Tale of Two Mommies
Janet Jenkins has been fighting for visitation rights to her 5-year-old daughter, Isabella, for more than three years now. Throughout her ongoing custody battle with Lisa Miller, the child's biological...
View ArticleHere come the chatans
Long before December 2006, when a panel of rabbis on the Conservative Movement's committee on Jewish law and standards voted in to allow individual seminaries the option of ordaining gay rabbis and...
View ArticleMendelson Urges Recognition
City Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At large) has offered the latest word in the push to have Mayor Adrian Fenty recognize same-sex partnerships of other jurisdictions that are similar to the...
View ArticleQuestions and Carats
They may be a girl's best friend. They may even be forever. But as Jon Mervis advises, they aren't absolutely necessary. Just one of the fold in the family business, Mervis Diamond Importers, Mervis...
View ArticleJersey Juncture
Jersey Unsure With New Jersey high court's decision not to hear a marriage challenge before a trial court can develop a record, same-sex couples are left to wait With one seat vacant on the New Jersey...
View ArticleIllinois House Passes Civil Unions Bill
From the Chicago Tribune this evening: SPRINGFIELD — Civil unions would be allowed in Illinois beginning next year for same-sex couples under legislation the House passed today. The 61-52 vote followed...
View ArticleRichard Grenell Speaks Out: Obama “Deserves Credit” For Marriage Stand, Even...
Today, in light of the discussion of whether President Obama would be finishing “evolving” on marriage equality — he did — his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, was asked...
View ArticleCourt Declares Civil Unions Equal to Marriage
Massachusetts’s highest court declared civil unions to be the “equivalent of marriage” in a ruling Thursday that was hailed by marriage-equality advocates. The unanimous declaration from the...
View ArticleColorado Legislature passes civil unions bill
The Colorado House of Representatives voted 39-26 today to approve legislation that would permit civil unions for same-sex couples, all but assuring gay couples in Colorado will be able to enjoy key...
View ArticleThe flipside of gay marriage rights: Divorces begin in Minnesota, Colorado
Dawn Tuckner, a Minnesota woman, told Fox 9 that she was married to another woman in Canada back in 2004. Their relationship, however, ended three years ago. Now, Tuckner may be the first person...
View ArticlePennsylvania state legislators to introduce gay-marriage bill in House
Two Pennsylvania state representatives announced at a Thursday press conference that they plan to introduce a marriage-equality bill in the General Assembly’s lower chamber that would give same-sex...
View ArticleCarly Fiorina changes her mind on banning same-sex marriage
— Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Republican contender for the 2016 presidency, speaking with conservative blog Caffeinated Thoughts about an impending Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage. Fiorina...
View ArticleIllinois bed and breakfast discriminated against same-sex couple
An Illinois bed and breakfast discriminated against a same-sex couple when its owners rejected the pair’s request to hold their civil union ceremony in 2011, according to a ruling this week from the...
View ArticleGreece approves civil unions for same-sex couples
Greece’s parliament has approved a bill allowing gay and lesbian couples to form civil unions, becoming one of the last countries in Europe to provide any form of legal recognition to same-sex...
View ArticleEuropean Holdout: Italy could recognize same-sex relationships
Italy prepares to debate same-sex civil unions, potentially ending its LGBT anomaly in Western Europe The post European Holdout: Italy could recognize same-sex relationships appeared first on Metro...
View ArticleBermuda to hold referendum on gay marriage and civil unions
Bermuda voters will head to the polls on Thursday, June 23, to vote in a non-binding referendum on both legalizing same-sex marriage and legalizing same-sex civil unions. LGBT advocates are watching...
View ArticleChilean president to push for legalizing gay marriage
Michelle Bachelet tells the UN she intends to send the Congress a marriage equality bill early next year The post Chilean president to push for legalizing gay marriage appeared first on Metro Weekly.
View ArticlePope Francis calls for civil union laws for same-sex couples
Pontiff's comments mark a revolutionary departure from church doctrine on the issue of same-sex relationships The post Pope Francis calls for civil union laws for same-sex couples appeared first on...
View ArticleAnti-gay evangelical pastor fumes about the Pope’s support for same-sex civil...
Franklin Graham called support for same-sex unions "unthinkable in light of the Word of God" The post Anti-gay evangelical pastor fumes about the Pope’s support for same-sex civil unions appeared first...
View ArticleVatican claims Pope Francis’ comments on civil unions were taken out of context
Footage spliced together two separate parts of a 2019 interview that "led to confusion" about the Pope's stance The post Vatican claims Pope Francis’ comments on civil unions were taken out of context...
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