42 years ago today, on June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the matter of Loving v. Virginia, declaring Virginia's ban on interracial marriage unconstitutional and ending all racial marriage restrictions in the U.S.

On June 12, 2007, Mildred Loving issued a statement:

Loving for All ( Read more... )

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-LGBT-Pride-Month/

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ( Read more... )

I'm unsurprised, though still very disheartened, by California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Prop 8 yesterday ( Read more... )

The Courage Campaign's petition to the California State Supreme Court to invalidate Prop 8 and to not end 18,000 existing same-sex marriages.They've put together a video, set to Regina Spektor's "Fidelity," of photos of some of the people who will be affected if Ken Starr and the Prop 8 defenders have their way ( Read more... )

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.
I watched the swearing-in ceremony and Obama's inaugural speech in ( Read more... )

I'm thrilled that I got a chance to see history in the making last night. I still get a little choked up when I think about it ( Read more... )

I've just watched history being made.