Category Archives: Same-Sex Marriage

The push-poll phone call I discussed earlier came from FEC Research – The One True B!X has more information about FEC Research, which seems like a pretty sleazy outfit, and links to other folks who received the call. Check it … Continue reading →

Stephen Miller, of the conservative Independent Gay Forum, collects some recent quotes from Republican leaders: Rep. Tom Coburn (the GOP Senate candidate in Oklahoma): “[L]esbianism is so rampant in some of the schools in southeast Oklahoma that they’ll only let … Continue reading →

I just got a polling phone call. The “pollster” was a prerecorded voice controlled by a computer, which could recognize if I said “yes” or “no.” This is a paraphrase, but I think I’ve got the gist of it. POLL: … Continue reading →

Trey at Daddy, Papa and Me comments on whether or not hospitals really refuse to allow visitation by same-sex partners who are legally barred from marriage: Nearly everyone I know has a story of denied visitation rights, or ‘family’ swooping … Continue reading →

Over at marriage debate, discussing the various anti-SSM-and-civil-union amendments around the country, Joshua Baker writes: It seems proponents of the amendments talk about marriage (and little else), while opponents are inclined to talk about anything but marriage, whether that be … Continue reading →

Eve Tushnet has some questions about marriage and the courts. 1) If same-sex marriage is a fundamental civil right, should it be imposed by courts over & against voters’ wishes? Assuming that it is a fundamental civil right, then yes, … Continue reading →

UK Gay reports: a Louisiana District Judge William Morvant ruled Louisiana’s anti-marriage equality amendment invalid because it violated the “single issue” criterion required by Louisiana’s constitution. Besides banning same-sex marriage, this amendment would have also prohibited the state from recognizing … Continue reading →

Gay rights advocates are getting some unexpected support. AARP has examined Ohio’s proposed anti-same sex marriage amendment; they concluded the restrictions will harm unmarried elderly people. Rainbow Network quotes AARP : “State Issue One would deny property ownership rights, inheritance, … Continue reading →

I ran across this story in Proud Parenting describing a Brazilian court case which imposed a legal restriction on a lesbian because her relationship with her partner was “tantamount to marriage”. We generally don’t think of court rulings imposing restrictions … Continue reading →

Direct from an HRC email: In a sound defeat, 27 moderate and conservative Republicans joined 158 Democrats and 1 Independent Thursday in opposing the Marriage Protection Amendment (previously the “Federal Marriage Amendment”) on the House Floor. The amendment needed a … Continue reading →