The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation issued a press release Tuesday urging community members to contact FX Networks to express concern about a defamatory claim by an antigay activist that was featured uncensored, and unchallenged, on the June 24 episode of 30 Days. The show “examines social issues in America by immersing individuals in [...]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is asking California members to join the effort to amend that state’s constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman. ”The church’s teachings and position on this moral issue are unequivocal. Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and [...]
Sen. Obama reminded us this week that he believes marriage is between a man and a woman, something LGBT people might have easily forgotten over the course of the primary. During an interview with ABC’s Jake Tapper, Obama uttered the words so cunningly crafted by the Christian right: marriage is between a man and a [...]
Just weeks after the California Supreme Court said “I do” to same-sex marriage, Macy’s West division ran full page newspaper ads in San Francisco and Los Angeles showing two wedding rings and the headline, “First comes love. Then comes marriage. And now it’s a milestone every couple in California can celebrate.” Same-sex marriages in California [...]
Fort Lauderdale attorney Dean Trantalis has been shaking hands with residents around town, introducing plans to run for Mayor of Fort Lauderdale. “I will be announcing my candidacy for the mayor of Fort Lauderdale,” Trantalis told the Express. He will emphasize his position as an openly gay candidate representing the GLBT community in the wake [...]
The Social Security Administration must recognize the children of same-sex couples, the Department of Justice determined Tuesday. The federal Defense of Marriage Act prevents Washington from recognizing or providing benefits to same-sex couples, but it does not explicitly address the benefits of children of such couples. “Although DOMA limits the definition of ‘marriage’ and ‘spouse’ [...]
An appeals court has rejected a conservative group’s latest effort to stop gay marriages in California before the November election. Florida-based “traditional values” group Liberty Counsel had asked a state appeals court to block same-sex weddings until voters could decide the issue on the November ballot. The three-judge panel of the California Court of Appeal [...]
After wedding-day celebrations subside, gay and lesbian couples from other states who marry starting this week in California face sobering challenges. Many will return home to states which explicitly reject same-sex unions. Major gay-rights groups are urging them not to rush into lawsuits demanding that their marriages be recognized. Lawyers warn that they may have [...]
Members of Norway’s parliament approved a bill Wednesday that will allow same-sex couples to wed in civil marriages, according to Agence France-Presse. The new law, which passed 84–41, requires that the terminology in marriage documents be gender-neutral. A 1993 law gave gay and lesbian couples the right to enter into civil unions, similar to marriage, [...]
A California county clerk says she’ll stop performing all marriage ceremonies shortly before a state supreme court order legalizing same-sex marriage takes effect. A newspaper says the move came after the clerk received advice from Kern County lawyers who said marriages cannot be performed in a discriminatory fashion. The Bakersfield Californian says clerk Ann Barnett [...]