Lawmakers in Vermont have announced that they will shepherd through equal marriage legislation week after next. "Passing this bill is the right thing to do at this time," said Sen. Peter Shumlin, D-Vt. President Pro Tem. Shumlin and Rep. … [Read more...]
Federal DOMA to face challenge
Of course it's pretty self evident that DOMA discriminates. Of course discrimination by itself isn't wrong... its only wrong when based on 'wrong' criteria (I discriminate based on party affiliation all the time in the voting booth). … [Read more...]
New Jersey District 25 – any hope?
In anticipation of the upcoming marriage equality debate in New Jersey, I'm trying to get a feel for the possibilities in my family's district. They live in District 25, which is represented by 3 republicans: Senator ANTHONY R. … [Read more...]
Time to revoke DOMA – in Manchester today with John Edwards
Further, Edwards stated that any civil union or gay marriage should receive, and is entitled to receive all the "1100" protections that married couples receive under federal law. He did go on to say that while he fully supports civil … [Read more...]
LOGO Forum Snippets and Snipes
Barack ObamaBizarrely enough, expected listeners to believe that chiding a group of anti-gay Black ministers is all the equality cred he needs. I specifically talked about the degree to which the nation of gay marriage in Black … [Read more...]
Gov Lynch Signs NH Civil Unions Bill
Summary round-upBishop V. Gene Robinson"My partner [Mark Andrew] and I look forward to taking full advantage of the new law," Robinson told the Associated Press....[Civil Unions] "moves us one step closer to the American promise to all its … [Read more...]
Easy to say “marriage”
This NYT story has some relevant insight into the civil union versus marriage debate. It seems that in practice, it isn't very hard to call civil unions marriages:Marcie Horowitz and Margaret Maloney of Westfield, partners for … [Read more...]