News Briefs 12/18/2008
How the hell did Rick Warren get inauguration tickets?” Salon.com, Mike Madden.
Obama defends choice of anti-gay marriage pastor, Montreal Gazette, Sheldon Alberts.
Why gays have a problem with Rick Warren - and Barack Obama, Time, John Cloud.
California gay rights leader to boycott inauguration, San Francisco Chronicle.
Gay penguins expelled from zoo colony for stealing eggs are given [...]
News Briefs 12/17/2008 (part 2)
Hungarian court annuls domestic partnerships law, The Associated Press.
Straights barred from Hungary’s D.P. registry, The Advocate, Michelle Garcia. According to this article, gay couples can still apply to the registry.
T-shirt sparks civil-rights argument at Big Bear High School, The Sun, Joe Nelson.
Maine Legislature to address gay marriage battle, The Advocate.
Phoenix domestic-partner registry in the [...]
News Briefs 12/17/2008
HRC slams inclusion of antigay Reverend Rick Warren in Obama inauguration, The Advocate, Ross von Metzke. Rick Warren is no friend to the GLBT community. Unfriendly enough that it’s kind of a slap in the face.
[Swedish] High court rejects gay priest marriage case, The Local, Peter Vinthagen Simpson.
CA gay marriage ban won by [...]
News Briefs 12/10/2008
U.S. refuses to endorse U.N. call to end gay ‘crimes’, EDGE Boston. To clarify the title, the U.N. is considering a declaration calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality (86 nations still have a total ban on male homosexuality). The U.S. does not support the declaration. Talk about unfortunate timing - why [...]
New Briefs 12/4/2008 (part 2)
Op-Ed: Same-sex marriage is too limiting, The Los Angeles Times, Robert Epstein.
Rhodes [Greece] court to rule on same-sex marriage licences issued by isle’s mayor.
Racial divisions challenge gay rights movement, NPR, Karen Grigsby Bates.
Excerpts from the above headlines follow:
News Briefs 12/2/2008
Special Investigation: Prop 8 postmortem, In Magazine, Karen Ocamb. Another lengthy, detailed analysis of the ‘No on 8′ campaign.
Marriage, yes; benefits, no - ruling to cost state workers’ same-sex partner health coverage, Republican-American, Paul Huges. An interesting and perhaps unexpected consequence of marriage equality in Connecticut.
Vatican opposes de-criminalising same-sex unions, Times Online, [...]
News Briefs 11/25/2008
Florida ban on gay adoptions ruled unconstitutional, The Maimi Herald, Carol Marbin Miller.
Conservative groups begin battle to preserve federal DOMA, 365gay.com.
The Liberty Counsel calls on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to condemn “hate-filled” marriage activists, Joe. My. God. The most recent round in a PR war?
Poll: Nearly 60 percent of Iowans support gay marriage or [...]
News Briefs - 11/24/2008 (part two)
Minorities fear trend for California gay marriage ban, The New York Times.
Probe into LDS Church’s Prop 8 donations going forward, The Salt Lake Tribune, Jessica Ravitz.
Mormons’ uneasy victory, The Washington Post, Stephen Stromberg.
Could the economy slow gay marriage efforts? The Wall Street Journal.
Next state to usher in gay marriage may be Iowa, EDGE [...]
News Briefs 11/24/2008
Prop 8 backers splinter as court fight resumes, The San Francisco Chronicle, John Wildermuth. A fascinating article; highly recommended
Gay marriage advocates rally at California capitol, The Los Angeles Times. Good news - our community must not lose momentum
Photos from Evanston Cinemark Theaters Picket, Chicago Gay Examiner, Michael Lehet.
NY gay [married] couples have same [...]
News 11/19/2008
Prop 8 hinges on who decides: judges or voters
SFGate.com
The central issue in the legal battle over Proposition 8 is whether the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage is a state constitutional amendment, which can be passed by initiative, or a constitutional revision, which can’t.
Governor Deval Patrick Honors Marriage Equality Groups
EDGE Boston
On the Fifth anniversary of [...]
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