All Entries Tagged With: "gay marriage"
Minnesota Senate Gives Final Approval to Marriage Equality
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The Minnesota Senate gave final approval Monday (May 13) to a marriage equality bill and the governor has indicated he will sign it, making Minnesota the 12th state to approve allowing same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses the same as male-female couples. The vote also continues an unprecedented momentum toward [...]
2 More Democratic Senators Support Marriage Equality; 4 Left to Go
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two democratic U.S. Senators announced their support for marriage equality today, according to reports from the Human Rights Campaign, HRC. U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) announced his support via his Facebook page. He wrote: “In recent years, our country has been involved in an important discussion on the issue of marriage equality. [...]
Hillary Clinton “Comes Out” In Support of Marriage Equality
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– Today, former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, did not wait long to get back to work. Clinton openly, via a Human Rights Campaign YouTube video, states her support for marriage equality – the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in the U.S. “I support marriage for lesbian and gay couples. I [...]
Gayborhood News: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Assistant Editor– Albany, NY NY to introduce transgender nondiscrimination measure A bill is making its way in NY state legislature that would protect gender identity and expression from discrimination. This measure would add gender identity to state law that already prohibits discrimination based on race, sexual orientation, age and more. Law enforcement [...]
Obama & DOJ Enter Brief in Prop 8 Case
By Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– The Obama administration continues to back up its words of support for marriage equality with action, this week taking the seldom used strategy of submitting a brief in a Supreme Court case in which the United States is not involved. The brief also urges the high court to view discrimination [...]
Chelsea Clinton vs. Rick Warren on Marriage Equality
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– California evangelist preacher Rick Warren hasn’t changed much in four years and neither, apparently, have the questions he’s asked by reporters. In a recent interview with NBC special correspondent Chelsea Clinton, Warren complained about that when former President Bill Clinton’s daughter asked him to explain his opposition to marriage for [...]
Thinking Out Loud: Confessions of a Marriage Doubter
By: Abby Dees*/Special for TRT– I’ve been writing about marriage a lot lately, which seems weird to me because even up to my own wedding in 2008, I had mixed feelings about the massive focus on marriage equality over the last decade. I mean, when I came out in … well, a different century, we [...]
Creep of the Week: Judge Robert C. Jones; “Adoption is for Losers”
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– In the uphill battle for marriage equality, gays and lesbians have had to stare down many a disappointing court decision where bias and homophobia masqueraded as law. Granted marriage equality received a significant boost across the country from the November election, but just in case we were getting too comfortable [...]
The Religious Freedom Red Herring & DOMA
By: Abby Dees*/Special for TRT– By the time you read this, you’ll probably know if the Supreme Court has decided to hear one of the three marriage equality cases knocking at its venerable doors. I’m willing to bet a hundred bucks that the Court will agree to hear one of those appeals, and in 2013 [...]
Hallelujah! It’s Martha Wash While “It’s Raining Men”
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT– If you’ve been feeling cloudy with a chance of man-rain, have we got news for you. Martha Wash, the former lead singer of The Weather Girls, releases her first album in 20 years this December – and she’s bringing out the sun. Known for leaving a mark on the disco [...]
Organizations react to Pres. Obama’s support of gay marriage
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– This afternoon, The Rainbow Times caught up with local community leaders on their response to President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage today. Mary Bonauto, Civil Rights Project Director, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) “President Obama has traveled a road that many Americans have travelled in recent years. Gay and [...]
Executive Order Rejection: Old strategy or New campaign?
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– The Obama administration revealed a political calculation last week: Now is not a good time to sign an executive order prohibiting discrimination against LGBT people who work for federal contractors. There has been more than the usual expression of “disappointment” from various quarters, but not much more. The general tenor [...]
Maryland Joins Marriage Equality: Gov. Signs Bill into Law
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– Today, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has made history by signing the historic bill that extends marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples in his state. The newly signed law places Maryland as the eighth state to legalize gay marriage. HRC President Joe Solmonese congratulated the governor’s work and support of the [...]
DOMA ruled unconstitutional again by federal judge
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A federal district court judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday (February 22) that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates the rights of gays and lesbians to equal protection of the law. The ruling by Judge Jeffrey White of the U.S. District Court for Northern California was the second time [...]
Washington State House Approves Legislation Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
OLYMPIA – Washington United for Marriage, a broad statewide coalition of organizations, congregations, unions and business associations that will work to obtain civil marriage for lesbian and gay couples in Washington State in 2012, today hailed the Washington State House’s vote in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage legislation in Washington State. The measure passed by [...]
