marriage equality

Award winning actress - Cynthia Nixon - is helping a political group pass marriage equality in New York state. Initially, the group hopes to keep State Sen. Hiram Monserrate [Queens] - a "no" vote in the marriage equality debate - from winning back his seat.

A Maryland state senator has introduced a measure that would prohibit the state from recognizing gay marriages authorized elsewhere without legislative approval.

Sen. Nancy Jacobs, R-Harford, says her bill is intended to invalidate a recent opinion from Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler.

2/26/2009

At least 50 same-sex couples lined up to apply for marriage licenses the day gay unions became legal there.

Sinjoyla Townsend, 41, and her partner of 12 years, Angelisa Young, 47, claimed the first spot in line just after 6 a.m. They are already domestic partners in the city, so they are converting that partnership into a marriage license.

For the first time in United States history, the U. S. Census Bureau will be counting same-sex partners and their families.

Delena Wilkerson - publisher of 10,000 Couples - states, “Visibility is a lot to ask of some same gender couples…’hate’ is still prevalent and discrimination against the LGBT community is codified.”

More than 160 faith leaders in Iowa have joined together - to support marriage equality. The group is concerned about people and groups who cite the Bible to support their bigotry.

The AP reports:

The Interfaith Alliance of Iowa held a Statehouse news conference to say that 167 representatives from a cross-section of diverse faiths in the state had sent a letter to all 150 legislators outlining their position.

In 2009, Theodore Olson joined with David Boies - his previous adversary in Bush v. Gore - to bring the federal lawsuit [Perry v. Schwarzenegger] in an attempt to overturn Proposition 8. The voter-approved measure overturned California's constitutional right to marry a person of the same sex.

While making little sense at all, the head of a New York-based think tank testified that marriage equality helps children, but weakens the meaning of marriage.

The AP reports: