August 19, 2009 – 9:09 am
The city council of Durham, NC, the home of Duke University, has put together a resolution that is very favorable to marriage equality. More from WUNC:
The city of Durham joins Chapel Hill and Carrboro in its support of civil marriage rights for same-sex couples. The Durham city council voted unanimously Monday night in favor of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Dark forces in Maine are working to disseminate lies and filth about same-sex marriage and its effect upon society. Below, a video of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property proclaims bigotry and irrationality along Portland’s streets.
To look at the group’s website is to witness a player in a Dan Brown [...]
Much like the legislation that passed the Washington D.C. city council by an overwhelming majority, the state of California is considering legislation, Senate Bill 54, that would recognize same-sex marriages committed in other states.
A handful of people have argued that the bill would go against the state Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of Proposition [...]
A fascinating case study by Bil Browning of The Bilerico Project on the effects of a single same-sex marriage announcement in The Elkhart Truth, a local paper operated out of Elkhart, Indiana.
Browning chronicles the effects of the announcement, special interests’ politicization of the event, and the sheer craziness of some anti-equality forces.
Photo courtesy of Flickr [...]
From USA Today:
Some Iowa communities and businesses are eager to attract gay and lesbian visitors. The Iowa City/Coralville Convention and Visitors Bureau is developing an advertising campaign aimed at out-of-state gay couples.
The Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau has joined a gay and lesbian travel association. At Davenport’s PrideFest last month, booths promoted formalwear stores, [...]
Towleroad:
Another victory today as the D.C. Council voted unanimously to recognize same-sex marriages performed out of state:
“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 today’s legislation, billed as an important milestone in gay rights, [...]
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 [...]
