Our Kate Lucadamo is on scene at the Empire State Pride Agenda’s Fall Dinner, where just a short time ago, Andrew Cuomo told attendees he wants to make their hopes of legal same-sex marriage a reality. “I don’t want to be the governor who just proposes marriage equality. I don’t want to be the governor [...]
A new poll shows opposition to gay marriage plummeted 6 points from last year’s survey, leaving fewer than half of those polled in opposition to its legalization. The survey, which was conducted from July to September and was released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, found that forty-two percent of Americans say they favor gay [...]
German tabloid Bild is reporting that Guido Westerwelle, the country’s openly gay foreign minister, has “married” his 43-year-old partner, event manager Michael Mronz. With the headline Secret Wedding, the paper reported that the couple entered a civil partnership in Westerwelle’s home town of Bonn on Friday. The ceremony was presided over by Bonn Mayor Juergen [...]
The number of states where gay marriage is legal will rise to five on January 1st 2010 as New Hampshire joins Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa and Vermont. This means that there is now one more option for gay and lesbian couples who want to marry out of state, but two Michigan State University professors believe they [...]
> City council members in Washington DC will vote on gay marriage on 1st December with the general consensus being that it will easily pass with a 10-2 vote. There is, however, worry from some that even if passed, Congress, who have jurisdiction over Washington DC, could decide to step in and invalidate it, though [...]
According to sources, José Sócrates, the Prime Minister of Portugal, has been busy developing a new government after the elections in September. Part of that new government is equality for the country’s LGBT citizens. On October 23, Sócrates stated that legalizing same-sex marriage will be one of the new leadership’s first changes. According to a [...]
Take a good look at this map, the essential guidelines for debate! Wow… Source Text: http://www.gayagenda.com/2009/11/sunday-funnies-gay-marriage-flow-chart/
At one time, women in this nation didn’t have the right to vote. When the suffrage movement came to fruition, and women gained the right to vote…it wasn’t voted on. At one time, interracial marriage was outlawed in parts of this country. When the ‘activist judges’ overturned that law as discriminatory…it wasn’t voted on. When [...]
Why November 28? Groups around the country are busy gearing up for large demonstrations on November 28 to launch the Year of Action for Same-Sex Marriage. The Australian Senate is due to release a landmark report on same-sex marriage two days earlier, and we intend sending a clear message to the Government that the time [...]
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