Schools emerge as new tactic in gay marriage votes
(San Francisco) In one ad after another, voters in California and Maine were besieged with images of what would supposedly happen if same-sex marriage were legal: Students on a field trip to a lesbian wedding, elementary kids gobbling up books featuring gay couples, kindergartners learning about homosexuality from their teachers.
The …
Tags: Books, Elementary Kids, Field Trip, Gay Couples, gay marriage, Homosexuality, Images, Legal Students, Lesbian Wedding, Maine, marriage, same sex marriage, San Francisco, TacticNY gov calls for session on gay marriage
(Albany, NY) New York Gov. David Paterson is calling the Legislature back to Albany for a special session to cut the budget and possibly vote on legalizing same-sex marriage.
Paterson wants the Senate to give final legislative approval to same-sex marriage. But there’s no guarantee there are enough votes to carry …
Tags: Albany Ny, Budget, David Paterson, gay marriage, Legalizing Same Sex Marriage, Legislative Approval, marriage, Ny Gov, same sex marriage, Senate, Special Session, Vote, York GovPost-election travel: Kalamazoo, anyone? And what about Maine?
Tuesday’s elections results were decidedly a mixed bag. The big gay news story has revolved around the loss for gay marriage in Maine, and it certainly is disheartening. Does it even make sense for the public to vote on laws that affect a segment of the population, especially in a …
Tags: Elections Results, Gay Maine, gay marriage, Gay News, Kalamazoo, marriage, News Story, Population, Segment, Travel MaineGay marriage on agenda in NJ race
GOP Candidate mails anti-marriage mailer against gay-supportive incumbent governor.
Tags: Agenda, Anti Gay, gay marriage, Gop, Gop Candidate, Incumbent Governor, Mailer, marriageMaine voters to pass judgment on gay marriage
(Portland, Maine) Gay marriage has lost in every single state in which it has been put to a popular vote. Come Election Day, gay-rights supporters are hoping to make Maine the exception.
In a referendum that is being closely watched around the country and has drawn millions in out-of-state dollars, Maine …
Tags: Election Day, Gay Maine, gay marriage, Gay Portland, gay rights, Judgment, Lost, Maine Marriage, Maine Voters, marriage, Popular Vote, Portland Maine, Referendum, Rights Supporters, State Dollars, State MaineArgentine Congress considers same-sex marriage
(Buenos Aires, Argentina) Is Argentina ready to become Latin America’s first nation to legalize gay marriage?
Gay and lesbian activists think so - and they have a growing number of supporters in Congress, which opened debate Thursday on whether to change dozens of laws that define marriage as a union between …
Tags: Aires Argentina, Argentine Congress, Buenos Aires, Debate, Dozens, First Nation, Gay And Lesbian, Gay Lesbian, gay marriage, Latin America, Lesbian Activists, marriage, same sex marriageMormon leader: religious freedom at risk
The anti-Mormon backlash after California voters overturned gay marriage last fall is similar to the intimidation of Southern blacks during the civil rights movement, a high-ranking Mormon said Tuesday.
Elder Dallin H. Oaks referred to gay marriage as an “alleged civil right” in an address at Brigham Young University-Idaho that church …
Tags: Address, Anti Mormon, Backlash, Brigham Young, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University Idaho, California Voters, Civil Rights Movement, Dallin H Oaks, gay marriage, Intimidation, marriage, Mormon Leader, Religious Freedom, Risk, Southern BlacksGay marriage interactive map
You need to see this.
Really.
The LA Times has an interactive map (oh, I wish it were embeddable!!) that flicks through the way states went from being neutral toward same-sex couples, to slightly for, to decidedly against, to the current mixed bag.
I’m hopeful in the next year that we’ll see more …
Tags: Flicks, gay marriage, Interactive Map, La Times, marriage, Same Sex CouplesNY court hears case against gay marriage benefits
(Albany, NY) A Christian legal group seeking to stop New York agencies from recognizing same-sex marriages performed outside the state argued in the state’s highest court Tuesday that the practice amounts to a policy decision that requires approval by lawmakers.
Attorney Brian Raum told state Court of Appeals judges that a …
Tags: Albany Ny, Appeals Judges, Court Case, Court Of Appeals, gay marriage, Lawmakers, Legal Group, marriage, Marriage Benefits, Policy Decision, Same Sex MarriagesMaine gay marriage campaigns report donations
(Augusta, Maine) Supporters of Maine’s gay marriage law said Tuesday they’ve collected $2.7 million for their campaign against a ballot proposal to repeal it, more than double the amount the measure’s supporters said they raised.
The group, called NO on 1/Protect Maine Equality, also reported that it has spent $2.2 million …
Tags: Augusta Maine, Ballot Proposal, Campaigns, Donations, Equality, Gay Maine, gay marriage, Maine Law, Maine Marriage, marriage, Marriage Law
