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Marriage Equality Recognized In Nation\'s Capital
Following disappointing defeats for marriage equality in New York and Maine, Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (left) signed a same-sex marriage bill. While the bill has to clear a congressional review period, Fenty was confident that the Democ...
Gov. Paterson Following Defeat Of Marriage Equality Bill: "This Is A Civil Rights Issue"
According to a Marist College poll released Wednesday, 51 percent of New Yorkers support legalizing gay marriage, with 42 percent opposed. Regardless, a bill that would have established marriage equality went down to a disappointing defeat. Governor ...
Maine Majority Votes Against Marriage Rights Of Gay Minority
Following the upholding of Proposition 1, Maine has become the latest state to reject marriage equality by repealing a law recognizing the right of gays to wed. Worse than the outcome of the vote was the fact that a vote was held at all, in which the...
WWII Vet On Equality For Gays: "What Do You Think I Fought For In Omaha Beach?"
At a public meeting on Maine's Marriage Equality Bill on April 22, Philip Spooner, an 86-year-old World War II veteran, Republican and VFW chaplain, provided moving testimony on why his gay son should have equal rights:Philip Spooner: "A woman at my ...
States' Gun Regulations Upheld In Defeat Of Concealed Weapons Amendment
For once, sanity prevailed when a bill that would have violated the right of states to uphold their own gun regulations was defeated:The Senate on Wednesday turned aside the latest effort by gun advocates to expand the rights of gun owners, narrowly ...
40 Years After Stonewall Rebellion, The Gay Rights Struggle Continues
Forty years ago, in the early hours of June 28, 1969, the gay liberation movement was born at the Stonewall Inn Rebellion. It was common back then for gay bars like the Stonewall in Greenwich Village to be raided by the police and for many of the pat...
Another "Defender Of Marriage," Gov. Mark Sanford, Admits Extramarital Affair
Just days ago, Senator John Ensign of Nevada resigned from his leadership post with Senate Republicans for his extramarital affair. Now Governor Mark Sanford (left) of South Carolina, who had been missing for several days, resigned his chairmanship ...
Sen. John Ensign, "Marriage Defender," Resigns GOP Leadership Post Over Affair
Senator John Ensign (R) of Nevada (left), after admitting earlier in the week that he had an extramarital affair with an aide, has resigned from his Republican leadership post.Ensign's affair has a certain ironic twist. The senator, after all, billed...
Unequal Protection Under The Law: California Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 8
Last May, the California Supreme Court ruled that homosexual couples have the same right to marry as heterosexual couples. Back then, they affirmed the principle of equal protection under the law:The majority opinion, by Chief Justice Ronald M. Georg...
Joe The Plumber Wouldn't Let Gay People Near His Children
In an interview with Christianity Today, Samuel Wurzelbacher, aka "Joe the Plumber," spoke about same-sex marriage and stated that he wouldn't allow gay people "anywhere near my children":Christianity Today: In the last month, same-sex marriage has b...
Stephen Colbert Responds To National Organization For Marriage Ad
Stephen Colbert responded to the recent ad by the anti-equality National Organization For Marriage, which warned of a "gathering gay storm" and a loss of freedom based on the fact that, for example, a gay couple down the street might be free to get m...
