Category Archives: Same-Sex Marriage

(I can’t resist stealing this post word-for-word from SistersTalk:) A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Philadelphia, found that educational institutions have a First Amendment right to keep military recruiters off their … Continue reading →

Law Dork has an excellent, angry response to people who blame marriage equality activists for asking for equality, rather than waiting. I’m fond of responding to complaints of “judicial tyranny” overwhelming democracy by pointing out that no one should want … Continue reading →

Both the mainstream media (including some folks who favor same-sex marriage) and SSM opponents tend to speak as if last week’s elections have changed anything in the fight for SSM. For instance, in the comments to this post on Family … Continue reading →

A friend of a friend of mine, writing about same-sex marriage, wrote this on her blog. I haven’t linked to it, because I don’t think this person wants a link from “Alas,” but I can’t resist replying to it: [Voting … Continue reading →

In the post before this one, I argued that one of the most common arguments against marriage equality is a bait and switch. Rather than arguing against marriage equality itself, opponents argue that ideally children should be raised by a … Continue reading →

Over on Marriage Debate, Eve disagrees with Michael Triplett’s claim that “anti-gay marriage initiative campaigns were not waged on a ‘we need to save fragile marriage’ platform”: I really don’t agree about the way the issues were framed. Admittedly, I … Continue reading →

I’m hardly a religious person, but I still found this worth reading. The best bit: The dignity of our lives and our relationships as gay people is not dependent on heterosexual approval or tolerance. Our dignity exists regardless of their … Continue reading →

So as I’m sure most “Alas” readers know by now, the marriage equality movement lost eleven out of eleven ballot measures this election. I’m not surprised; there were only a couple of states where we had any chance of winning, … Continue reading →

I’ve been meaning to link to this long post by Frumdad for a while (ever since Rachel Ann pointed it out to me). The post explains how Frumdad (“frum” is a term Orthodox Jews use to means “religiously orthodox,” by … Continue reading →