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No, you don?t need a state sanction to get married
2012-02-09 09:24:00
Long before civil governments granted marriage licenses, men and women had been getting married for generations.  Most had their unions sanctified in a church or other religious institution. Yet, too many advocates of gay marriage whine that, until the state acts, they can’t married.  Hogwash.  No, most states still won’t recognize their unions as marriages, ...
Washington State recognizes same-sex marriages the right way
2012-02-09 08:57:00
Yesterday, the Washington State House passed a bill to recognize same-sex marriages, following the action last week of the state Senate.  Governor Christine Gregoire “is expected to sign the measure into law next week.” This is exactly how states should go about recognizing same-sex relationships, with elected legislators deciding the matter.
The most sensible argument for gay marriage
2012-02-08 16:29:00
Yesterday, an appeals court in California over-turned a voter approved ban on same sex marriage.  I have always been pro gay marriage, but could never articulate the reasons why like Newark Mayor Cory Booker.  So instead of me posting my thoughts, please watch this video.
Why marriage matters
2012-02-08 15:12:00
In the wake of the Ninth Circuit’s overturning Prop 8 yesterday as unconstitutional, it is important to take a step back from the overheated rhetoric in the debate on state recognition of same-sex marriage — a debate which alas has offered more heat than light — and attempt to offer that light, to illuminate the ...
9th Circuit declares Prop 8 Unconstitutional
2012-02-07 19:08:00
Here’s the decision. Decision is by Judge Stephen Reinhardt who is “one of the most-reversed judges before the Supreme Court“. He just handed the Republicans a campaign issue.  They can make the case that unelected judges should not be resolving issues which the constitution entrusted to legislators — and the people themselves. UPDATE:  I apologize ...
Prop 8 Decision Expected Today
2012-02-07 09:57:00
Just caught this on Memeorandum: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s public information office expects a ruling on Tuesday, Feb. 7 by 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern Time in the Perry v. Brown case challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8. “Regardless of how the 9th Circuit rules,” writes Howard Mintz in the San ...
Huntsman?s solid statement on civil unions
2012-01-09 04:47:00
Of all the candidates in Saturday night?s ABC News /Yahoo!/WMUR-TV New Hampshire Republican primary debate, Jon Huntsman offered the best (and most coherent) statement on state recognition of same-sex relationships: Well, personally, I think civil unions are fair. I support them. I think there?s such a thing as equality under the law. I?m a married ...
No, the Republicans didn?t hate on gays last night
2012-01-08 16:59:00
Based on the commentary of some of my left-of-center gay friends on Facebook last night, the Republican presidential candidates engaged in a hatefest against gay people. I did not watch the debate. I am back in my hometown of Cincinnati and preferred to spend the evening with my brother. Then, this morning, after spending time ...
Maui Hawaii Celebrate Gay Marriage this Week
2012-01-06 16:08:00
Paradise is a strong word, and I don't use it lightly. But Maui, Hawaii is truly a paradise in every way. It has glorious warm weather all year, with just enough of a breeze from the trade winds to keep you feeling refreshed. The tropical greenery and colourful flowers are spectacular, and there's nothing better than the relaxing sound of the surf crashing on the beach as you drift off to sleep every night. Wouldn't you want to get married in Paradise?! A gay Oklahoma City couple is happy to be on Maui and among the first couples to be joined in a civil union after a state law allowing such unions went into effect last  Sunday. "We are proud to be part of it," said 40-year-old Rich Tucker, a mortgage company owner, shortly before his Monday sunset ceremony with partner 37-year-old David Dobson, a Realtor. "We wanted to have the ceremony somewhere tropical. It's awesome to have accepting people that accept everyone. No one is segregated," Tucker said about Hawaii and...
Gay Marriage Comes to Cancun Mexico in 2012 #gaytravel
2011-12-31 00:10:00
Everybody wants a piece of that pink dollar!The city-state of Mexico City legalized gay marriage in 2010 and remains the only municipality in Mexico where such marriages are officially allowed.Now  Cancun and other resort areas on the Mexican Caribbean will have a new attraction for gay and lesbian couples from the US, Canada  and Europe, allowing them to legalize their unions thanks to a quirk in the local civil code, activist Patricia Novelo.Novelo said that in January the first same-sex group wedding will be held in the resort area as part of local support for the human rights of the gay community.Gay travel groups in the state say they are now preparing to market the state as a destination for gay couples to marry and will promote a mass wedding of gay couples sometime in January. (It was not clear whether the first 8 confirmed couples would wed in separate ceremonies.)The gay travel groups say that travel agencies on average receive about 200 requests per month fro...
Newt Gingrich and Gay Marriage
2011-12-22 01:30:00
Just because I criticized various media outlets — and others — who misrepresented Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s exchange with a gay Iowa Democrat (who, by his own logic, should be a big supporter of former Vice President Dick Cheney) does not mean I support the candidate. Although I have impressed with how the former ...
Putting Newt?s response to a gay Iowan in context
2011-12-21 20:42:00
A reader alerted me to an article contending that GOP presidential candidate “Newt Gingrich told a gay man and longtime resident of Oskaloosa[, Iowa] here today that he should vote for President Obama.”  According to Memeorandum, the story is generating quite the buzz in the blogosphere. Only problem is that the spin of the Democrat ...
GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
2011-12-02 04:48:00
GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGEDecember 1, 2011, Santa Fe NM - Presidential candidate and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson announced during an on-line Town Hall Thursday night that he supports civil marriage for gay Americans. Having long supported civil unions for gay couples, Johnson's decision to endorse gay marriage is based on "a great deal of deliberation, discussion with the gay community, and a conclusion that government has no business choosing who should be allowed the benefits of marriage and who should not."Announcing his support for gay marriage, Johnson said, "As a believer in individual freedom and keeping government out of personal lives, I simply cannot find a legitimate justification for federal laws, such as the Defense of Marriage Act, which 'define' marriage. That definition should be left to religions and individuals - not government. Government's role when it comes to marriage is one of granting benefits and rights to couple...
CA Supreme Court: Prop 8 backers have standing
2011-11-17 22:48:00
Even though I voted against Proposition 8 in 2008 and believe that voters should overturn it, I think the state Supreme Court got this one right: The sponsors of ballot propositions can step in to defend their initiatives from legal challenges if the governor and attorney general refuse to do so, California’s highest court said Thursday ...
Why I support gay marriage
2011-11-15 16:24:00
There’s a reason why church and state are separate. This is about people who deserve to buy property,see loved ones in the hospital,add people on to health insurance etc. You know the things most of us take for take for granted. I’m for people being able to do whatever they like as long as they... Read more »
Former Senator, Potential 2012 Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum?s Bigge
2011-02-17 07:43:00
Homophobic GOP/Republican Ex-Senator’s Google Search’s Top Results Include Lude References Of “Anal Sex”… Rick “Jeeves, fetch my embroidered smoking jacket, PLEASE” Santorum, the former (as in FIRED!!!) Pennsylvanian senator (R-Eally Strange)who would like... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Obama Evolving on Gay Marriage or Pandering for the Gay Vote?
2010-10-28 07:48:00
When Bruce e-mailed me a link to a tweet he had received on the president’s first sit down interview with gay media, I wrote back quickly saying, that the Democrat must “really must be fearing that he’s losing the gay vote”. And sure enough, following the link a few hours later, I read this on ...
Gay Weddings Planned on SAS Scandinavian Airlines in December
2010-09-16 15:52:00
Scandinavian airline SAS  plans to host the first-ever in-flight gay wedding in December, and is searching for a suitable couple to walk down the airplane aisle. "It will be a very traditional wedding," SAS spokesman Anders Lindstroem told AFP. "There will be wedding cake and dancing in the aisles." SAS has 100 gay couples in the running, with the winning entry will be chosen by an online vote . The ceremony itself would need to take place in Swedish airspace, where gay marriage is legal. As part of SAS Airlines? big new social media contest campaign titled "Love is in the Air"  on December 6, the winning gay or lesbian European-based couple get flown via SAS from Stockholm to New York, and on the way they?ll take over an entire business class cabin and have their same-sex nuptials performing in-flight by the plane?s captain.  Once they land, the newlyweds will enjoy a glam U.S. honeymoon, staying two nights at one of NYC?s finer W Hotels and then jetting off to L.A. for three nigh...
Gay marriage and the benefits of (un)democracy
2010-08-16 03:09:00
[From: Disloyal Opposition] I?m sure it comes as no surprise to anybody that I was pleased by Judge Vaughn Walker?s decision last week striking down California?s Proposition 8 and clearing the way for gay couples to enjoy the questionable benefits of marriage to the same extent as straight couples. As I?ve written in the past, ...
The GTL? Proven RIGHT Once Again ? Retailer Target Pays Heavy Price For Tak
2010-08-06 05:05:00
Supreme Court Ruling In Favor Of Corporate Campaign Donors BACFIRES On Retailer For Making Sizeable Campaign Contribution To Homophobic Minnesota Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Emmer Yep, yep — you all can go ahead and tell me what a genius I am and how wrong most of my fellow Liberals have been... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Fox News Goes Apeshit Over Gay Marriage
2010-08-05 03:55:00
I almost crashed my Smart Car into a farmers' market when I heard on NPR that a California federal district judge ruled Proposition 8 unconstitutional due to its violation of the 14 Amendment.
BREAKING: Calif. Prop 8 Gay Marriage Ban Overturned
2010-08-05 00:42:00
-By Warner Todd Huston The long awaited ruling from Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, a Reagan Appointee and one of only two openly gay federal judges, has ruled that California's Proposition 8 violates due process and equal-protection rights under the U.S. Constitution. "Moral disapproval alone is an improper basis on which to deny rights to gay men and lesbians. The evidence shows conclusively that Proposition 8 enacts, without reason, a private moral view that same-sex couples are inferior to opposite-sex couples," Walker wrote. Judge Walker said that Prop 8 failed to "advance any rational basis" to deny gay men and lesbians the legal ability to marry. Pro-traditional marriage activists promise to appeal the decision to the 9th Circuit Court...
Ricky Martin comes out as gay and gay marriage is now legal in Mexico City
2010-03-30 02:50:00
Ricky Martin come out as gay. And Mexico City legalizes gay marriage.
Arizona Challenger For Panama John Sidney McCain?s Senate Seat, J.D. Haywor
2010-03-16 04:56:00
Arizonan Crisis: Grand Canyon State’s Citizens Guaranteed To Be Cursed With Six More Years Of Idiotic Senatorial Representation No Matter Whom They Pull The Lever For In 2010 Mid-Term Election… Wow, what a choice you’ve got there, Arizonans — on the one hand, a shifty old... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
How Buttsecks Works, by gay marriage opponent Rep. Nancy Elliott (R-NH)
2010-03-09 05:41:00
[Via Boing Boing] Rep. Nancy Elliott (R-NH), in the video embedded above, explains why she opposes marriage between partners of the same sex. Snip: I started thinking, and We’re talking about taking the penis of one man and putting it in the rectum of another man, and wiggling it around in excrement, and you have to think…. ...
How Buttsecks Works, by gay marriage opponent Rep. Nancy Elliott (R-NH)
2010-03-09 05:41:00
[Via Boing Boing] Rep. Nancy Elliott (R-NH), in the video embedded above, explains why she opposes marriage between partners of the same sex. Snip: I started thinking, and We’re talking about taking the penis of one man and putting it in the rectum of another man, and wiggling it around in excrement, and you have to think…. ...
Live NY Senate Debate on Gay Marriage
2009-12-02 20:14:00
I'm absolutely fascinated by the NY Senate Debate on Gay Marriage. When can we get to this level in Illinois?...
Forced Apologies Won?t Further Gay Marriage in Golden State
2009-09-23 04:46:00
Earlier today (Tuesday), I received an e-mail from Geoff Kors, Executive Director of Equality California (EQCA), urging me to join a boycott a certain hotel to pressure its owner, Doug Manchester, to “make a public apology” for donating “$125,000 in critical seed money to put Prop. 8 on the ballot.”  Reading it, I realized that Kors ...
Perez Hilton Praises Obamacare:Refuses to Criticize Obama for Opposing Gay
2009-09-09 22:52:00
So, Perez Hilton cuts a video for Obamacare, but won’t criticize the President for having the same view on gay marriage as does beauty queen Carrie Prejean who earned multiple tongue-lashings from this left-wing celebrity blogger?
PJTV?s Crowder: Why Are You a HomophobeIf You Oppose Gay Marriage?
2009-09-04 20:18:00
Great Steve Crowder stuff!  It is a classic. He’s hilarious.  Not much I can add.  -Bruce (GayPatriot)
Maine Gay Marriage ad: ?Fluffy,? but Step in Right Direction
2009-08-22 20:40:00
“EqualityMaine” has released its first ad in the campaign to veto the people’s veto of the bill passed by the elected legislature and signed by the elected Governor to recognize same-sex marriages in the Pine Tree State. It’s a decent ad which avoids the pitfalls of some of the other so-called “equality” groups in other states; ...
How to Make the Case for Gay Marriage in Maine
2009-08-14 08:18:00
I highly doubt the leaders of Maine Freedom (sic) to Marry will solicit my advice (or that of any other gay conservative for that matter) on how to oppose the “people’s veto” slated for the Pine Tree State’s ballot this fall.  Indeed, just by checking their website, it seems they’ve already subscribed to the various ...
Equality California?s Sham Diversity
2009-08-13 22:44:00
It is all but impossible to attend a gay confab without the leaders touting their commitment to diversity, singing paeans to the ideal of diversity or apologizing for not being diverse enough.   And sure enough, at most such confabs, you’ll see that there are representatives from a great variety of gay interest groups, from transgender ...
Why I Support Delaying Measure to Repeal Prop 8
2009-08-13 00:15:00
For once, I agree with the leaders of “Equality California.”  In an e-mail today its Executive Director, Geoff Kors, after conducting outreach among various communities and listening to their members and supporters, wrote in an e-mail to its listserv that his group has decided to push off a ballot initiative to repeal Prop 8 until ...
Conservatives Can Help Veto People?s Veto of Maine Gay Marriage
2009-08-12 22:40:00
When I read that citizens in Maine were seeking to gather signatures to overturn the legislation passed by the elected representatives of the people of the Pine Tree State to recognize same-sex marriage, I hoped they would not gather the 55,087 signatures needed to place a “people’s veto” on the state ballot.  It did seem ...
Another benefit of a serious conversation about gay marriage
2009-07-23 02:46:00
I had an interesting conversation with a hard-working volunteer at the close of Outfest about loneliness in the gay community–and how our sexual ethic often exacerbates the isolation that many of us feel from time to time.  Too many of us, alas, particularly in the town where I live, see sex not as a means ...
Why Bill Clinton came out for gay marriage: getting attention(without havin
2009-07-21 00:46:00
Pardon me for not jumping for joy (or even blogging) when former President Bill Clinton came out earlier this month in support of gay marriage. Once I read the headline, I knew what it was all about.  With his wife serving as President Obama’s Secretary of State, the Democrat has been effectively sidelined and can’t otherwise ...
Vatican says 'Harry Potter Good - Gay Marriage Still Bad'
2009-07-17 22:30:00
Photo Credit: gruntzooki via Flickr The Vatican has recently lauded the most recent Harry Potter movie saying that it "made the age-old debate over good vs. evil crystal clear."Say what?  Does that mean that the Vatican is now endorsing Witches, Worlocks and Wizards?It wasn't that long ago that the Vatican was saying that Harry Potter was the enemy of God and that the use of spells and witchcraft were drawing children away from the Church and into a Wiccan lifestyle.So the Church now apparently endorses Wizards but still thinks that Same-Sex Marriage will end existence as we know it.  The Catholic church just recently launched a new group called "The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property"...
Does this mean LA black churches get the Mormon treatment?
2009-07-11 18:18:00
We all recall how in the wake of Prop 8’s passage last fall, angry gay activists, upset at the election returns, attacked Mormons for their support of the successful ballot proposition. With the New York Times reporting today that the board of the local chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is resisting efforts of its ...
BREAKING NEWS: Massachusetts AG to Sue U.S. Over DOMA Law
2009-07-08 19:54:00
LawDork has the scoop: Attorney General Martha Coakley will announce the details of a lawsuit that her office has filed challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as it relates to Massachusetts.  Currently, 16,000 married same-sex Massachusetts couples are unfairly denied federal benefits under this act. More to follow, of course…. -Bruce (GayPatriot)
They?d rather demonize Mormons than promote gay marriage
2009-07-02 09:24:00
When talking to (and reading the e-mails of) my gay friends and acquaintances about Mormons, all too many of them insist on insulting that faith and its flock, largely because of the church’s involvement in the efforts to pass Proposition 8 last fall. Recall the hysteria of the protests last fall against the passage of Prop ...
Constitutional Marriage Rights ? WHERE?A Reader?s View
2009-07-02 00:57:00
GayPatriot reader Jeff Fenner sent me this “letter to the editor” for publication.  I have reprinted in its entirety. All I can say is…. AMEN, brother! -Bruce (GayPatriot) ========== Call me crazy, but I don?t see anywhere in the United States Constitution that gives anyone the right to marry, least of all, heterosexuals. What I do see is that ...
On gender difference & political correctness
2009-07-01 21:18:00
I’m ambivalent about gay marriage in part because, in studying the history of the institution, we learn it is defined by gender difference.  Up until the 1990s, those cultures which have recognized same-sex unions either called  them something different than marriage or, if they did call them marriage, required one partner to live in the ...
Newsom?s Strategy for Gay Cash to Fuel Gubernatorial Bid
2009-06-17 22:24:00
Reading yesterday that some prominent gay donors to the Democrats were pulling out of a party fundraising dinner later this month because the President has been backtracking on promises he made to the gay community helps illuminate San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s political strategy.  It becomes increasingly clear that his decision to direct city authorities ...
Guideline for Gay Marriage Debate
2009-06-15 18:40:00
Make the case for gay marriage, not against social conservatives. UPDATE from Bruce:  Conservative Brawler has a related perspective on this topic.  When looking at the gay marriage issue, one has to ponder… what is this really all about? Gays can already have any relationship they wish, what they’re fighting for here is state-recognized status. Why? They ...
Not Wanting ?Haters? to Triumph in Gay Marriage Battles
2009-06-13 02:46:00
Perhaps the greatest irony of the campaign last fall against Proposition 8 was how readily opponents of the initiative used the most hateful language to slur their opponents as haters. So self-righteous were they in their cause that they assumed that only those with malicious motives could support the measure. In the course of the campaign, ...
Left Gets Their Pound of Flesh With Prejean?s Dethronement
2009-06-13 01:10:00
As many of you know, Carrie Prejean was dethroned earlier this week as Miss California and replaced by someone whose name will be forgotten as soon as the publicity over her recent crowning subsides.  If it is true that Miss Prejean breached her contractual obligations, as pageant executives contend, then this action was entirely justified. Given, ...
Joe Bruno Supports Gay Marriage
2009-06-11 19:34:00
You read that right. According to this site, via Andrew Sullivan, "It's time. Now. For the government to back off, let people make their own life decisions, and about how they care about and who they don't care about...." Could this be a green light to the Republicans in the ...
On the Absence of Gay Republicans at Gay Confabs
2009-06-07 20:04:00
For as long as I have observed and particpated in gay politics, I have noticed that, by and large, the diversity at gay confabs is one of appearance, not ideas.  Well, perhaps, I’m being a bit harsh, they do include a range of political opinion from socialist progressives (and communist sympathizers) to what some deem ...
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