April 21, 2009 – 11:00 am
A Gaythering Storm from Jane Lynch
From WaPo:
The D.C. Council voted today to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, on the same day that Vermont became the fourth state to legalize same-sex unions.
Domestic partnerships are already legal in the nation’s capital, and gay couples married in other states are recognized as domestic partners when they move to the city. But [...]
For those counting, that’s 2 states in four days. Is this momentum? I think so. The fact that it passed through the legislature rather than the courts is also an amazing victory. It inoculates us from claims that our marriage rights are the product of judicial activism. That’s what happened in California, and we know how that [...]
From USA TODAY:
The Iowa Supreme Court just ruled that the state’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional, The Des Moines Register reports. That makes Iowa the first Midwestern state where gay marriage is legal.
The court upheld a 2007 Polk County District Court judge’s ruling that would allow six gay couples there to wed.
The Iowa Supreme Court’s website [...]
From Will Saletan over at Slate:
But what do you do when the distress is rooted in the client’s deeply held values? One therapist, answering the survey, said it might be OK to help a patient try to modify her feelings if she wanted to stay married. Another argued that the “client ultimately knows best and [...]
It’s certainly superior to the original round of Prop 8 commercials. Click here to make a donation and keep it on the air.
An e-mail from Geoff Kors, Executive Director of Equality California:
History will remember this week, and you will be able to say “I was there, making it happen.”
Tomorrow, Monday, the California Senate and Assembly are expected to vote on the resolutions to overturn 8.
On Wednesday evening, the Eve of Justice, we will unite at statewide candlelight [...]
February 20, 2009 – 10:27 am
From the New Jersey AP:
About half of New Jerseyans believe that gay couples should be allowed to marry, according to a new poll.
The Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll released Wednesday finds that 48 percent of New Jersey residents favor gay marriage, with 43 percent opposed.
Fifty percent oppose amending the state Constitution to ban gay marriage. [...]
