It looks to me that President Obama has decided that it is now “safer” to be a true advocate for same-sex marriage. How else to explain his flip-flop of now telling the Department of Justice to not defend the Defense of Marriage Act when it was only one month ago when the Department had vowed [...]
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Last week, I wrote about the State Department change to passport application forms that improved gender equality. Instead of having boxes on the form for “Mother” and “Father,” the boxes would now say “Parent 1″ and “Parent 2.” Obviously, applicants with same-sex parents could not fill out the old form accurately. They would be forced [...]
Filed under: GLBT, Same-sex Marriage, Workplace | Tagged: Family Research Council, Gay rights, Hillary Clinton, Passport Application Form, Same-sex Marriage, Same-sex Parents | 2 Comments »
In the latest welcome move toward gender equality, the U.S. State Department has dropped the words “mother” and “father” from its passport application forms. Instead, applicants will need to fill out spaces labeled “Parent One” and “Parents Two.” This obviously makes sense since it reflects the changing models of family structures and eliminates the need [...]
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It was only last December that the HRC released its “Buy For Equality” report on corporate equality practices, highlighting Target’s 100% rating on LGBTQ rights. But now the gay rights group has issued a clear repudiation of the retail giant, calling on them to seriously reevaluate their donation policies, or lose all support of “fair-minded [...]
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Obviously, it was a great decision by Chief U.S District Judge Vaughn Walker to rule that California’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The ruling will certainly be appealed all the way to the Supreme Court (the NY Times gives reasons why the Supreme Court will have difficulty in reversing Judge Walker’s ruling) and, therefore, [...]
Filed under: GLBT, Law, Same-sex Marriage | Tagged: Judge Vaughn Walker, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, Prop 8 | 1 Comment »
Tomorrow (March 3) is another historic day for same-sex marriage. Unless something drastic happens, it will be the day that the Washington, D.C., law allowing same-sex marriage goes into effect. Many marriage applications are expected. That means that the Catholic Church has lost its battle to prevent the law from going into effect. As Emily [...]
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In December, I wrote that the Mexico City government had just voted 39-20 to allow people of the same sex to marry and to adopt children. This weekend, the New York Times had an article about the law, which is expected to become effective on March 4. I say “expected” because the Roman Catholic church [...]
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Senator Jim Demint of South Carolina (do I have to say that he is a Republican?) might be the most bigoted person in the Senate. Of course he has some stiff competition, but look at these examples of his bogotry. Last year, when asked about how he would feel about a gay president, he said [...]
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I recently wrote about South African President Jacob Zuma marrying his third wife. In my view, this is another example that shows how wrong religious people are to oppose same-sex marriage on the grounds that marriage has always been between one man and one woman. The fact that the Zulu culture allows marriage between one [...]
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Yesterday, I wrote about the multiple wives that South African President Jacob Zuma has taken. I mused about whether I would have any arguments against a custom of polygamy if both women and men were allowed to have multiple spouses. Today, I saw this post on Salon Broadsheet about Saudi female journalist Nadine Behair, who [...]
Filed under: Burqa and Other Veils, International, Same-sex Marriage | Tagged: Burqa and Other Veils, Jacob Zuma, Polygamy, Same-sex Marriage | 1 Comment »
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