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SSM Advocates: "Marriage is About Soul Building"

May 3, 2011 – 4:27 pm

So my question, why is the government in the soul-building business? This in the Rainbow Times: Reverend Gene Dyszlewski, Pastor of Riverside Congregational Church in East Providence and the head of the Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality – an organization composed of more than 100 leaders from the faith community, disputes the assertions made by […]

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Not Bitter, Not Besieged, But Very Concerned

May 3, 2011 – 4:00 pm

Adam Liptak quoted me more or less accurately, but his emotional evaluation of our cell phone call is way off mark–as readers might have seen if he had also quoted my litany of the victories for marriage won over this year, and over the past few years. Not bitter, and not besieged (as we keep […]

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Andrew Sullivan on "Bullies in the Gay Rights Movement"

April 27, 2011 – 2:20 pm

It is strange to see so many folks describe marriage as a “deeply unpopular” cause. As I told a Politico reporter yesterday, given our ability to win on this issue over and over in blue states, it is impossible to believe this is an “unpopular” cause among the American people, or that it hurts Republicans. […]

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HRC Goes After Paul Clement's Law Firm

April 23, 2011 – 6:49 pm

Is everyone entitled to a lawyer? Not in HRC’s eyes. HRC is openly attempting to hurt an entire law firm, because one of its lawyers took on a client HRC does not like: the House’s defense of the Defense of Marriage Act. This kind of thing has been done behind the scenes many times–the use […]

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Breaking News: Prop 8 Supporters Have a Right To Appeal, Killer Legal Brief Says

April 23, 2011 – 6:38 pm

Protect Marriage, the official proponents of Prop 8, filed a killer legal response to the argument by gay marriage advocates that higher courts may not review Judge Walker’s ruling, because ballot initiative proponents lack the standing to sue. A summary is here. I love the quote from legal eagle Chuck Cooper’s brief: “[I]nitiative proponents have authority […]

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Santorum Makes Headway?

April 22, 2011 – 10:28 am

A communication from a good friend who LOVES Rick Santorum: Thought you might be interested to see how Senator Rick Santorum is making headway in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. New Hampshire: Rick Santorum has been to NH 14 times. More than any other candidate. He just won a NH Tea Party Straw Poll […]

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Delaware Lets Boyfriends and Girlfriends Sue for Rights to Your Child

April 20, 2011 – 12:02 pm

So a lesbian mom adopts a child in Kazakhstan. Her girlfriend says she intended to file for a joint adoption in Delaware but no papers were filed before they broke up. Delaware’s high court rules the adopted mom’s the mom, end of story. The Delaware legislature passes a law to give girlfriends and boyfriends potential […]

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The Formerly Conservative Lawyer Known as Ted Olson

April 20, 2011 – 11:53 am

Ted Olson definitely used to be a judicial conservative. So why is he in court now arguing the First Amendment requires the release of videotapes that the judge promised would never be used, and that the Supreme Court ruled could not be broadcast? Here’s the argument: “The Olson team’s brief countered, saying a 1982 U.S. […]

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Why Supporting Marriage is Not "Anti-Gay": Rep. Quigley and I Have a Heart-to-Heart

April 20, 2011 – 10:00 am

I don’t expect any gay marriage activist to appreciate this exchange, but I did. Gay parents can be good parents, just as single moms and dads, or remarried parents can be good parents. That doesn’t mean we should abandon the idea, or the ideal that children should be loved and cared for by the man […]

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Re: Louisiana's Refusal to Issue a Birth Certificate to Two Gay Men who Adopted a Child in New York

April 19, 2011 – 11:51 am

Two men adopt a child in New York. They ask Louisiana to issue a birth certificate with both their names on it. Louisiana’s birth certificate law does not permit this, in part because Louisiana does not permit joint adoption by unmarried individuals. The LA Times is denouncing Louisiana, and the appellate court decision upholding Louisiana’s right […]

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TX Gov. Perry has a Question for Rhode Island Gov. Chafee!

April 18, 2011 – 2:14 pm

Gov. Rick Perry is considering running for prez. And on the quasi-campaign trail, he’s taken to saying this about gay marriage: “There is still a land of opportunity, friends — it’s called Texas,” Perry said. “We’re creating more jobs than any other state in the nation. … Would you rather live in a state like this, […]

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"Virginia Debates Adoptions by Gay Couples"

April 18, 2011 – 11:11 am

This is a deeply misleading headline, since the actual debate is whether the government of Virginia should put adoption agencies that don’t place children with unmarried gay couples out of business. And it produces utterly strange comments in support of the proposed regs like this one: “There’s currently over 5,500 children in the foster care […]

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SCOTUS Blog Chronicles Judge Walker's Malfeasance

April 18, 2011 – 10:43 am

“FURTHER UPDATE: Plea to make public Prop. 8 trial video” (SCOTUS blog) —I’m glad Protect Marriage filed this motion to protect the videotapes, but it’s probably “moot” by now. Walker (I really don’t think he deserves the title of respect “Judge” at this point) has made sure multiple people have copies of the videotape. And […]

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What If They Called an Ambush And Nobody Came?

April 15, 2011 – 7:20 pm

Just before I went into my testimony this morning, I was approached by a man – and his friend with a flip cam. Here’s the exchange. You be the judge. (Their website weirdly claims that I agreed SSM reduces gay teen suicide. Um, no, here’s exactly what I said: “I took the trouble to find out […]

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Dan Savage and Me

April 15, 2011 – 2:52 pm

Dan Savage is obsessed with me. I posted one comment on our blog and he’s since written three responses: this is the latest and weirdest, because it involved postponing answering a man’s question in order to engage in an extended diatribe against (conversation with?) me. Several readers have wondered why I didn’t really respond to […]

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