Editorial: Less Than
3/29/2013 Yesterday, two of my loved ones posted articles on Facebook that explored why it is okay to be against same-sex marriage. I responded to both, fully aware that Facebook is not…
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Inside the Supreme Court: The Case for Marriage Equality and Oral Argument
AFER Blog Post from 3/23/2013: Click to view larger> The Cases The U.S. Supreme Court is considering two cases that deal with marriage equality for gay and lesbian Americans. On…
Wealthy Gay Couples Seen Paying More If Unions Legalized
Shannon Stapleton -Pool/Getty Images–A same-sex couple embrace after being married at the Manhattan City Clerk’s office on the first day New York State’s Marriage Equality Act in this file photo….
Breaking: Military to Extend Some Benefits for Gay Partners
Leon Panetta’s last week as Defense Secretary will extend some partner benefits to gay personnel. BY MICHELLE GARCI-ADVOCATE.COM As one of his final acts as secretary of defense, is expected…
Supreme Court Will Hear DOMA Case and Prop 8 Case in 2013
The Supreme Court announced in an order that it has decided to hear the Proposition 8 case and a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013. Now, the Court…
Marriage Equality Bills Introduced in General Assembly
On their third day of session in 2013 lawmakers in both the House and Senate introduced bills that would grant same-sex couples with marriage equality.. The identical bills were sponsored…
Supreme Court Taking up Marriage Equality – Will Hear Arguments on Prop 8, DOMA
The Supreme Court has just announced that it will hear arguments in the Prop. 8 case,Hollingsworth v. Perry. What’s also exciting is that the Court simultaneously announced it’ll take up…
CD1 Debate-Do LGBT Opinons Matter?
WPRO will host First Congressional District candidates Democrat David Cicilline and Republican Brendan Doherty in a debate on October 24th at 6 p.m. The debate will be live on the radio on…
Romney Still Supports Federal Marriage Amendment
Despite a perceived possible change of course, Romney campaign surrogate Bay Buchanan says Mitt Romney still opposes federal gay marriage recognition. A surrogate for Governor Mitt Romney’s campaign has clarified…
DOMA Struck Down by New York Appeals Court
New York (CNN) – A federal appeals court in New York on Thursday became the nation’s second to deem the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. The divisive Clinton-era law was passed…
