From the Portland Press Herald, a report on the mass amounts of money being raised in Maine to attack and protect same-sex marriage:
The coalition seeking to overturn Maine’s same-sex marriage law with a people’s veto has raised more than $343,000 to date, according to papers filed with the state Wednesday, much of it going to [...]
January 13, 2009 – 8:33 pm
According to the AP:
The gay marriage issue moved onto the legislative agenda Tuesday as supporters of the idea said this is the time to recognize marriages between same-sex couples — even if the debate comes amid major concerns in the State House over budget cutbacks and their impact.
Sen. Dennis Damon said he is introducing a [...]
January 13, 2009 – 11:30 am
This according to a story in today’s Courier-Journal:
A bipartisan group of lawmakers pledged yesterday to renew their push for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, saying it could be needed to pre-empt court actions allowing such unions.
“If this constitutional amendment gets to the floor (of the House), I believe it will pass overwhelmingly with [...]
December 18, 2008 – 7:23 pm
A new poll finds that Connecticut voters back gay marriage.
Interestingly:
“Connecticut voters are not in love with same-sex marriage,” said poll director Douglas Schwartz. “But four out of five voters support some legal recognition for same-sex unions and by almost two-to-one, voters do not want to change the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage.”
Given three choices, [...]
December 18, 2008 – 7:12 pm
Says the Star Tribune:
In 2009, supporters of same-sex marriage hope to take the offensive, with a bill by Sen. John Marty, DFL-Roseville, to legalize it, a Senate hearing to discuss it, and a statewide educational campaign that they hope will help Minnesotans warm to the idea.
The Star Tribune also has an interesting rundown of important [...]
December 18, 2008 – 10:21 am
An anti gay-marriage resolution in Sioux City is on hold
December 18, 2008 – 10:19 am
Now that the Iowa Supreme Court has heard oral arguments about the constitutionality of same-sex marriage in Iowa, both sides are already preparing for the next phase of their struggle….
Meanwhile, supporters of the gay marriage ban, aware the court might overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, are looking to redouble their efforts to win approval [...]
December 14, 2008 – 6:19 pm
Another state fight to watch.
December 12, 2008 – 6:34 pm
I went to this and it was totally unproductive.
December 11, 2008 – 7:01 pm
Keep an eye on Iowa. Man, I am just killing myself right now.
A district court judge ruled in favor of Jason Morgan and Chuck Swaggerty, when they took their denial of a marriage license to court. But, the decision is currently on appeal in the Iowa Supreme Court.
Morgan and Swaggerty say they’ve been together for [...]
