A fascinating article in USA Today on a new study by two Columbia University political science professors describes how the proportion of Catholics in a state is a great determinant of how effectively the state defends gay rights.
Want to predict which state might move next to legalize same-sex marriage? You might count Catholics. The higher [...]
A thoughtful editorial from Carlos Ball, a law professor at Rutgers University, at The Huffington Post on the significance of the battle over same-sex marriage within the queer community:
For almost two decades, the organized gay rights movement, led by groups such as the Human Rights Campaign and Lambda Legal, have been pushing hard for marriage. [...]
The guys behind Dabble Post have information on and analysis of the letter written by Former Senator Rick Santorum to donors of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM):
In a sign of the impending battle over the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) on Monday sent out a letter to its [...]
From The Daily Kos:
As of this morning, Stand for Marriage Maine, the lead group opposing LD 1020, the law that allows same-sex couples in Maine to marry, has received $343,689.50 in contributions (link - pdf warning).
Of that total, $400 has come from individuals. That’s right, four people have each ponied up one hundred bucks in [...]
When referendums come to a vote in any state that are designed to prevent marriage equality, always be suspicious of how such referendums ended up on the ballot. From A Liberal’s Hit List:
While in Port Angeles, Washington, I stopped at WalMart for a quick minute. As I was walking into WalMart, I was stopped by [...]
She may not be running for a New York State Senate seat, where a pro-equality Republican could do some real good, but it’s great to see the GOP putting forward Assemblywoman Scozzafava for a national office. From The Advocate:
The race for a vacant [...]
Matt Galli, a writer from Christian Today Magazine, lays out what he perceives to be the logical and nonreligious argument against marriage equality. While perceptive of the current state of affairs in how the debate has moved forward, Galli’s piece still falls short on the implications of marriage equality.
Galli’s argument rests on two thoughts: we’re [...]
You’ve probably already heard it, but it’s important to really think about the implications of what Senator Claire McCaskill, perhaps unwittingly, on the topic of gay marriage on her Twitter account a couple days ago. In her tweet, she suggested that, just like gun laws should be on a per-state basis that only affects that [...]
From today’s WaPo:
Lesbians in the District no longer will need the written consent of their partners to adopt children born to their partners through artificial insemination, under a new law that took effect Saturday.
The name of a consenting spouse or unmarried partner will appear on the child’s birth certificate as the legal parent, a status [...]
An interesting trend piece and its loud rejection from the commentator and scholar Marc Lamont Hill. The phrase “no homo” has been appearing in youth and rap culture as a deterrent of suggestions of homosexual thoughts. Think of it as “that’s what she said,” but with a gay tone.
By punctuating even the most sexually non-suggestive [...]
