Category Archives: Same-Sex Marriage

From The New York Times: Three other Republican state senators, speaking on condition of anonymity because their conference had not yet formally debated the measure, said they believed the bill was almost certain to come up for a vote and … Continue reading →

Judge Walker, the judge who ruled against the defendants in the Proposition 8 case (the “defendants,” in this case, are those defending Prop 8; the “plaintiffs” are those who sued to have Prop 8 overturned), retired earlier this year, and … Continue reading →

In comments, On Lawn wrote: Laws don’t regulate who can and who can’t be visited by their beloved, hospitals do. That’s a nice theory, but not how it works in real life. Hospitals can to a significant degree be regulated … Continue reading →

Gov. Scott Walker believes a new law that gives gay couples hospital visitation rights violates the state constitution and has asked a judge to allow the state to stop defending it. Democrats who controlled the Legislature in 2009 changed the … Continue reading →

[Crossposted at Family Scholars Blog] Two weeks ago, I blogged about King & Spalding’s decision not to defend DOMA. In comments at my blog, Mythago wrote: You’re treating this as a situation where K&S agreed with the House of Representatives … Continue reading →

Pollmaven Nate Silver “charts the trend from all available public polls on same-sex marriage going back to 1988.” The results don’t look good for opponents of same-sex marriage. Silver writes: There is a margin of error associated with the calculation … Continue reading →