Reported by Melanie Nathan, San Francisco, 02/09/10 . A determined Virginia State Delegate, David Englin (D-Alexandria) is again seeking a repeal of the State’s Constitutional amendment, by sponsoring House Joint Resolution 55. (co-sponsored by Delegate L. Kaye Kory, D-Falls Church.... (Continue reading)
Image via Wikipedia by Melanie Nathan, San Francisco; YOU MAY BE DENIED WHEN YOU REALLY ARE ENTITLED. A MUST READ ARTICLE FOR EVERY LGBT CALIFORNIAN. While Proposition 8 is challenged in the current court action, Perry v Schwarzenegger and every LGBT relationship... (Continue reading)
12/13/09-by Paula Brooks Former Family Ties star Meredith Baxter is reportedly getting ready to marry her longtime partner. In an interview with Today show host Matt Lauer earlier this month, the 62-year-old Baxter revealed that she had had a “later-in-life recognition” of... (Continue reading)
By Melanie Nathan: 38-24 –numbers that may win someone the lottery some day but could not be more invidiously representative of anything other than the most pusillanimous* perfidy of the year… The people of New York State are not against Gay... (Continue reading)
By Melanie Nathan - After much back and forth emanating from my article on the Manhattan Declaration, a comment by Paula Brooks (thanks Paula) sent me scurrying to the CATH PEWS site. If you have read the thread of over... (Continue reading)
by Melanie Nathan: I do not go a single day without wondering how the Federal Government can usurp the rights I have been given by my State, which rights in essence are nothing more than civil rights providing me with... (Continue reading)
NY assembly shelves gay marriage vote… (AFP) –reported 8 hours ago- NEW YORK — New York’s state assembly on Tuesday put off a tentatively planned vote on a bill that would allow same-sex marriage. “A vote did not take place. They are... (Continue reading)
I am sharing this email with our readers, Please HELP- not have another Prop 8. The vote is a tie now. Do not allow the Voters to throw our marriage away. Please sign up for the phone bank. With only 12 days left... (Continue reading)
the wake of a recent endorsement in flagrant disregard for the NAACP stand on LGBT equality as a civil rights issue, I call for the resignation of Rev. Ratiff President of IOWA and NEBRASKA NAACP. Unless willing to explicate a... (Continue reading)
8/17/09-by Paula Brooks There was a visible security presence, but no confrontations as Providence Equality Action Committee and members of the newly formed group Queer Action of Rhode Island held a peaceful protest Sunday afternoon outside the front gate of... (Continue reading)
8/16/09-by Paula Brooks A new Field Poll, released earlier this month, which looked at changes in the California electorate over the last three decades, is saying Californians have dramatically shifted their views on the hot-button issue of same-sex marriage from overwhelming... (Continue reading)
8/15/09-by Paula Brooks Bill Clinton has been in the closet for sometime now… and has been keeping a pretty low profile since his wife, Hilary Rodham Clinton’s defeat last year in the Presidential Democratic Primaries and her subsequent appointment... (Continue reading)
From the sounds of even the Republicans on the Judiciary Committee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor will be receiving a promotion to the highest court in the land. Even Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions appears to have been impressed by her testimony... (Continue reading)
It appears a Rehearing Petition has been filed with the Supreme Court of California on the issue of constitutionality of Proposition 8. The following is an email notification from the court: STRAUSS v. HORTON Case: S168047, Supreme Court of... (Continue reading)
From channel 10 news San Diego: “A new struggle is beginning between those who want Prop 8 repealed and those who want it to remain the law. While waiting for other marchers in Lemon Grove this morning, Ron DeHarte was attacked by... (Continue reading)