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Gay marriage handcuffs
Spring is here and the air is alive with the continual chatter of marriage. Take your choice: gay marriage or royal weddings. They are both on everyone’s radar, but one centres on etiquette while the other revolves around politics. On Monday Stephen Harper pledged that he had no secret agenda to ban abortions or same-sex ...
Why my view on same-sex marriage has changed
A former US Republican state senator explains why he now supports marriage equality: I served 12 years in the Iowa Senate, and I, like all other legislators, took an oath to defend the our state’s constitution. During my tenure in the Senate, I voted for a constitutional amendment that would have defined marriage as between ...
I preached against homosexuality, but I was wrong
In this piece, a Presbyterian minister explains his journey from preaching against homosexuality, to supporting marriage equality. *** As a Presbyterian minister, I believed it was a sin. Then I met people who really understood the stakes: Gay men A recent poll shows a huge shift in American attitudes toward gay marriage, from a 32 ...
My gay son: the face of church’s lack of respect
In this piece, a Catholic parent explains why his gay son deserves the chance to marry his partner. *** I am a Catholic who voted against Proposition 8 in 2008 and contributed $1,000 to the No on 8 Campaign, a Catholic who is sustained by regular Mass, scripture and prayer. I am also the father ...
A Catholic case for same-sex marriage
In this piece, 81-year-old Erma Durkin explains how her conscience moved her toward supporting marriage equality. *** For all of my 81 years I have absorbed, lived and taught the doctrines and spirituality of the Roman Catholic Church. My Church has directed me well to love what is right and just. Not only to stand ...
Catholic commentator: No more excuses for denying gay marriage
In this piece, Catholic columnist Marcos Breton explains how overcame the prejudices he was taught as a boy. – I never thought I’d become a full-fledged supporter of same-sex marriage, especially growing up in a socially conservative Catholic family of Mexican descent. From an early age, I had homophobia drilled into my head at church, ...
‘The Cleveland Show’ tackles gay marriage
It’s no secret that some of Seth MacFarlane’s previous forays into GLBT territory on his animated showsAmerican Dad, Family Guy and The Cleveland Show left us wondering whether he was completely clueless when it comes to gay issues. MacFarlane waded into those waters once again Sunday night on The Cleveland Show in “Terry Unmarried.” In the episode, Cleveland discovers that ...
Gay marriage is good conservatism
In the following article, Executive Editor of the London Times, Daniel Finkelstein, outlines why conservatives should be natural supporters of marriage equality. *** I want to start with a little history. I think it is necessary. On a cold Saturday morning in 1954, Peter Wildeblood stood in the dock at Lymington Magistrates Court in southern ...
Why the word ‘marriage’ matters
“Gay people will fall in love and make homes together, as we always have. Marriage equality is about whether straight people are going to recognize those relationships.” Jane Rigby, Washington Post *** At my wife’s brother’s wedding in July, my wife’s aunt and I talked about our weddings. We compared minor disasters (bad directions to ...
Redefining Marriage
In this article, US columnist, Gabriel Arana, looks at what it marriage means and what it means for him, as a gay man, to marry. *** Politics isn’t always personal, but sometimes it is. For years, I’ve watched the gay-marriage saga unfold, reporting on the Proposition 8 vote in California and the lawsuits that followed; ...
Australian Marriage Equality
