The most accurate passer in the history of the N.F.L. and the great-great-great grandson of Brigham Young has donated $37,000 to defeat the ballot measure — which has been getting a lot of support from the Mormon Church. (Don’t got millions in the bank to help? Bribe your fam with cookies.)
From Ta-Nehisi, and worth quoting in its entirety: I thought this was worth pulling out: “I really don’t think homophobia can stand against reality. Mine couldn’t. It couldn’t stand against the reality of my cousin, sixty years old, works for the Port of Seattle, married to her partner, good head for business, great laugh. It Read More
This is dope. Connecticut became the third state to legalize same-sex marriage today in a 4-3 decision by the state Supreme Court. In an 85-page decision issued at 11:30 a.m., the court struck down a law barring same-sex marriage, ruling that the state had “failed to establish adequate reason to justify the statutory ban.” The Read More
[Photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bayard Rustin via The Kitchen Table] Back when The Root debuted, I read it every few days (sorry, I can’t bring myself to read it now, not even for a pithy round-up). I generally went there to read “Down From The Tower,” a running conversation on politics and Read More
Gov. David Paterson of New York has moved to recognize gay marriages performed in other states. Golf claps. Speaking of those other states, Sully lamented the findings in a Los Angeles Times poll that said a slim majority of Californians were opposed to gay marriage, but his spirits were buoyed by a reading a new Read More
California will allow gay marriage, which is an unalloyed good for the couples who want legal protection for their unions. Good shit. And obviously, this is a big, big deal. But how does it shake out for the Democrats in the fall? Though both Clinton and Obama have backed the mealy-mouthed notion of civil unions, Read More
