Same-Gender Marriage Video Response
Love not Laws has produce a video in response to the fear-mongering anti same-gender marriage ad by NOM, the National Organization for Marriage. Check it out:
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Get Ready to Boycott Hannah Montana!
The religious right hasn’t had a good album burning in years – I wonder if CDs burn as well as vinyl? We may soon find out now that Miley Cyrus – better known as Hannah Montana – has come out in a Twitter conversation with
A Gathering Storm
Stephen Colbert does a great take off on the NOM (National Organization for Marriage) fear mongering anti-same-gender marriage ad. Check it out!
GOP Support for Same-Gender Marriage?
Towleroad is reporting that Steve Schmidt, former advisor to Republican presidential candidate John McCain, will be urging the GOP to support same-gender marriage. Update: HuffPo has good post of Schmidt’s speech – religion will kill the GOP! In an excerpt from Schmidt’s speech to Log
Partial Repeal of DOMA at Hand?
The Advocate is reporting that there’s a move afoot in Congress to repeal parts of DOMA – the federal Defense of Marriage Act that prevents the federal government from recognizing same-gender marriages. Legislative aides familiar with the discussions say a handful of congressional leaders have
Marriage Equality in NY?
It could come to pass! New York Governor David Paterson will apparently be asking the state legislature to revive a 2007 bill that would grant marriage equality to gays and lesbians! AP sources: NY governor wants gay marriage bill Let the justice roll down like
We Heart the Heartland
Iowa’s approval of same-sex marriage is a vindication for Midwesterners. For a long time, they’ve been seen as rednecks and rubes. But as those of us who live in the Heartland, or have family there, can attest, many are simply decent and well-meaning folks. Because
Around the ‘Net
Here are some stories you may have missed: – Steve Waldman and BeliefNet sheds light on Rick Warren’s recent equivocations over his stand on same-gender marriage. I hear backpedaling is good exercise – Rick could use some. – Conservative columnist Jack Elgin – in a
Let’s Hear it for Vermont!
Vermont becomes the fourth state to legalize same-gender marriage. The legislature overrode the governor’s veto by a decisive margin: The Legislature voted Tuesday to override Gov. Jim Douglas’ veto of a bill allowing gays and lesbians to marry. The vote was 23-5 to override in
Gay Marriage Isn’t New, It’s Tradition
People who argue against same-gender marriage as some new-fangled perversion of marriage don’t know their history very well. Contrary to myth, Christianity’s concept of marriage has not been set in stone since the days of Christ, but has constantly evolved as a concept and ritual.