The majority of Democratic presidential candidates and even some folks who consider themselves fair-minded pretend that supporting civil unions–the separate but equal remedy for gay family relationships– gives us our civil rights. Across the country, however, LGBT experience in domestic partnerships, reciprocal beneficiary relationships, and yes, civil unions, has demonstrated  that it just isn’t so.
CA is […]

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Is it a surprise to anyone that the NJ  poll conducted between Aug. 8-10 shows twice as much support for gay marriage as there is opposition? 63% favor same-sex marriage.  And just to quell the timid hearts of legislators, 72% of those polled (that’s 9% more than are in favor of marriages over civil unions) also […]

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On July 28, we celebrated marriage equality with Denise, a parent participant in Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE). Denise read Courting Equality in one afternoon, after her neighbor Orlando Del Valle lent her a copy. She was among many lesbian and gay families who gathered for Family Pride Week. Courting Equality drew a […]

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Beth Robinson c0-counsel in the landmark Baker case that essentially won equality in the Vermont courts in 1999 but lost it to a new invention called “civil unions” in the Vermont legislature in 2000 continues to push for full marriage equality. In the August 12th issue of the Rutland Herald, she sensibly defends the Vermont legislature’s […]

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The story below from Indiana illustrates one of the disastrous dilemmas that committed same-sex couples face in not being able to have a legal relationship with each other. In Massachusetts, some of the most convincing arguments put forth by our legislators as they debated whether to support our Supreme Judicial Court’s decision allowing same-sex marriage […]

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Cynthia Laird reports in the Bay Area Reporter (8/2/07) that the East Bay LGBT Democratic Club in Berkeley had a lively discussion about the pros & cons of gay marriage.
Former club president Tom Broughan argued that the marriage fight is likely to lead to even more states passing constitutional amendments that ban marriage–and often legal […]

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Marriage: Let New Mexico work it outBoston Globe, Editorial, August 2, 2007
Since the Massachusetts Department of Public Health isn’t a family court in Albuquerque, it shouldn’t have to interpret New Mexico’s marriage rules. Yet under a 1913 Massachusetts law, out-of-state couples cannot marry here if their union would be illegal at home. So DPH, which […]

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Published July 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Members of national interfaith organization bring their message to Plattsburgh during their summer campaign across the state in support of Equality of Marriage Act.
Young adults campaign for same-sex marriage in New York
By ANDREA VanVALKENBURG
Staff Writer
PLATTSBURGH “” Brian Murphy recently left a pair of shoes with Sen. Joseph […]

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