A Mothers’ Day Letter From Prop 8 Plaintiffs’ Sons
The sons of Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, one of the couples challenging California’s Prop 8 this year, have written a letter to both their moms for this special day.
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Five Ways America Has Changed Since Obama Announced His Support For Marriage Equality
From Washington state to Washington, DC, and from the Rhode Island statehouse to the Supreme Court of the United States, the country is very different from just last May.
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How The Supreme Court’s DOMA Ruling Could Upend The Immigration Debate
If the court strikes down DOMA, the fight over including same-sex couples in immigration reform will change dramatically overnight.
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Could A Win On Marriage Weaken LGBT Organizations?
“After marriage passed in the Netherlands, the movement more or less collapsed,” said the lawmaker who sponsored the Dutch marriage equality bill. Could that happen in the United States?
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Is “Treating Married Couples Differently” Constitutional?
At least four Supreme Court justices appear to think not, signaling they would strike down DOMA’s marriage definition for being unequal treatment. Justice Anthony Kennedy also criticized the law, but focused on whether Congress had the authority to pass it.
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The Moment When Justice Ginsburg Took Aim To Kill DOMA
It’s all about skim milk.
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How Much Time Did Cable News Channels Spend Covering Yesterday’s Prop. 8 Hearings?
Guess which network was the least interested. Three very different approaches to a historic day.
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What Did The Justice Whose Vote Matters Most Say About Proposition 8?
The Supreme Court’s swing vote, Justice Anthony Kennedy, had a lot to say today. Spoiler alert: Outcome unclear.
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The Golden Girls Settled The Marriage Equality Debate 22 Years Ago
“Blanche, will you marry me?” (via badassdigest.com)
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30 Photos Of Marriage Equality Demonstrators Who Couldn’t Make It To D.C.
People who couldn’t make it to the Supreme Court’s Prop 8 and DOMA arguments this week held their own rallies.
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The Lawyer And Writer Who Made Marriage Equality Happen
Evan Wolfson and Andrew Sullivan have been arguing since the 1980s that marriage equality is the key step to advancing gay rights in society. This week, the Supreme Court could make their early writings — and lives’ work — a reality.
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Clock Ticking For Politicians Who Want To Endorse Marriage Equality
One week left to be remembered as a leader on the issue.
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Ohio Senator Rob Portman Announces Support For Marriage Equality
“Log Cabin Republicans welcomes Senator Portman’s support, and encourages his GOP colleagues in the Senate to join him on the right side of history,” the group’s head says. Portman is the only sitting Republican senator to have announced support for marriage equality.
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"Gay Patriot" To Decide By Mid-April Whether To Challenge Lindsey Graham
The gay conservative is considering taking on the senior South Carolina senator in 2014. He also is taking on gay progressives — and defending DOMA.
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Obama Says Supreme Court "Called The Question" On Marriage With Proposition 8 Case
“The basic principle that America is founded on — the idea that we’re all created equal — applies to everybody, regardless of sexual orientation, as well as race or gender or religion or ethnicity,” Obama says.
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Nearly 300 Employers Tell Supreme Court To Dump DOMA
“Far from creating uniformity, DOMA obliges employers to treat an employee married to someone of the same sex and an employee married to someone of a different sex unequally,” the employers write.
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Longtime Bush Aide Leads Effort To Advance Conservative Case For Marriage Equality
Ken Mehlman tells BuzzFeed he is pushing for same-sex couples’ marriage rights “because we are conservatives, not in spite of it.” Here’s how he got 80 prominent Republicans to join him in the fight.
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Meet The Republicans Telling The Supreme Court To Let Gay People Marry
More than 80 Republicans will send a brief to the justices hearing the case over the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8. Among the most prominent figures are Ken Mehlman, Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Richard Hanna, and several former governors and House members.
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Lesbian Widow Urges Supreme Court To Declare DOMA Unconstitutional
“DOMA today operates not to defend marriage for straight people, but only to undermine the institution of marriage as it now exists where gay couples are allowed to marry,” lawyers for Edith Windsor argue in a filing at the Supreme Court.
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Obama Administration Urges Supreme Court To Strike Down DOMA
“The Constitution … requires that Section 3 be invalidated,” Obama’s Supreme Court lawyer argues.
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Opponents Of Proposition 8 Tell Supreme Court To Allow Gay Couples To Marry
“The only substantive question in this case is whether the State is entitled to exclude gay men and lesbians from the institution of marriage and deprive their relationships—their love—of the respect, and dignity and social acceptance, that heterosexual marriages enjoy,” lawyers for two California couples told the Supreme Court Thursday.
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Bishops, Who Once Fought For Inclusive Marriage Laws, Fight To Keep Gays Out
America’s Catholic bishops have gone from a strong attack on interracial marriage bans in 1967 to a plea against being “held hostage” by states that allow same-sex couples to marry in 2013.
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Only Three Senators Left Who Voted Against DOMA In Senate In 1996
“We’ve gone from a Senate that passed DOMA over my objections to one that just welcomed its first openly gay senator,” Kerry said. Sens. Boxer, Feinstein & Wyden joined Kerry in voting against DOMA in 1996.
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Supreme Court-Appointed Lawyer Argues DOMA Case Cannot Be Heard
Harvard law professor argues the Obama administration’s decision to stop defending the law in 2011 means the Supreme Court can’t hear the case. House Republican leaders cannot take the administration’s place, the lawyer also argues.
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Proposition 8 Supporters Tell Supreme Court To Keep Marriage Ban
“Our Constitution does not mandate the traditional gendered definition of marriage, but neither does our Constitution condemn it,” supporters of the marriage ban argue.
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Democratic Leaders Blast Republicans For Setting Aside $3M To Defend DOMA
“This clandestine commitment of taxpayer funds is highly irregular and objectionable, and it must end now,” Democratic leaders write to Boehner about the increased cost cap.
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Meet The Hero Of The Marriage Equality Movement
Edith Windsor never meant to be the face of a decades-long political, legal and civil-rights battle. But it’s a role that suits her well.
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House Rules In New Congress Allow Continued DOMA Defense
“Truly disheartening,” says LGBT rights advocate. But Boehner’s office says it’s just defending “checks and balances.”
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The Supreme Court Prepares For The Big Cases: “DOMPRP8”
Months before it will hear oral arguments in the cases challenging the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, the Supreme Court staff already are getting ready. Visit the DOMA/Prop 8 page at the court: DOMPRP8.aspx.
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The Seven States (Or More) That Could See Marriage Equality In 2013
The Supreme Court is hearing cases about California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act this spring. Here are the states LGBT advocates want to move to the “marriage equality” column by June, when the court’s big decisions traditionally are released.
