The Albany gay marriage back room
Gay City News reports that a high-stakes meeting that included the governor, senior Democratic lawmakers and top gay advocates offered “the best sign yet that marriage equality may become a reality by New Year’s Day.”
Says Gay City News:
Shortly after 8 p.m., Paterson, four senior Senate Democrats — Jeffrey Klein of …
The state of gay marriage: NY, NJ, NH, Ore., Mich. and DC
The struggle for marriage equality looks like a juggling act this week: New York’s up in the air, New Jersey is poised to hop from one hand (the legislature) to another (the governor). And Washington, D.C., is about to be hoisted upward.
But, wait! There are more bills in the air: …
Tags: gay marriage, Juggling Act, marriage, Marriage Equality, Struggle, Washington D CDC addresses domestic partnerships, religious protections in gay marriage bill
From a press release:
(Washington, D.C.) Proponents and supporters, including D.C. religious leaders, will attend the scheduled mark-up of the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009 at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
The Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary, chaired by Councilmember Phil Mendelson, will review the text of …
Tags: Addresses, Amendment Act, Civil Marriage, Domestic Partnerships, gay marriage, Judiciary, marriage, Marriage Bill, Marriage Equality, Phil Mendelson, Press Release, Proponents, Public Safety, Religious Freedom, Religious Leaders, Washington D CSecond hearing for DC marriage equality
Second hearing for DC marriage equality
Tags: marriage, Marriage EqualitySecond hearing for DC marriage equality
Second hearing for DC marriage equality
Tags: marriage, Marriage EqualityMaine marriage vote tomorrow
Voters to decide whether to keep marriage law or end marriage equality for LGBT families.
Tags: Lgbt Families, Maine Marriage, marriage, Marriage Equality, Marriage Law, Vote TomorrowCorvino: The work left to do
Less than a week before the election, polls continue to show close races in both Washington State, where voters may substantially expand domestic-partner legislation, and Maine, where they may rescind marriage-equality. We could win in either state (or both)—but we could lose, too.
Win or lose, there’s one truth this campaign …
Tags: Domestic Partner, Election Polls, Legislation, Maine, marriage, Marriage Equality, Truth, Washington StateEvangelicals step up for marriage equality
From a press release from American Progress:
Brent Childers used to call himself a “Jesse Helms Republican” who justified his homophobic beliefs through biblical interpretation. But last weekend, as he marched in the Equality March in Washington, D.C., he stood alongside his lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender friends in support of …
Tags: American Progress, Biblical Interpretation, Jesse Helms, marriage, Marriage Equality, Press Release, Republican, Transgender, Washington D CShould Proposition 8 recall be put to voters in 2010?
Marriage-equality advocates are split about the timing of a ballot question to overturn the California’s Proposition 8 constitutional marriage ban. Some major backers, including David Bohnett, believe it’s better to postpone a possible 2010 vote rather than risk another defeat. But an informal poll of leaders affiliated with the Courage Campaign shows support for putting the repeal question on next year’s ballot. The deadline to file the question with the state attorney general is Sept. 25. The New York Times (7/26) , San Francisco Chronicle/Politics blog (7/25)
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Maine campaign heats up
With the prospect of a November referendum on same-sex marriage in Maine all but certain, pro-equality advocates are gearing up for a bruising battle to preserve the state’s marriage equality bill, signed by Gov. John Baldacci in May. Since January, Maine Freedom to Marry has been ramping up a vast field campaign to identify pro-equality voters. Without a presidential or gubernatorial race to bring voters out, Maine Freedom to Marry campaign manager Jesse Connolly said grassroots fieldwork is essential to finding voters who support marriage equality and to turning them out at the polls on Election Day.
“This campaign is really about having one-on-one conversations with Maine voters. … We’re raising money, we’re building a campaign, but we’re really excited about this great work the field effort has been doing,” said Connolly.
Yet campaign finance reports suggest that pro-equality advocates may face an uphill battle. Thus far, anti-gay activists have outpaced pro-equality advocates in fundraising. Much of that money has come from the national religious right organizations that backed the successful campaign to pass California’s Proposition 8 last year. See Maine campaign heats up
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