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Monday Watercooler: Gallagher will not have her pledge ignored

James Withers — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:39:18 +0000

Unless you sign NOM’s pledge, you are for same sex marriage. Even if you are not. Herman Cain, one of the lower tier Republican candidates in the presidential primary, is against gay marriage.(...)

Withers: Cain wants Obama impeached over DOMA

James Withers — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:35:20 +0000

Herman Cain, Republican candidate for president, wants to have the current Commander-in-Chief impeached. Why? The president’s position on the Defense of Marriage Act.

As reported by(...)

Thursday Watercooler: Brown does not participate in “It Gets Better” video

James Withers — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:05:41 +0000

More Dean stupidity. Bradlee Dean’s three ring circus was open for business yesterday. The Minnesota preacher, whose favorite words are gays, execution, and Muslim, is suing Rachel Maddow(...)

Most states likely to spurn gay-marriage bandwagon

Jennifer Vanasco — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:00:29 +0000

As hundreds of jubilant gay couples became newlyweds in New York over the weekend, their well-wishers included many far-flung gays wistfully aware that their own states may never willingly allow(...)

Mass. gay couples to NY: DOMA denies you benefits

Jennifer Vanasco — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:00:29 +0000

(Boston) As same-sex couples in New York prepare this weekend to tie the knot, their brethren in Massachusetts – the first state to legalize gay marriage – have some advice.

Enjoy the wedding(...)

Bigotry Watch: Maggie Gallagher needs to actually read the First Amendment

David Badash — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:30:19 +0000

Maggie Gallagher, Chuck Grassley, heck, maybe all conservatives (including Sarah Palin!) and anti-equality fear-mongers need to actually read the First Amendment. I’m sure if you’re reading(...)

Churches debate whether to marry gays

logointern3 — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:30:29 +0000

(New York) – After same-sex marriage becomes legal here on July 24, gay priests with partners in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island will head to the altar. They have to. Their bishop set a(...)

Culhane: Of laws and families, politics and waterparks

John Culhane — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:00:39 +0000

There’s a connection – not an obvious one, though – between two recent stories.

The first, which has generated a good deal of angry comment on this web site, is the news that President(...)

Thursday Watercooler: Don’t hold hands at a Stein art exhibit

James Withers — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:01:54 +0000

DOMA hearings.There were multiple sweet moments in yesterday’s DOMA’s hearing. My personal favorite was Sen. Patrick Leahy’s surgical strike of Focus on the Family’s vice president of public(...)

Historic anti-DOMA hearing at the Senate airs pro-, anti-gay sides

logointern3 — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:19:56 +0000

U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a legendary civil rights activist, led off Wednesday’s historic hearing to discuss repealing the Defense of Marriage Act, likening it to laws decades ago that(...)