As a great follow up to Down with DOMA, WWG sent me this video. Al Franken Fact Checks Chuck Grassley: Marriage Has Evolved Over Time This morning, in a vote of 10 to 8, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and allow [...]
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The Long Arm of DOMA
On the heels of the 3rd anniversary of Prop 8 passing, Remi came home today with some disheartening news from her work. We already knew that since she works for a federal agency, there was a good chance that they wouldn’t offer any domestic partner benefits. But over the last few years, we had heard [...]
States That Allow Same-Sex Marriage Vs. States That Allow Marriage Between First Cousins
I found this on The New Civil Rights Movement: by David Badash on December 26, 2009 · Via The New York Times (no link) and several others. Editorial note: As pointed out in the comments, the New York Times’ graphic contains an error: same-sex marriage has NOT been approved (yet) in New Jersey. If you [...]
Argentina legalizes same-sex marriage
Posted by Guest Butch, K From http://www.cnn.com/ Argentina became the first Latin American country on Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage. Lawmakers in the Senate passed the bill after 14 hours of debate that began Wednesday and carried well into early Thursday morning, the state-run Telam news agency reported. The bill had already passed the lower [...]