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Minn. Methodists investigate same-sex blessings

logointern3 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:00:20 +0000

(Minneapolis) – Leaders of the United Methodist Church in Minnesota are investigating whether a Minneapolis pastor violated church policy when he blessed same-sex unions as part of gay pride(...)

Navy says chaplains may perform same-sex unions

logointern3 — Tue, 10 May 2011 17:57:44 +0000

(Washington) Navy chaplains would be allowed to perform same-sex civil marriage ceremonies under new training guidance that would take effect if the Defense Department moves this summer to(...)

What you can do to fight for marriage equality in New York

Jennifer Vanasco — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:47:46 +0000

Hi 365ers,

On Monday, I’ll be joining the 1,000 New Yorkers headed to Albany to lobby our legislators on behalf of gay marriage and anti-transgender discrimination laws.

The marriage law should(...)

Orthodox, Evangelical, Catholic leaders try to head off NY gay marriage

Jennifer Vanasco — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:38:25 +0000

This New York Times story literally made me nauseated.

A coalition of Orthodox Jewish, Roman Catholic and Evangelical Protestant leaders are banding together to keep New York from marriage(...)

Culhane: Same sex marriage round-up

John Culhane — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:00:42 +0000

Let’s do a round-up of a few major legal and political developments relating to the marriage equality movement. I’ll leave it to you to connect the dots.

King and Spalding and DOMA

I’m a(...)

First openly gay judge joins Mass. top court

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:30:26 +0000

Barbara A. Lenk, appointed by Gov. Deval Patrick, was confirmed today as a judge on Massachusetts’s Supreme Judicial Court. She is the first openly gay judge to serve on Massachusett’s top(...)

Australian churches can discriminate against gays

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:00:43 +0000

(Sydney) Religious groups in Australia are allowed to discriminate against people who are gay or transgender, prompting criticism from gay rights activists who find it galling that religious(...)

NY’s biggest Spanish-language daily comes out for gay marriage

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:13:22 +0000

New York’s largest Spanish-language daily supports gay marriage in an editorial today.

Jimmy Vielkind, who translated it for his Capitol Confidential readers, notes that El Diario seems to be(...)

RI gay marriage advocates not giving up

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:27:13 +0000

(Providence, RI) Advocates of gay marriage delivered a message to Rhode Island state lawmakers who blocked a same-sex marriage bill this year: We’re putting a political bull’s-eye on your(...)

Calif AG: Prop 8 backers can’t defend marriage ban

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 04 May 2011 11:53:07 +0000

(San Francisco) California’s attorney general has again come out against the state’s same-sex marriage ban, this time telling the state Supreme Court the proponents of successful ballot(...)