gay marriage

So so so pleased to hear that In Australia's "non binding total waste of money, not a vote" if we should allow gay marriage it's been a conclusive YES!!!! I am so pleased, I feared the opposite result. Now let's see how long our dopey pollies can drag out the whole procedure...

About time, I say. Tomorrow, the law allowing gay marriages, on par with heterosexual marriages, will come to effect. Predictably, some religious communities are getting their panties in a twist about it. It is interesting that religion is such a big issue in the US, where you have separation...

In case you missed it over the weekend we hit the one year anniversary of the infamous Obergefell ruling by the Supreme Court. For a whole year now America has been able to gay marry from sea to shining sea. Incredibly this has not led to disaster and/or tyranny. For example Mike Huckabee...

Rick Santorum was on the Rachael Maddow show recently talking up how he would take down the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage if he was president. That is somewhat astounding on its own. What was more interesting was how he clearly has no idea how our federal government works. Santorum...

Judge Roy "10 Commandments" Moore to speak in Austin, Texas about gay marriage Monday, March 23. Alabaman Roy Moore is going to give a two-hour talk on why gay marriage is a slippery slope to bigamy and incest; the end of America as we know it; and a mockery of Constitutional law. I am looking...

There is evidence that some plan to abandon America altogether and seek shelter in places like Costa Rica. http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/right-wing-activist-flee-america-gay-marriage-causes-god-destroy-us So, if conservatives leave the country that they love....supposedly...what...

With our glorious tree stump (seriously, listen to one of his speeches some time) announcing last year that Ireland will have it's referendum on allowing same sex marriage some time in the spring (I'm guessing May myself), all the nutjob christian groups are coming out the woodwork recently, as...

After only being CEO for Mozilly for two weeks, Brendan Eich now steps down due to public pressure. https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/03/brendan-eich-steps-down-as-mozilla-ceo/ A little background. It was found out that in 2008 he supported proposition 8 with money. Criticism against him...

Yay, UK is England and Wales are joining the rainbow ranks! :rainbow: As a member of the Commonwealth, I will be doing that, indeed! http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/26/rainbow-flag-whitehall-same-sex-marriages The Archbishop of Canterbury has announced his approval, too.

So, if you missed it the Grammys did a stunt at their award show where 33 same sex couples got married while Macklemore performed. Naturally elements of the right wing have gone batty about this. Jim Garrow thinks everyone should repent immediately. He also thinks we should boycott all the...

Gosh it's going to be a happy time in the Cheney family, but better let somebody else carve the turkey besides Dick's daughters, Liz and Mary. Seems there is a minor family squabble. You see, Mary is gay and married to a woman, while Liz is campaigning to let gay marriage be illegal in some...

Well today was the first day that Gay Marriage was legal in NZ. 30 couples took part in the first day celebrations, including one couple who won a Marriage flight from Auckland to Queenstown and were married at 30,00 feet. So far the country hasn't devolved into hell with demons stalking the...

The Supreme Court is expected to announce some big rulings soon on cases involving same-sex marriage. I'm not super knowledgeable of the details, but I think the main cases in question are: United States v. Windsor This could potentially strike down DOMA, or parts of DOMA and give legally...

There is a lot of talk about at the moment in the UK about changes to the laws around marriage, and civil partnership. What irks me is that these are regularly touted as being the options available to heterosexual couples and gay couples - though the latter is often further qualified as meaning...

Reading CNN, looks like Rhode Island just became the 10th state to legalize gay marriage. Progress! Can't link as i'm on my phone. Then again its CNN... So you may want to confirm elsewhere.

The Definition of Marriage bill just passed - 77 votes to 44. I was watching the vote online. The gallery went wild. :) Bravo, New Zealand!

Hi all, For those interested in the slow march of equality and freedom around the world, tonight from about 9pm NZST, New Zealand's parliament is expected to hold its final reading and vote on a Bill which will legalise same-sex marriage. Granted, this probably isn't of huge interest to...

Georgia GOP chair: Straight people will enter gay marriages to get "a free ride" http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/01/georgia-republican-party-chair-straight-people-will-enter-gay-marriages-to-get-a-free-ride/ Psst! Chairwoman Everhart! Straight people don't have to wait for gay marriage...

I think the headline "Stunner" on this story is overblown. I'm actually not very surprised. I expected this to happen sooner or later. Just another sign of the times. Opposition to gay marriage is crumbling quite rapidly. I expect that Portman is just the first of many more to come. Stunner...

Call me confused. Last week, Dave wanted gay marriage to be available in Church, so long as it didn't upset any of the most dead-in-the-water reactionary people in Britain (particularly the CoE whose lay members had just voted against female bishops). Today it's actually illegal for the CoE to...