As anyone with an Internet connection probably knows by now, Proposition 8 was overturned today. Best comprehensive coverage is probably from the Los Angeles Times; best analysis is on Prop 8 Trial Tracker. The decision is long, so more analysis is likely to come, but the quick reaction seems to be that this was about the best outcome supporters of ( Read more... )

Robert Levy of the Cato Institute signs on to co-chair the American Foundation for Equal Rights, the organization behind Perry vs. Schwarzenegger.

The Cato Institute. The Cato Institute. An ultra-conservative think tank stepping up to support the cause of same-sex marriage. This particular organization identifies as libertarian, so this isn't ( Read more... )

A consolidated feed of several pro-equality bloggers and organizations livetweeting the Proposition 8 trial.

Today marked the opening of the biggest lawsuit against Proposition 8 yet. This is the biggie, the one that could open the floodgates and bring the walls a'tumbling down: the argument that Proposition 8, and by extension all laws banning same-sex marriage, violates the Equal Protection clause (the 14th Amendment) of the U.S. Constitution.

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Mexico City has legalized same-sex marriage.

The bill calls for changing the definition of marriage in the city's civil code. Marriage is currently defined as the union of a man and a woman. The new definition will be "the free uniting of two people."

That is just about the most awesome wording to describe legal marriage ever.

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One of the best speeches I've ever seen on gay marriage, from New York State Senator Diane Savino, on the occasion of their vote on a bill to legalize it.

(This has been linked all over the web, so I apologize if it's a repeat for some of you. But it's so powerful and worth watching, that I hope you don't mind seeing it again.)

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Sadly, the bill ( Read more... )

The outcome of the election in Maine is proof positive that we should not be making decisions regarding people's civil rights at the ballot box.

Take it away, Melissa McEwan:

Historically, we have depended on the courts to make decisions about the application of constitutional guarantees in spite of popular opinion, and they have repeatedly ( Read more... )

Stayed home sick from work today. Perhaps that's why I didn't remember until after noon that today was Election Day. I considered dragging myself off the couch and away from my Gilmore Girls DVDs to go vote on the half-dozen stupid local propositions on the ballot (nothing statewide for us this year, and all the city officials were running ( Read more... )

Edit: This brief and clear analysis of the court case is very important, and you should all read it.The CA Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, but the existing marriages will be allowed to stand ( Read more... )

Go Iowa!!

If you'd told me that my childhood home state would get same-sex right mere months after my wacko progressive adopted home state got it so very wrong, I would never, ever, have believed you. Of course, Iowa has much tougher rules for amending the state constitution than California. Sigh.

Anyway, enough sadness. This is a happy thing.