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Gay marriage gets record support, 70 percent of young people support it

logointern3 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:00:36 +0000

A new bi-partisan study confirms that first time, support for gay marriage generally outweighs opposition, and the rate of increase is startling.

According to the study, the rate of increase in(...)

Tuesday Watercooler: Cuomo inches toward marriage equality

CStottlemyer — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:00:12 +0000

Cuomo’s hiring of Erik Bottcher signifies his first steps toward NY marriage equality

New York Governor recently hired Erik Bottcher, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s liaison to(...)

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(...)

Wed. Watercooler: Lesbian Lutherans and Lohan back in love

logointern3 — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:46:36 +0000

Students for Marriage. A survey from UCLA found that 65% of college freshman support gay marriage. According to Freedom to Marry, these supportive students are being left out of the campaign(...)

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(...)

Tues. Watercooler: NOM sign calls for murder of gay couples

logointern2 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:33:55 +0000

NOM sign calls for murder. The anti-gay National Organization of Marriage took its nationwide bus tour to Indianapolis on Monday, where one supporter delivered a deadly message.

In a(...)

Wed. Watercooler: Lilo and lesbian gangs, baseball and the GOP

logointern3 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:47:23 +0000

“90210” to reveal gay male lead. This fall the struggling CW reinvention of 90210 is going to out one of three hunky male characters. Although the show experienced a significant dip in(...)

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(...)