{"id":12730,"date":"2010-01-22T10:20:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T18:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/journals\/jed\/2010\/01\/22\/12730.html"},"modified":"2010-01-22T10:20:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T18:20:31","slug":"assorted-same-sex-marriage-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/2010\/01\/22\/assorted-same-sex-marriage-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Assorted same-sex marriage notes and links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I've been following the Prop 8 trial this week and last week via the magic of Firedoglake<\/a>. Teddy Partridge, Marcy Wheeler, and David Dayen have been doing a phenomenal job of liveblogging the trial, essentially transcribing it (though a fair bit of what they're writing is obviously not word-for-word transcription). It's not quite as good as getting to actually watch video of the trial, but it's a lot better than the daily summaries that most news outlets are publishing.<\/p>\n

(And by the way, FDL could use donations<\/a> to support their coverage.)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, unrelatedly, Cindy McCain endorses same-sex marriage<\/a>, despite her husband's continued opposition. I'm very pleased and impressed. Ms. McCain contacted the NOH8 website<\/a> and offered not only her support but the use of her face, in a striking photo. Way cool.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Hawaiʻian state Senate is expected to vote on civil unions<\/a> today. A petition page<\/a> is requesting signers from anywhere, not just Hawaiʻi, to show support for civil unions.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Nepal's new constitution, which is expected to be completed in a few months, will apparently recognize same-sex marriage<\/a>. And Nepal is courting gay tourism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I keep forgetting to mention that New Hampshire's recognition of same-sex marriage came into effect on January 1 of this year. Yay! Apparently fifty-four same-sex couples<\/a> got married that first day.<\/p>\n

I think I also neglected to mention here that New Jersey failed in its last chance to push through a marriage equality bill before the new governor (who's said he'll veto any such bill) takes office. Made me sad and angry, but it wasn't, alas, unexpected.<\/p>\n

Finally, Washington, D.C. easily passed<\/a> its marriage equality bill back in December; the US Congress has thirty working days to attempt to overturn that bill, but it's widely considered unlikely that that'll happen. The expectation is that same-sex couples will be able to apply for a license in D.C. as of March 2<\/a>; after a three-day waiting period, the first weddings will presumably happen on or about March 5.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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