to ask him to change gay marriage laws so her uncles can get married.'I will write Reported by CapitalBay 19 hours ago.
View ArticleGay-marriage opponents cite SCOTUS summary dismissal in 1972; is it still...
In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed an appeal seeking to overturn Minnesota’s gay-marriage law in Baker v. Nelson with a one-line summary dismissal. “The appeal is dismissed for want of a...
View ArticleSan Jose Mayor Chuck Reed Endorses Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna (D) received a key endorsement on Friday from San Jose, California, Mayor Chuck Reed (D) in his bid to unseat Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.)."I am happy to endorse Ro Khanna because his pro...
View ArticleAdvocates urge U.S. Supreme Court not to block gay marriage in Virginia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gay marriage supporters on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to block a court ruling that would allow same-sex couples to wed in Virginia. Reported by Reuters 11 hours ago.
View ArticleJavier Manjarres: Perry Indictment A Political Witchhunt
The Ferguson, Missouri riots continue to make headlines around the country, as the Missouri National Guard has now been called in to try to bring calm and stability to the city. Today on NewsmaxTV's...
View ArticleState asks for more time to file appeal in gay marriage recognition case
Utah asked the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals for more time to file its appeal in a marriage recognition case. Reported by Deseret News 8 hours ago.
View ArticleVirginia attorney general seeks delay in reversing gay-marriage ban
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) told the Supreme Court on Monday that it should put on hold a lower court’s order that same-sex couples in the state be allowed to marry, beginning this week....
View ArticleThe Cure for Punditry Hyperventilation on Hillary Clinton -- Try the Facts
I have read a slew of comments by pundits, columnists and self-described "progressive" organizations criticizing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her comments in The Atlantic to reporter...
View ArticleWhen Backing Pro-Gay GOPers Is Actually Something Nefarious
Yesterday there was a very puffy piece in USA Today about Paul Singer, the Republican hedge-fund billionaire who supports same-sex marriage (his son is gay) and founded a super PAC that has financially...
View Article‘Love is Strange’ Review: John Lithgow and Alfred Molina Play Homeless...
If the struggle for gay marriage has taught us anything, it's that love is patient, love is kind, but same-sex love is a fount of bureaucratic nightmares. Add the barricade-like prices of the Manhattan...
View ArticleIf You Don't Have a Billion Dollars, You Might as Well Not Vote in 2016
What's the latest fun thing to do with that extra billion dollars gathering dust in your wallet or purse? You've taken that trip around the world, you were ferried up Everest by native porters, and...
View ArticleA Grandmother on 'Uppity Women', Universal Suffrage and Protecting the Vote
Women weren't "given" the right to vote. We fought and died for it. Ninety-four years ago, August 18, 1920, Tennessee, the last state required to approve it, ratified the 19th amendment to the...
View ArticleClerks prepare to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples
Right now, same-sex couples across the Commonwealth are keeping an eye on the Supreme Court, as we're less than 48 hours from gay marriage becoming Reported by CapitalBay 6 hours ago.
View ArticleCouples oppose state request for more time to appeal gay marriage recognition...
Attorneys for three couples in Utah's same-sex marriage recognition case oppose the state's request for more time. Reported by Deseret News 9 hours ago.
View ArticleVirginia Prepares for Possibility of Gay Marriage
Virginia prepares for possibility of gay marriage being legalized in the state Reported by ABCNews.com 9 minutes ago.
View ArticleVirginia prepares for possibility of gay marriage
Virginia officials are preparing for the possibility that same-sex couples will be able to wed in the state Thursday by drafting a revised marriage license form for courthouse clerks to use as soon as...
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