Commentary - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The 2008 election results show that the "same-sex marriage" advocates again failed at the polls, even in California, where the voters essentially overruled an ...
Later On (Free subscription) | yesterday
Really, the whole objection to gay marriage makes little sense—defending “traditional” marriage is all very well, except that “traditional” marriage differs depending on when and where you look at it. Among those parties most opposed to gay marriage in the recent California referendum was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, aka Mormons, [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Opponents of California's same-sex marriage ban argue matrimony has historically been defined in various ways
Marry in Massachusetts (Free subscription) | yesterday
Okay, for any of us who have had a breather, the game is back afoot. Marriage equality remains a key civil rights issue. Same-sex marriage will be fully realized, even in this very socially conservative nation. There is no better moment than now to reflect again on the ideas of that old Transcendentalist, abolitionist, Underground Railroad leader, Unitarian reformer Rev. Theodore...
RenewAmerica columns (Free subscription) | yesterday
(Michael Gaynor) - "There are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogous to God's plan for marriage and family. Marriage is holy, while homosexual acts go against the natural moral law. Homosexual acts 'close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under...
Towleroad (Free subscription) | yesterday
Approximately 150 supporters of same-sex marriage protested Mormon involvement in the passage of Proposition 102 in Arizona, rallied at a Christmas display lighting ceremony at the LDS Temple in Mesa on Friday: "The biggest donors to the Yes 4 Marriage...
Blue Indiana - Front Page (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
The one silver lining of the property tax fiasco from last year was that it properly distracted social conservatives in the General Assembly from their usual pet project of pursuing a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex couples from marriage in the state of Indiana. Which isn't to say that they didn't try -- they did -- but rather that their efforts proved fruitless in a political...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
There's only one marriage equality case left. I'm not counting the case before the California Supreme Court on the proper method to amend that state's constitution. I'm talking about a state constitutional challenge to a ban on same-sex marriage, litigated by one of the national LGBT rights legal groups. This case is in Iowa. It's being litigated by Lambda Legal . And the Iowa...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Good news on the marriage front! The Indianapolis Star brings us news that Indiana won't be debating a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions. After last year's defeat in committee, Republican backers have decided it's just not worth the trouble. Though the number of states adopting bans on same-sex marriage grows, the odds appear slim...
The Blog of Walker (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via the Christian Examiner: At the heart of the arguments in favor of Proposition 8 are concerns about eroding religious freedoms that come about as the same-sex agenda is advanced. Below are some of the legal cases heard across the country as compiled by Rancho Santa Fe Attorney Charles S. LiMandri. Affiliated with the Thomas More Law Center, LiMandri was involved in the Mount Soledad cross...
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Amending the constitutionBecause the same-sex marriage ban failed to pass out of the General Assembly in 2007 and again this year, the lengthy process to amend the Indiana Constitution would have to start from scratch in 2009. Democratic House Speaker B. Patrick Bauer, however, has not shown a willingness to allow a floor vote.A constitutional amendment requires passage by two separately...
Towleroad (Free subscription) | yesterday
... on 8" campaign in California. Photo by Towleroad reader Daniel Merritt-LeSatz. EARLIER: New York marriage equality bill a big question mark . Iowa gay marriage ban to go before high court : "...both national advocates and opponents of same-sex marriage say they will closely monitor the Dec. 9 hearing in Des Moines. Both sides say they wonder whether the recent passage...
Advance Indiana (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
GLBT activists are being given a bit of a reprieve in efforts here in Indiana to enact a state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages. A state law enacted by the legislature in 1995 already bans same-sex marriages, but proponents of the ban want to see it written into Indiana's Bill of Rights. Sen. Brandt Hershman , the principal author of the amendment during...
GraniteGrok (Free subscription) | yesterday
Well, it starts again here in NH:PORTSMOUTH — A city Democrat who sponsored the New Hampshire civil union bill passed in 2007 says he believes that law was just one step in a process of gaining full equality for same-sex...
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | yesterday
Well, good try! Our author, a partnered gay American ethicist, insists it neither can nor does (thankfully) because traditional marriage is at the root of the problem. Marriage itself needs to be liberated, and the agents of liberation are our brave lesbians and gays who show the rest of us how it can be done. I really appreciate [...]
