We need to talk. Specifically, about you making like California and repealing your gay marriage law. At least you had the minor-league class to do it before it was put into effect, and, yes, it was a close (52 - 48) race, but still ( Read more... )

Or; The Continuing Afterlife of Proposition 8. Part the Umpteenth.

U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has rejected a motion to dismiss a constitutional challenge to Proposition 8What this means, for everyone who just got lost in that string of double and triple negatives (dontcha just love legalese?), is that the pro-same-sex-marriage folks are ( Read more... )

I can't decide. This is teetering on the brink between "itty bitty baby steps forward" and "what a low, douchey thing to do." I really can't decide here ( Read more... )

D.C. is starting to consider actively allowing same-sex marriage.This process is a wee bit more complicated than usual, because D.C. is not a state. Any bill that the city council passes must be approved by Congress. There'll be a fight, but I don't think it'll be much of one. D.C. already recognizes same-sex marriages performed in other states ( Read more... )

So I just got tapped to do Shakespeare fanfic recs for crack_van for the month of October. Wheeeee! I've got a page of 'em, all ready to go.

In other It's (Possibly) Gonna Happen! news, California may get same-sex marriage on its ballot again, just in time for the 2010 election. It's not like this is a major surprise, since Californians can get ( Read more... )

It is not an uncommon occurrance for me to identify something that I see as a socio-political problem and make a Grand Pronouncement about the Right Way to fix it. For example: I think that it's way past time that the U.S. started recognizing gay marriage. I've often stated that lots of states need to get on board with this program, because only ( Read more... )

Ben and Jerry's wins the Awesome Award this week, renaming an ice cream flavor in honor of Vermont's gay marriage law going into effect today.

Well, it's that special time again. That time to decide whether gay marriage should go on the ballot in California. The Fresno Bee has an interesting article on it, laying out some of the thought process behind the question ( Read more... )

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has decided to sue the federal government over the DOMA.Yes, you read that right. The state government is suing the federal government to bring down DOMA. Its grounds are that, because Massachusetts allows gay marriage but the federal government does not, the federal government is therefore denying Massachusetts ( Read more... )

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2009/06/04/nh_ties_gay_marriage_knot/Read more... )