Don't kid yourself into believing that the "pro-family" side's mission ends at banning same-sex unions. What they seek is an all-out revolution, in which they tell EVERYONE how they should live and love. This from pastor Jim Garlow, a major force behind Prop 8: *SOURCE: National Marriage Week Webinar - 1/13/10 So let's see: These "pro-family" folks tend to loathe divorce, they think that a marriage is only real when it's performed by a member of clergy, and they resist cohabitation or other arrangements. They admittedly believe that "God's law" trumps all other. Why, exactly, should anyone think that ...

Some footage from that pro-bigotry "strategy session": Religious Leaders Urge Americans to Fight Gay Marriage [CBN] Oy, it looks so boring. ...

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The Baptist Press is all up in a tizzy over the Prop. 8 trial happening this week in California. (The [...] ...

As things get underway with the Perry vs. Schwarzenegger case about the fate of gay marriage in Califronia (and perhaps, by setting some precedent, elsewhere in the States), let us take a moment to glance though the pages of MANual magazine's March 1966 issue, shall we? ...

Big Win for Partners of Foreign Service Officials – The State Department issued new rules making it easier for them to obtain foreign visas, as well as access to overseas employment opportunities and embassy medical units. The gay anti-gay preacher Puerto Rico Breaks With the World Trend Toward Gay Marriage: ” . . . for anti-gay governors, not to mention anti-gay religious groups, there can never be enough laws blocking queer folks from getting hitched.” The push to get ENDA passed in 2010 ...

This week marks the start of what the LA Times calls a "landmark" legal case for gay rights as lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies take to the courts to overturn  Proposition 8, the Californian ban on gay marriage. The case, known as Perry v. Schwa... ...

BREAKING NEWS, per MSNBC: "U.S. Supreme Court blocks broadcast of trial on California's ban of gay marriage." More to come. **UPDATE: "The high court on Monday said it will not allow video of the trial to be posted on YouTube.com, even with a delay, until the justices have more time to consider the issue. It said that Monday's order will be in place at least until Wednesday." Breyer dissented. [AP via Chron] ...

Olson's essay: The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage [Newsweek] ...

Watch the woman in red's reaction. No class whatsoever.Gay marriage bill defeated in New Jersey SenateHat/tip to Joe.My.God ...

When I was a senior in high school, homosexuality was a crime punishable in prison in Portugal. Today, that country's parliament adopted a gay marriage law. Passage of the marriage equality legislation comes as welcome news just one day after... ...

No matter how long this writer stays in the fight, it'll never cease to astound me just how deeply exuberant some people get over hurting LGBT people. Exuberant enough to hop to their feet and scream "HALLELUJAH!" (@1:12): (H/t: Joe.My.God) What can Ms. Aughtney Khan say? The spirit of inequality has filled her heart so thoroughly, her bootie simply can't be trusted to stay planted to its seat. All of those gay people who will cry themselves to sleep tonight. All of those hospital visitations that will be made ten times harder. All of those forced conversations in ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A unique 15-session miniconference addressing “Historical Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage” will be a highlight of the [...] ...

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