“A vote of conscience”
Congratulations to the New York legislature for legalizing gay marriage in the state, for doing it with support from Democrats and Republicans, for stepping forward and changing the law to protect the...
View ArticleAmerica moves one step closer to gay marriage rights, and the silence from...
Today a panel of a federal appeals court in California ruled that state’s Proposition 8, an amendment to the state constitution approved by voters in 2008 to outlaw gay marriage, is an unconstitutional...
View ArticleOK, let’s make gay rights an issue in the presidential election—why not?!
I mean, it’s not like there’s already a bunch of issues in this year’s election on which the candidates (and presumptive candidates) have staked out well-reasoned and philosophically-consistent...
View ArticleIt’s the right thing to do…and now we have data!
Today’s the day we can celebrate the first anniversary of the demise of the “don’t ask don’t tell” policy that pushed 13,000 homosexual soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines out of the armed forces of...
View ArticleGay marriage news, the Anglo-American edition
It was only in passing that I mentioned last month’s election results that put another four states on the side of the angels in the fight to legalize gay marriage. There’s been an important development...
View ArticleStand by for American history
The United States Supreme Court hears arguments this week in two cases involving same-sex marriage that could make civil rights history. For those who can get beyond a knee-jerk reaction to the very...
View ArticleSCOTUS dumps DOMA: fair, simple, American
Brown v. Board of Education; United States v. Windsor: do they belong together? Yes they do: today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Windsor case is just that historic. In a very specific and...
View ArticleThis just in: Arizona governor vetoes “religious freedom” bill
Good for Gov. Jan Brewer, for taking a stand against hate and discrimination. Nobody over the age of reason is falling for this “religious freedom” argument. It’s a sign—a good sign—that the...
View ArticleThe inexorable march of justice
Another one bites the dust… Another one bites the dust… A federal judge struck down Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, handing gay rights advocates their second legal victory in as many...
View ArticleNo news is actually excellent news
It’s not that nothing happened…but today, when the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States decided not to take up any of the pending cases on same-sex marriage, as they were expected to, the...
View ArticleIt’s a good news/bad news Friday
The good news comes from the Supreme Court of the United States, which has decided that it will hear arguments on whether or not same-sex couples have a right to marry. This New York Times story...
View ArticleGet yer red-hot SCOTUS arguments, right here!
The briefs and the arguments for today’s Supreme Court of the United States hearing on the same-sex marriage case are available…go have a read and a listen, and we can all join the High Nine in...
View ArticleAdvice from the right to the right-er
Anybody can sit back and disgorge him-or-her-self of comments on the outrageous stuff in the news and on the Web; tut-tutting what Donald Trump says doesn’t really require you to burn many calories....
View ArticleIt’s the right thing to do…and now we have data!
Today’s the day we can celebrate the first anniversary of the demise of the “don’t ask don’t tell” policy that pushed 13,000 homosexual soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines out of the armed forces of...
View ArticleGay marriage news, the Anglo-American edition
It was only in passing that I mentioned last month’s election results that put another four states on the side of the angels in the fight to legalize gay marriage. There’s been an important development...
View ArticleStand by for American history
The United States Supreme Court hears arguments this week in two cases involving same-sex marriage that could make civil rights history. For those who can get beyond a knee-jerk reaction to the very...
View ArticleSCOTUS dumps DOMA: fair, simple, American
Brown v. Board of Education; United States v. Windsor: do they belong together? Yes they do: today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Windsor case is just that historic. In a very specific and...
View ArticleThis just in: Arizona governor vetoes “religious freedom” bill
Good for Gov. Jan Brewer, for taking a stand against hate and discrimination. Nobody over the age of reason is falling for this “religious freedom” argument. It’s a sign—a good sign—that the...
View ArticleIt’s a good news/bad news Friday
The good news comes from the Supreme Court of the United States, which has decided that it will hear arguments on whether or not same-sex couples have a right to marry. This New York Times story...
View ArticleGet yer red-hot SCOTUS arguments, right here!
The briefs and the arguments for today’s Supreme Court of the United States hearing on the same-sex marriage case are available…go have a read and a listen, and we can all join the High Nine in...
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