Results for: gay marriage
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Vatican Stands Up to Catholics & Obama by Maintaining Its Anti-Gay Position
“There’s a complete lack of distinction here between ending violence against an oppressed minority and somehow forcing people to support that minority.”
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Gays And Lesbians Decide To Support Marriage Equality, Oppose Discrimination
Rufus Wainwright is a surprise supporter of gay marriage, Houston, Salt Lake City and Desmond Tutu are working to end discrimination against LGBT people. An out gay wrestler has committed suicide, and a black conservative talks about his feelings on the Tea Party.
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Boehner Hires Really Expensive Lawyer to Defend DOMA, Is a Real Anti-Gay Go-Getter
If you were worried that your tax dollars weren’t going to be used to defend DOMA any longer, well, you can probably rest easy now.
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After NY Gay Marriage Defeat, Could New Jersey Be Our Filthy/Gorgeous Hope?
New Jersey is so close to New York, it’s practically the same place (or at least we’ll pretend it is if they vote to legalize gay marriage). Meanwhile, Denver would rather vote to roll out the red carpet for alien invaders. ALSO; Tolerance is relative when teaching middle school students, Prop. 8 still blows, and Rick Warren is loathsome as ever.
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Lady Gaga + Target = Gay BFFs No More
Turns out Target is 100% made of anti-gay assholes so Lady Gaga officially broke up with them.
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Will New Jersey Get Gay Marriage? Magic 8 Ball Says “Outlook Not So Good.”
The fight for gay marriage in New Jersey is faltering. GLAAD issues their statement on the Glambert stuff: “It is disappointing that ‘Good Morning America’ did not give Adam Lambert the opportunity to tailor his performance to their audience.” And straight people wanna commitment ceremony each other too!
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Ellen & Portia Among Gay Marriage’s Top Advocates and Bisexual Kristanna Loken Gets a Girlfriend
Kristanna Loken’s broken up with her boy and has a new girl — guess that’s why we kept seeing her out at lesbian WeHo hotspots! The New York Times ponders Ellen’s influence on the marriage equality struggle, John Mayer loves gay clubs, LiLo wants Gaga and “Cracks” looks good!
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Maine & Washington Gay Marriage Election Day “Live-Blog”!
Autostraddle will be “live-blogging” election happenings coming in from Maine (voting on Question 1, could reverse law permitting same-sex marriage) and Washington (voting on Referendum 71 which would permit “everything but” marriage for Washington same-sex couples). And you know, whatever else happens. Hopefully no-one will get hurt this time.
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Lady Gaga Makes Sh*t Happen, Demands Target Play Nice With the Gays
Lady Gaga lays the smackdown on Target and demands that they support the LGBT community if they want a piece of her Born This Way action.
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Paul Clement Keeping That “Defending DOMA” Gig by Quitting King & Spalding
Paul Clement was quickly hired by a law firm started by the architect of the Patriot Act, where he can safely pursue his desire to defend discrimination against gay people.
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Gay Marriage in Maine Loses; 53% Vote Yes on 1, Homos Remain Unpopular
Maine voted to strike down gay marriage tonight with 53% voting Yes on Question 1, which is depressing. Good news for the gays in Washington, North Carolina and Michigan, however!
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Hawaii Gets Gay Civil Unions While Wyoming Lawmakers Aim for Inequality State Status
We’d recommend you honeymoon in Honolulu and not Jackson Hole, because if you go to Jackson Hole you might magically lose all of your rights as a homo if this bill passes and we hope it doesn’t!
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Illinois Gets Civil Unions, Life-Threatening Snowstorms
Get your hot chocolate and 1989 World Series Puzzle out, it’s time to bundle up and think about how Governor of Illinois Pat Quinn signed Civil Unions legislation into law today!
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Louisiana Judge Rules Interracial Marriage, Like Gay Marriage, Will Obliterate Juvenile Happiness
A Louisiana justice of the peace denied a straight interracial couple a marriage license out of concern for their future children. A high school student in Mississippi is kicked out of the yearbook for wearing a tuxedo. And where’s the progress on DADT?
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Chik-Fil-A’s Anti-Gay Damage Control Even Sloppier Than Their Sandwiches
Like Target and Dominoes before it, Chik-Fil-A is the next corporate chain on the chopping block for supporting anti-gay groups.
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Maine’s Gay Marriage Advocates Need More Face Time, More Phillip, Less Wanton Fearmongering Distractions
With only ten days to go, the marriage equality fight in Maine heats up — we bring you the latest arguments from all sides on how to win this thing. Also, an interesting perspective on hate crimes and the war-spending budget attached to the Matthew Shepard Act.
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Judge asks: ‘How Does Gay Marriage Affect Conventional Unions?,’ Stumps Anti-Equality Lawyer
California judge dares to ask anti-equality lawyer how exactly gay marriage will affect opposite marriage. Another Prop 8 Crusader says the effect on him is being seen as a bigot for doing bigoted things. Also; Maine Update, Mormon squabbles, SECULAR SABOTAGE and … teletubbies?
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Costa Rica Says Yes To The (Lesbian Wedding) Dress
Costa Rica’s solution to Prop 8 was to not let voters pass one — an attempt to have a voter referendum banning civil unions was shot down by the nation’s top court. We support this policy, and want everyone to learn a lesson from our friends and neighbors in Latin America.
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FoxNews is Also Confused About Law Prof’s Anti-Gay Marriage Ad Controversy
A Boston College professor is in trouble for using his creds to spread hate in Maine’s Protect Marriage campaign, but FoxNews gets the headline wrong. Also, Montreal’s oldest gay bar closes its doors, Ann Coulter is an idiot, and a coming out week billboard gets vandalized.
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Prop 8 Overturned: Top 10 Smackdowns & Affirmations From Judge Walker’s 138-Page Decision
Did you read the Prop 8 Trial recaps? Even if you didn’t, you’ll LOVE the highlights from this 138-page ruling, it’s everything you’ve ever wanted to hear w/r/t your rights and the other side’s ridiculousness. Riese let me write this post because it’s easier than you reading the whole thing and cheaper than me going to therapy.