Category Archives: Same-Sex Marriage

Dear Commissioner Roberts, Thank you for your letter, entitled “Why I’m voting yes on Measure 36.” You ask me to join you in “preserving… marriage between a man and a woman.” But no one has proposed outlawing marriage between men … Continue reading →

So we received the new “Yes on 36” flier today. The first thing I noticed was a big picture of Senator Gordon Smith, right above the “Yes on 36” return address. The photo was accompanied by a quote from Senator … Continue reading →

According to the latest “No on 36” email, polling shows that most Oregonians are against amending the Constitution to ban gay marriage. According to “No on 36,” the big danger now is that, because the wording of ballot measures is … Continue reading →

From The Oregonian: “Modern research,” pronounces the Measure 36 mailer, behind a photo of two nervous-looking children, “now confirms . . . children do better socially, intellectually and behaviorally when raised with a nurturing mother and father.” In fact, the … Continue reading →

I actually think this is pretty funny. I’m tempted to get a t-shirt printed up that says “homophobes stole my mailbox.” Nonetheless… On Monday, someone came into our yard, knocked over our “No on 36” sign, and stole our mailbox … Continue reading →

Earlier this week I posted a repsonse to Joshua Baker – Joshua’s original post is here, and my response is here. Now there are two responses to me on marriagedebate.org, one from Joshua himself, and one from Maggie Gallagher. I’ll … Continue reading →

Andrew Sullivan is probably right to say that these MTV ads for equal marriage rights won’t have much impact – since the youthful MTV-watching crowd is probably overwhelmingly for same-sex marriage already. But still, the commercials were loads of fun … Continue reading →

As I blogged yesterday (here and here), there is a current, ugly push-poll being used by anti-gay folks in Oregon to convince voters to support a ban on same-sex marriage. One of the questions the push-poll asks, as quoted in … Continue reading →

From an article by the AP (and via Marriage Matters): Oregon’s superintendent of public instruction is upset over broadcast ads and statements in the voters’ pamphlet that she says inaccurately link gay marriage to public schools’ curriculums. “They have no … Continue reading →