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Klarman: Why gay marriage is inevitable
With more openly gay people and strong support for same-sex unions among the young, the war is over even as the fighting continues. The year 2012 is shaping up as a big one for same-sex marriage. Last week, the Washington state Legislature passed a bill allowing gay marriage, and legislatures in Maryland and New Jersey ...
Navrátilová: Don’t deny us same-sex marriage laws
DEAR Margaret, Do you remember the first time we were on the same court? I sure do. It was at Wimbledon. I was about 17. You went to hit some serves on the clay court out back, and I helped you pick up your balls. I remember looking up to you. You were one of ...
Microsoft: Marriage equality would be good for business
Today, Microsoft is joining other Northwest employers Concur, Group Health, Nike, RealNetworks and Vulcan Inc. in support of Washington State legislation recognizing marriage equality for same-sex couples. We believe that passing this bill would be good for our business and good for the state’s economy. I wanted to take a few moments to explain why. ...
US: Across the land, Catholic support for marriage equality grows
From sea to shining sea today, articles on Catholic involvement in the marriage equality issue appeared in two separate papers. On the east coast, a New York Times analysis article assesses the evolution of legislators’ opinions on marriage equality. On the west coast, an op-ed essay in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer highlights the not-well-known-enough-fact that the ...
After 64 years together, NY pair finally get hitched
When the Columbia Library closed each night at ten, it was the custom of John Spofford Morgan, who was studying for a master’s in international affairs, to hop on the subway and head downtown to the New Verdi on West 72nd. Back then, there were two kinds of bars for gay men, he says: pickup ...
The Economist: The ALP – Having it both ways
WITH emotions running high across the political spectrum, Australia’s ruling Labor Party decided on December 3rd to drop its policy banning gay marriage. A day later, the party’s policy-making national conference in Sydney ditched another long-running ban, this time against selling Australian uranium to India. Cheers, hoots, standing ovations and shouts of support and dissent ...
Byrne: Irish Labour Says ‘I Do’ To Marriage Equality
Civil partnerships are an important step on the road to marriage equality, but they’re not enough. As the ALP debates same-sex marriage, Irish Labour MP Eric Byrne explains why his party supports it (this article was originally published on New Matilda) The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered communities in Ireland have made enormous strides in ...
Gay Marriage Opponents Mimic Objections to Interracial Marriage
Opponents of gay marriage use many of the same arguments as foes of interracial relationships did before Loving v. Virginia outlawed state bans on interracial marriage in 1967, said law professor Kim Forde-Mazrui at a talk sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Law and Lambda Law Alliance on Sept. 30. “If religious, scientific, moral opposition ...
Op ed: for Evan Wolfson, an “I Do” filled with “I Did”
New York: When Freedom to Marry’s Evan Wolfson weds his partner Cheng He on Saturday, it will cap a long effort to win the right. When I opened the invitation my breath caught. “Cheng He and Evan Wolfson invite you to join us in celebrating our exercise of the freedom to marry.” How fitting that ...
Skelton: The Legal Recognition Of Gay Marriage Is Absolutely The Right Thing To Do
The Government has announced that it is planning to launch a consultation with the aim of legalising gay marriage. It’s a very welcome announcement indeed. The case for gay marriage is clear and it is great news that the Government seems to be ready to accept the case. Same sex marriage is already legal in ...
Australian Marriage Equality
