Yay for Washington, DC!
A day or two ago, after the US Congress declined to do anything to stop marriage equality in the District,... (More...)
A day or two ago, after the US Congress declined to do anything to stop marriage equality in the District,... (More...)
The other day, I said that Maryland Attorney General Gansler's opinion about recognition of out-of-state same-sex marriages was just a... (More...)
There've been a lot of news articles about Maryland Attorney General Douglas Ganser's recent opinion statement about whether Maryland can... (More...)
It occurs to me that some of y'all may be as unclear as I've been on why the plaintiffs in... (More...)
I've been following the Prop 8 trial this week and last week via the magic of Firedoglake. Teddy Partridge, Marcy... (More...)
Some links to places posting (mostly tweeting and liveblogging) about the Prop 8 trial today: Firedoglake liveblog Several Twitterers in... (More...)
I imagine most of you who care know that the trial about overturning Prop 8 as unconstitutional in Federal court... (More...)
Several of the New York state Senators said really good things about same-sex marriage during the debate the other day.... (More...)
I had pretty much given up on this happening, but the NY state Senate is currently debating the same-sex marriage... (More...)
Article from the Sunday Times (UK) says: "Lesbian parents better at raising children." I'm always leery of any claim that... (More...)
Referendum 71, approving strong "marriage in all but name" domestic partnerships in Washington state, looks likely to pass. There's been... (More...)
I was watching various websites Tuesday night as the Maine results came in. It was looking good for defeating Question... (More...)
Mainer, Catholic, and Vietnam vet Paul Redicker spoke in favor of marriage equality at the Maine marriage hearings in August.... (More...)
In both Maine and Washington, turnout may well be the deciding factor for the future of state recognition of same-sex... (More...)
Tacit Hydra posted a compelling call-to-action the other day, about phone banking to support marriage equality in Maine and domestic... (More...)
I hear that a lot of people in Washington state don't know about Referendum 71, which will be on the... (More...)
Assorted status updates on various same-sex-marriage-related issues from various parts of the US: Maine As you know, Bob, back in... (More...)
Back in April, Vermont's legislature passed (and then overrode a veto of) a law recognizing same-sex marriages, starting September 1.... (More...)
As a companion entry (but not a longtime companion entry) to the previous one, here are some assorted items about... (More...)
There's been much press lately about this past Sunday (June 28) having been the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.... (More...)
Nice post at Blue Hampshire about people who contributed to bringing about marriage equality—a good reminder that these things come... (More...)
Today, the New Hampshire state Senate and House voted yes to same-sex marriage, and Governor Lynch signed the bill into... (More...)
In the wake of yesterday's incredibly close, and incredibly disappointing/frustrating, New Hampshire state House vote on marriage equality, Blue Hampshire... (More...)
The New Hampshire state Senate has approved the governor's religious-protections amendment to the same-sex marriage bill! (I'm slightly oversimplifying for... (More...)
Yesterday, Gov. Lynch of New Hampshire stated that he would sign the same-sex marriage bill—but only if the legislature adds... (More...)
As expected, the New York state Assembly passed the same-sex marriage bill today. (A07732: Relates to individuals ability to marry.)... (More...)
In recent discussion of same-sex marriage, I've been pleased to see a particular term rising to new prominence: "civil marriage."... (More...)
NH state Rep. Jim Splaine, who's been working hard to make same-sex marriage legal in NH, was kind enough to... (More...)
A couple hours ago, the Maine legislature passed their same-sex marriage bill along to Gov. Baldacci. And he immediately signed... (More...)
I keep neglecting to link to tacithydra's excellent and thorough set of same-sex marriage entries. A bunch of info I'm... (More...)
I keep forgetting to link to Nate Silver's statistical analysis of when each state would defeat a same-sex-marriage ban. There... (More...)
Some videos worth watching: Gay Vermont teen gives testimony in favor of same-sex marriage in March, during the hearings before... (More...)
As y'all may know, Gov. Paterson of New York introduced a bill to legalize same-sex marriage last week. Unfortunately, there's... (More...)
It's easy for those of us (including me) who weren't paying close attention to Iowa to conclude that the same-sex... (More...)
There are two possible ways that Iowa could attempt to amend its constitution to stop same-sex marriage: Hold a constitutional... (More...)
I'm totally delighted to report that Vermont has legalized same-sex marriage, overriding the governor's veto. Same-sex marriages in Vermont will... (More...)
A year and a half ago, a judge in Iowa declared that Iowa's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The... (More...)
I tuned into the Prop. 8 webcast late, most of the way through the Deputy Attorney General's argument. Unfortunately, my... (More...)
In case anyone doesn't know this, the California Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments about whether to repeal Prop.... (More...)
David Quigg of HuffPost has (imo) a pretty sensible discussion of the Rick Warren matter. His "what would Obama do"... (More...)
I was very pleased that today featured Connecticut's first same-sex marriages. Go, CT! No time or energy to say more.... (More...)
On the way home from the East Bay today, I turned on the radio in time to hear the end... (More...)
A few links of possible interest: Asian-Americans have been remarkably supportive of gay rights. "We think of anti-miscegenation laws that... (More...)
I've had kind of a rough day. The fate of Proposition 8 is somewhat up in the air. All precincts... (More...)
Before I went to vote today, I grabbed a tape measure. The church down the block, which hosts my polling... (More...)
I've now edited the previous entry to add this link, but for anyone who read that entry before I updated... (More...)
I was skeptical about Gavin Newsom back when he was first running for mayor of San Francisco. I was also... (More...)
Senator Dianne Feinstein has finally stepped forward with a 30-second No On 8 ad. "It's about discrimination, and we must... (More...)
Tuesday evening, I went tabling: stood with four or five co-workers (none of whom I'd met before in person, but... (More...)
I've seen various pages that go into long involved detailed debunkings of the fearmongering Yes On 8 ads, but I've... (More...)
I completely failed to mention that there were various No On 8 rallies in the Bay Area today. Sorry about... (More...)
Here are a wide variety of ways, big and small, in which Californians can help defeat Proposition 8. This is... (More...)
I'm disheartened to see that the latest poll shows Yes On 8 way ahead of No On 8. That poll... (More...)
If you've been thinking about helping save same-sex marriage in California, by donating to the No on Proposition 8 campaign,... (More...)
Excellent news from the East coast: the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have the right to get... (More...)
According to various folks opposed to same-sex marriage, the definition of marriage has been a constant forever. The idea of... (More...)
I was pleased and heartened the other day to see this news item: "Ballot description for same-sex marriage measure changed."... (More...)
Lots of heartwarming news and photos from around the state today: Brief reports from Bay Area counties from this morning.... (More...)
The Mercury News this afternoon had a report on the first fully-state-recognized same-sex weddings in San Francisco and Oakland. Yay!... (More...)
Those of you who've been following the same-sex-marriage situation in CA may've noticed something odd (I'm almost tempted to say... (More...)
I've still got a bunch of entries on this topic waiting to be written, but I'm gonna leapfrog over those... (More...)
I've seen a lot of confusion over what's going to be happening over the next few months. Here's an attempt... (More...)
As I was reading the opinion in the CA same-sex marriage case, I started taking notes for my own use,... (More...)
The California Supreme Court has posted their opinion (PDF file) in the same-sex marriage case, a couple weeks earlier than... (More...)
Scalzi recently posted an entry about poly marriage. A couple of commenters there brought up a concern I've encountered before:... (More...)
In case anyone doesn't know, the California Supreme Court is going to have a special three-hour hearing (their hearings are... (More...)
I was delighted to read this evening that a judge in Polk County, Iowa, the most populous county in the... (More...)
Here are some assorted items related to same-sex marriage: I imagine most of you who care have heard by now... (More...)
The American Prospect recently published a remarkably optimistic article about same-sex marriage by E. J. Graff. Here's the blurb from the... (More...)
This is probably all old news by now, but I wanted to at least note it all in passing. I... (More...)
Wow. I had been assuming that this wouldn't come to a vote for a long time, and that when it... (More...)
I meant to mention: yesterday, the California state Senate voted to legalize same-sex marriage. "It is the first time a... (More...)
Yesterday my high school friend Mark got married, to a Colombian man named Juan. They actually got semi-legally married a... (More...)
No, wait, it's not these things below that have no brain, it's me. I'm near to sleep; have not slept... (More...)
Vardibidian has been posting a lot of good stuff lately. For example, I found Walt Whitman's "Election Day, November, 1884"... (More...)
In Oregon, Measure 36 on this year's ballot adds the following to the Oregon state constitution: It is the policy... (More...)
In happy news entirely unrelated to the debate, the US House of Representatives has voted down the anti-same-sex-marriage amendment.... (More...)
Last night, had a nice dinner with David M. at Rangoon, that Burmese place in downtown Palo Alto. Good food... (More...)
San Francisco's mayor Gavin Newsom was on KQED radio's Forum talk show the other day. (You can listen to the... (More...)
Let's begin with the Boston Globe article about Sunday night, which starts with my favorite photo so far, two men... (More...)
In the midst of all the awful stuff happening lately, I think it's worth pausing to celebrate one bit of... (More...)
Peter at Special Agency pointed the other day to the Boston Phoenix (Boston alternative paper) Constitutional Convention blog. I hadn't... (More...)
Some of this is old news by now, but here goes anyway: Transcript of Bush announcing the Federal Marriage Amendment.... (More...)
It turns out there were (at least) two other pieces of good news yesterday, in addition to it being Dr.... (More...)
Not gonna say anything substantial in this, just providing some links: White House press briefing on same-sex marriage. A little... (More...)
Today was heavily mixed. Continued problems with my project at work, plus continued stress about the new commute stuff (thanks... (More...)
I didn't expect any better from Dianne Feinstein, who near as I can tell is more or less a conservative;... (More...)
I should start with the happy part: had dinner this evening with some friends, and I had forgotten that the... (More...)
Yes, it's another one of those entries. The sort that consist of a long bullet list of nigh-unrelated items. A... (More...)
Inspired by Heather's comments the other day (thanks, Heather!), I headed up to San Francisco today to watch same-sex couples... (More...)
I don't have time to post all of the interesting news I've heard about today (human therapeutic cloning in South... (More...)
Massachusetts supreme court has ruled that civil unions would be insufficient to satisfy its requirement of equal treatment for same-sex... (More...)
Heard about this on the radio last night: a Utah triad is challenging the ban on polygamy. As Scalia (?)... (More...)
Taking a brief time-out from packing (which is exacerbating my cold; my fault, for letting everything get so dusty) to... (More...)
I haven't had time to read the court's opinion in Goodridge, et al. v. Department of Public Health, et al.,... (More...)
Despite best intentions, I never did post anything for National Coming Out Day on Saturday. Last Wednesday, Diana and I... (More...)
I've long had mixed feelings about William Safire, but I think his latest column ("The Bedroom Door") is pretty good.... (More...)
Just read the Supreme Court's opinions (that's a PDF file) in the Texas sodomy case (Lawrence et al. v. Texas).... (More...)
Two minor victories: New York City has decided to recognize same-sex partnerships that have been recognized elsewhere. For example, if... (More...)