The New York State Senate rejected marriage equality this afternoon, but it did not go down due to lack of eloquence:
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Apparently, not every black clergy member in D.C. is being ridiculous right now. From a local station in D.C.: WASHINGTON – More than 100 pastors and faith leaders voiced their support for same-sex marriage in D.C., standing in stark contrast to protests a month earlier by other pastors. The pastors, mostly from African American [...] The New Hampshire legislature irons out its issues and legalizes gay marriage, this time in the form of a bill Gov. John Lynch will sign. CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire legislators have approved a measure that would make the state the sixth to allow gay marriage. Gov. John Lynch is expected to sign [...]
At Secular Right, Heather Mac Donald tries to argue in support of one of the most common objections to same-sex marriage: the fear that legitimizing same-sex marriages would come at the cost of sullying the institution of “traditional marriage.” Interestingly, she doesn’t focus on marriage as an institution so much as she does on the impact of same-sex marriage in the African-American community, where marriage rates are very low. From what I can tell, Mac Donald is afraid that the unintended consequence of legitimizing same-sex marriage could be to stigmatize marriage among African-American males, who – on average – hold intensely negative views on homosexuality. Today, the D.C. City Council (minus the miserable Marion Barry) voted in favor of gay marriage. The measure, approved by a vote of 12 to 1, now goes to Mayor Arian M. Fenty (D), a supporter of gay marriage. If Fenty signs it, the District will put the same-sex marriage issue directly before the [...] Further proof that Olympia Snow and Susan Collins are the last of a dying breed: BOSTON — Maine could be the next New England state to embrace same-sex marriage after the State Senate voted Thursday to legalize the practice. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 21 to 14 for a bill that would allow gay couples to [...] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bieDx14M-m8&feature=player_embedded] Unrelated: I want that t-shirt. And when it passes, there will be a rainbow. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.813552&w=425&h=350&fv=autoPlay%3Dfalse] more about “Weathering the Gay Storm.“, posted with vodpod
The Green Mountain State legalizes same-sex marriage, and in historic fashion. MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Vermont Legislature on Tuesday overrode Gov. Jim Douglas’s veto of a bill allowing gay couples to marry, mustering one more vote than needed to preserve the measure. The step makes Vermont the first state to allow same-sex [...]
(x-posted from US of J) In a rare bit of good news, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled today in favor of marriage equality: Iowa became the first state in the Midwest to approve same-sex marriage on Friday, after the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously decided that a 1998 law limiting marriage to [...] Adam at TAP: The NAACP has been walking a tightrope on gay rights. Polls show that African Americans overwhelmingly oppose gay marriage, but much of the high-level leadership of the nation’s oldest civil-rights organization opposes legal efforts to deny gays the right to marry. Last week, the national office of the NAACP leapt into [...] Sharpton goes in. “It amazes me,” he said, “when I looked at California and saw churches that had nothing to say about police brutality, nothing to say when a young black boy was shot while he was wearing police handcuffs, nothing to say when they overturned affirmative action, nothing to say when people were [...] [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.755982&w=425&h=350&fv=key%3Dc0cf508ff8] [h/t: Philip T.] Latoya from Racialicious joins Megan at Jezebel to discuss disparities in the visual coverage of fatalities and an op-ed from Charles Blow, who generalizes his way into an interesting conclusion: Marriage can be a sore subject for black women in general. According to 2007 Census Bureau data, black women are the least likely of [...] TNC, in his takedown of Slate piece in which Will Saletan calls black people a ‘left-leaning’ constituency: Any writer who’s spent significant time in the suburbs of Atlanta, on the South-Side of Chicago, or here in Harlem, knows that black people aren’t “left-leaning”–they just think the GOP is racist. Surveys may show blacks leaning-left [...] |
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