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Thursday Watercooler: HIV rates increase for young black gay men

James Withers — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:32:49 +0000

HIV rates and young black men. This is the rare day when Larry Kramer and I are on the same page. The Center for Disease Control released data concerning HIV and AIDS rates. Infection rates(...)

Scalia says Constitution doesn’t protect women, gays

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:22:56 +0000

In an interview with California Lawyer commemorating his 24th anniversary on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Antonin Scalia said this:

Q: In 1868, when the 39th Congress was debating and(...)

Withers: Gallagher answers three questions

James Withers — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:02:53 +0000

After U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker’s Proposition 8 decision, Maggie Gallagher was on news shows taking the judge’s ruling to task. Sent her media representative an email,(...)

Fed judge rules against DOMA – twice

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:49:04 +0000

In an enormous victory for same-sex marriage, a federal judge in Boston Thursday ruled, in two separate cases, that a critical part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act is(...)

Withers: The Constitution won’t keep Hillary from working with Obama

James Withers — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:48:32 +0000

If you have been paying attention there is an arcane clause in the Constitution that possibly could keep Hillary Clinton from serving as Barack Obama’s Secretary of State. Looks like Senate(...)

Mass. gay marriage opponents split on out-of-state ban

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:42:16 +0000

(Boston, Massachusetts) Thwarted in attempts to force a constitutional referendum on same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, groups that had most vocally opposed to gay weddings are now divided over(...)

Poll: Americans firm on limiting presidential power, split on gay marriage

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:20:15 +0000

Americans strongly oppose giving the president more power at the expense of Congress or the courts, even to enhance national security or the economy, according to a new poll. The poll also found that Americans are split on gay marriage.

Florida anti-gay amendment faces trouble

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:20:39 +0000

(Orlando, Florida) A proposed amendment to Florida’s constitution that would limit marriage to people of the opposite-sex could be in for a rough ride at the polls this November a new survey of(...)

Ethics Probe: Ariz. Gay Marriage Ban

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:36:18 +0000

(Phoenix, Ariz.) The Arizona state senate ethics committee will probe maneuvering by Republican leaders that led to a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage being approved for the November election. The committee voted 3-2 to hold hearings on whether Sen. Jack Harper (R) intentionally broke the Legislature’s rules by cutting off a Democratic filibuster and [...]