Same Sex Relationships: From 'Odious Crime' to 'Gay Marriage' (Clarendon Law Lectures)
QueerSighted (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: News News - This story has tickled me more than most this week - A Houston lawyer says Texas has made a "massive mistake" in its 2005 Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage and now everyone in the state is divorced. Just think of all that ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Civil Unions aren't a reality in Ireland yet, but Arnotts are well ahead of the curve with these wedding cards :) ...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state's top court ruled on Thursday that public officials have the authority to recognize out-of-state gay marriages and pushed state lawmakers to decide whether to legalize same-sex marriage.
What Really happened (Free subscription) | yesterday
"This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage." WRH permalink
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
....nothing. Oh, and you sick freaks thought thought she was going to air something like this ? The Miss California USA beauty pageant is anything but dull and this year's gig -- on Sunday --...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last week we told you about young Will Phillips, a boy who refuses to pledge allegiance to the flag and the United States of America until gays and lesbians are allowed to marry. While Will is finding support from op-ed columnists and his parents, the kids at school are not as kind. They are harassing Will and calling him a "gaywad." Well, last night Jon Stewart decided to do something about...
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerSenate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) in this 2008 file photo. Sweeney says that it's irresponsible for Democrats to vote on a gay marriage bill without being sure whether it will pass.ATLANTIC CITY -- Following a dust-up over...
ACLU Bog of Rights (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
(Originally posted on the New Jersey Star-Ledger's NJ Voices blog.) As our state legislature gears up to vote on marriage equality in the lame-duck session, we have one question for lawmakers: Which side of history do you want to be on?
Petrelis Files (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
BAR: Gay Inc Needs A New Marriage Strategy Leland Traiman, head of the Gay Sperm Bank and a longtime gay advocate in the East Bay, has an a terrific column in today's Bay Area Reporter, summing up a desperate plea to Gay Marriage Inc leaders coming from many gay people: Give us a new strategy. It's a story older than Adam and Steve in the Garden of Eden, the gulf between our self-anointed professional...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Newsclipper services send me scurrying all over the Internetiverse, up shadowy staircases, into brightly lit rooms, through mirrored passages and sometimes into rancid larders. Thus it was that I stumbled upon this column spinning the latest complaint from the anti-gay marriage cabal that gay people who are upset about losing battles for their civil rights are sore losers . That's right: if you can't...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
This morning's decision by the Court of Appeals upholding two government orders to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed out of state is providing some comfort to LGBT advocates stuck in a sort of marriage limbo with the state Senate. "I think it continues to build momentum in our community and we’re proud of the individuals that took the right step in recognizing gay and lesbian...
Broadway Carl's Blog-O-Mania (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Via TPC's Gotta Laff : Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a 22-word clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legal status of all marriages in the state. The amendment, approved by the Legislature and overwhelmingly ratified by voters, declares that "marriage in this state shall...
Faithful Progressive (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
"This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage." Um... marriage is identical to (exactly (a)like) marriage. Serves 'em right. McClatchy Texas' gay marriage ban may have banned all marriages
CBS 3 (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
As New Jersey Democratic lawmakers wrangle over whether to attempt to pass a law to legalize gay marriage, a new poll finds that the state's citizens narrowly favor the measure, though getting it passed isn't a top priority for most.
Queerty (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
With 12 percent "unsure," some 46 percent of registered New Jersey voters say they support same-sex marriage legislation, according to a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, which asked 903 residents. CONTINUED » Permalink | 5 comments | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Marriage, New Jersey, polls
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