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Withers: Are we looking for deeds or symbols from Obama?

James Withers — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:19:20 +0000

Evan Wolfson has a perplexing editorial over at Politico.com. The founder and executive director of Freedom to Marry praises the Justice Department for its week old brief against DOMA.

“In a(...)

Monday Watercooler: Ugandan newspaper blocked from printing names of gay citizens

James Withers — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:22:15 +0000

Navy captain produced homophobic vid and broadcast it on ship. Owen Honors, Captain of the Norfolk-based U.S.S. Enterprise, is in some hot water. The officer decided in 2006 and 2007 he would(...)

Withers: Stay on marriage ban extended

James Withers — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:03:08 +0000

A three panel judge extended the stay on same sex marriages in California. Last week Judge Vaughn Walker ruled gay couples could begin getting married on August 18th. He allotted six days for(...)

Rewind: Jacobs and Wolfson discuss Prop 8, gay marriage

Kameron Zach — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:14:56 +0000

On Thursday, 365gay readers had the opportunity to talk live with Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry and Rick Jacobs of the Courage Campaign about the Prop 8 trial and what’s next for gay(...)

Ore. gay rights activists aiming for new vote

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:00:05 +0000

(Salem, Ore.) Gay rights backers kicked off a voter education campaign Monday aimed at eventually overturning Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Evan Wolfson of the national gay rights group(...)

Should gay marriage remain a states issue?

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:25:19 +0000

(San Francisco, California) California’s status as a guardian of gay rights slipped this week when its highest court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, even as other states(...)

Will the California Supreme Court strike down Prop 8, or “willy-nilly disregard” its duty?

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:27:38 +0000

If the March 5 oral argument before the California Supreme Court was any guide (which oral argument isn’t always), Chief Justice Ronald George may be on the verge of making a terrible,(...)