gay rights
Let's open with a disclaimer, so that when the gay "community"...
Let's open with a disclaimer, so that when the gay "community" fires back at me with an indignant spank, they will recognize that I am family, and that my opinion does not come from the outside looking in. Not that they will be any more tolerant of my criticism because of it but, in the very least, they will know that I am on the same team and speak for many others like me who are sitting on the bench watching the parade go by.
I am a lesbian and the single mother of a teenage daughter. I am open about … Read More
Mixed signals from the White House in recent days seem to indicate the answer is no.
In many ways, 2009 might appear to be a red-letter year for supporters of gay rights. In addition to being the year in which Iowa, Vermont and Maine will begin (or have already started) to allow same-sex couples to marry, it is also the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots (which served as the birth of the modern gay rights movement), and the beginning of a new era in the White House — led by a young president who's promised to repeal the policy barring openly gay people from serving in the military. Gay Or Straight? Body … Read More
The 2010 census will count same-sex couples & the state department to increase gay rights.
Despite the ratification of California's Proposition 8 and the brouhaha surrounding Miss California Carrie Prejean, things have been looking up lately for people interested in marrying someone of the same gender (and those just interested in protecting the right to marry whomever you choose but still down with hetero-normative relationships... like Brad Pitt). And, for the most part, the East Coast has been leading the way. With their stuffed shirts, ascots and comfortable shoes for yachting, residents of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine and Iowa are the states that find gay marriage most agreeable*.
But the new … Read More
Benefits are expected to be extended to both heterosexual and homosexual couples.
"The benefits are amazing."
This may be a phrase soon heard from unmarried partners of government workers, straight and gay alike. That's because today, President Barack Obama is expected to extend benefits for federal workers (including healthcare) to the unmarried domestic partners of those workers, Reuters reports. Though specific details have not yet been provided, the benefits are thought to be available to couples both heterosexual and homosexual. Same Sex Marriage Would Boost Maine's Economy
Just Tuesday, an editorial in the New York Times voiced an opinion of disappointment that the Obama administration was falling short … Read More
With gay marriage on a roll in other states, New York lawmakers will address the topic, too.
Is New York ready for same-sex marriage?
Gov. David Paterson thinks so.
Paterson announced a proposal today to allow same-sex marriage in the Empire State.
Accompanied by political leaders, including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he framed the issue as a matter of equality.
"I'm introducing a bill to bring marriage equality to the state of New York,'' the Associated Press quoted Paterson saying. Paterson listed a whopping 1,350 civil protections same-sex couples are denied that straight couples have.
"Rights should not be stifled by fear. What we should understand is that silence should not be a response to injustice. And that … Read More
DC Council also votes to recognize gay unions from other states.
Hot on the heels of last week's Iowa Supreme Court ruling that a ban on gay marriage there was unconstitutional, Vermont has also legalized same-sex marriage.The New England state, which in 2000 became the first in the country to adopt civil unions for gay couples, came to the decision today when the Vermont Legislature successfully overrode Governor Jim Douglas's veto of a bill allowing gay couples to marry.In order to override the governor's veto, the house needed a two-thirds vote. Last week, they came up four votes shy. But today, they managed to achieve the exact number required when … Read More
Gay rights aren't toys for pols to play with.
If Republican presidential candidate John McCain wants to energize his party, he'll have to pander to bigots and use gay rights as "wedge issues" to create divisiveness and friction among voters.
Does that suggestion make you see red, too? It's the advice of an editor at the conservative magazine The Weekly Standard who spoke on the show "Fox News Sunday" about the McCain campaign. The liberal web site Think Progress reports that executive editor Fred Barnes said McCain can appeal to more conservative voters by selling out LGBT folks.
"Here's what he needs to do!" Barnes trills:
He needs to touch … Read More
