Showing posts with label Marriage Equality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marriage Equality. Show all posts
Monday, October 13, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
Monday, March 31, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Monday, March 3, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Monday, February 17, 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Monday, February 3, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
Indiana Marriage Equality Ban May Be Derailed
The full Indiana
House in a bipartisan vote just effectively killed an anti-gay marriage
bill — at least for now.
The House voted 52-43 to approve an amendment
to HJR3, a bill that would ask voters in November if they want to change
the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
Because
changing a constitution is a sacred act, two separate but consecutive
Indiana legislatures have to vote to make the change, and they have to
vote for and pass the exact same bill.
Tonight’s passage of the amendment would, naturally, alter the bill, and therefore they have not approved the same bill twice.
For today, at least, the people of Indiana have been spared being marked as anti-gay...
And with each passing year, there are fewer homophobes to support this kind of measure and the chances of it passing decrease.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
OK Lawmakers Consider Banning ALL Marriages
From News9:
...The idea stems from a bill filed by Rep. Mike Turner
(R-Edmond). Turner says it's an attempt to keep same-sex marriage illegal in
Oklahoma while satisfying the U.S. Constitution. Critics are calling it a
political stunt while supporters say it's what Oklahomans want.
"[My constituents are] willing to have that discussion
about whether marriage needs to be regulated by the state at all," Turner said.
Other conservative lawmakers feel the same way,
according to Turner.
"Would it be realistic for the State of Oklahoma to
say, ‘We're not going to do marriage period,'" asked News 9's Michael
Konopasek.
"That would definitely be a realistic opportunity, and
it's something that would be part of the discussion," Turner answered...
So Oklahoma Republicans are so homophobic that they are willing to throw straight people under the bus as well. As the larger Republican Party/conservative movement are trying to seem (at least on the outside) to be more inclusive, this will only hurt the GOP brand by exposing it for what it is: a safe haven of bigotry and antiquated ideas.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014
Friday, January 3, 2014
A Hunger Strike Against Marriage Equality
From Huffington Post:
Trestin Meacham, a 35-year-old Utah man, is allegedly refusing to eat anything until the state nullifies its recent decision to allow same-sex couples to get married.
At the time the above video was released, Meacham had reportedly gone
12 days without food -- surviving only on water and an occasional
vitamin -- and has lost 25 pounds.
“I cannot stand by and do nothing while this evil takes root in my home," the 35-year-old reportedly wrote on his blog.
"Some things in life are worth sacrificing one’s health and even life
if necessary. I am but a man, and do not have the money and power to
make any noticeable influence in our corrupt system. Nevertheless, I can
do something that people in power cannot ignore."
Meacham claims he will fast until Utah decides to nullify the court's decision -- nullification being a theory that the states have authority in all matters, not the federal government. It is a theory that has reportedly been used previously in an attempt to prevent integration in the public school system in the 1950s.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
New Mexico Gets Marriage Equality
From the New Mexico Supreme Court (as reported by Think Progress):
We conclude that although none of New Mexico’s marriage statutes specifically prohibit same-gender marriages, when read as a whole, the statutes have the effect of precluding same-gender couples from marrying and benefiting from the rights, protections, and responsibilities that flow from a civil marriage. Same-gender couples who wish to enter into a civil marriage with another person of their choice and to the exclusion of all others are similarly situated to opposite-gender couples who want to do the same, yet they are treated differently.
Because same-gender couples (whether lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, hereinafter “LGBT”) are a discrete group which has been subjected to a history of discrimination and violence, and which has inadequate political powerto protect itself from such treatment, the classification at issue must withstand intermediate scrutiny to be constitutional. Accordingly, New Mexico may neither constitutionally deny same-gender couples the right to marry nor deprive them of the rights, protections, and responsibilities of marriage laws, unless the proponents of the legislation—the opponents of same-gender marriage—prove that the discrimination caused by the legislation is “substantially related to an important government interest.”
Unlike most other states, New Mexico had no law specifically allowing or prohibiting marriage for same-sex couples.
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