Tag: marriage equality

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Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry

New video from Freedom to Marry:

The freedom to marry is not a partisan value and is consistent with basic conservative values of responsibility and community, limited government and individual freedom.

Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry is a campaign to highlight and build support for the freedom to marry among young conservatives across America. They represent the rapidly growing numbers of young conservatives across the country that agree all Americans should be able to share in the freedom to marry.

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Tour de France to be targeted by anti-gay marriage protest

The anti-gay marriage activists are not going away.

Their new target?  The Tour de France.

The Local reports:

“From June 29th to July 21st, we will have an incredible global visibility  to show our fight against the law,” read a statement on a new Facebook page created to inspire protesters to line the 3,360-kilometre route.

And while the first stage of the race will get rolling on the island of Corsica, the remaining 20 stages will cover well near every corner of mainland France, offering protestors across the country the chance to snatch a bit of prime-time coverage.

Their Facebook page implored would-be demonstrators to send private messages with points on the route they would consider protesting at, giving the impression that the ‘Tour Pour Tous’ (Tour for all) will try to organize as wide a coverage of the famous event as possible.

The page also launched the hashtag #tourpourtous to prompt users on the social media site Twitter to rally to the protesters’ defence. By Wednesday, proponents and opponents alike had begun using the keyword to trade jibes.

Anti-gay activists have already targeted the French Open with a flaming protester.

(source)

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Meet Colin & Joe – gay married binational couple

From The DOMA Project – meet Colin & Joe, binational married couple facing immigration uncertainty.

Were it not for the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act,” Joe and Colin would be able to stay in the US and plan their family life as any heterosexual couple can.

THE DOMA PROJECT is a campaign launched in October 2010 by a group of married binational couples working with attorneys Lavi Soloway and Noemi Masliah.

The campaign’s purpose is to raise awareness of the cruel impact of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on married gay and lesbian bi-national couples and to bring an end to that discrimination.

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California: Marriage equality shows strong support 58% vs 36%

A new Los Angeles Times poll shows a 22% spread between supporters and opponents of marriage equality in California:

The poll found that 58% of the state’s registered voters believe same-sex marriage should be legal, compared with 36% against, a margin of 22 points. When the same pollsters asked that question three years ago, 52% favored gay marriage and 40% opposed it, a 12-point spread.

Most national polls this year have found majority support, but only one of those surveys reported it as high as 58%. The average was roughly 51% in favor of gay marriage. As in the rest of the country, more women (63%) than men (52%) in California favor same-sex marriage.

Younger California voters also support gay marriage by larger margins than older voters, the poll found. Whereas 76% of voters ages 18 to 29 support legalizing the unions, only 52% of those ages 50 to 64 agree.

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New campaign for gay marriage in Australia – “What are you having?”

Commissioned by Shelley Argent of the Australian National Spokesperson for PFLG, this new video is part of a new campaign down under:

The campaign’s theme is that: “Any child can be born gay. So marriage equality is every family’s issue.”

Spokeswoman for PFLG Shelley Argent told News Limited the campaign was designed to build support for gay marriage on the grounds that gay children were “born that way”.

“Being a lesbian or gay is not a choice,” she said. “It’s just the way you are.”

Visit www.whatruhaving.org for more information about the campaign.

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France’s first gay married couple honeymoon in Tel-Aviv

As Gay Pride kicks off in Tel Aviv, France’s first gay married couple, Vincent Autin and Bruno Boileau, are clearly enjoying life while honeymooning in ‘the White City.”

From the Times of Israel:

On Friday morning, after spending the night at the seaside mansion of French Ambassador Christophe Bigot, Autin and Boileau arrived at Tel Aviv’s Gan Meir for a morning of music and speeches before the annual Pride Parade.

“France has voted for the law of love,” Autin, a 40-year-old gay rights activist, told a group of reporters who gathered to greet him and his new spouse. “For us it’s very important to be a bridge, especially here in the Middle East, so that what’s happened in France, and the way we are received and embraced here, can become an example for the rest of the Middle East.”

Congratulations to the happy couple! More wine!

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Lambda Legal offers infographic on possible impending SCOTUS gay marriage opinions

With the US Supreme Court’s decisions on the impending California Prop 8 and the repeal of DOMA cases, Lambda Legal provides a quick and easy infographic to show what the most likely decisions and their effects on gay marriage in the USA would be.

My understanding is that SCOTUS releases decisions on Mondays. So these decisions are bound to be released on one of the remaining Mondays in this years SCOTUS calendar. Look for the 10th, 17th or 24th of this month to see what will be very big news for the LGBT community.

Click on the infographic below to enlarge.

(via Lambda Legal)

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First same-sex marriage license issued in Minnesota

From KSTP.com:

More than a dozen couples had applied for licenses in Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington counties by noon Thursday. In Pipestone County in southwestern Minnesota, which has been accepting applications since Monday, Recorder Mary Ann DeGroot said one couple signed up immediately.

A recent analysis by the state Department of Management and Budget estimated that 5,000 Minnesota gay couples would get married in the first year under the new law.

(via Towleroad)