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Same-sex marriage is more than just a legislative issue that states and voters debate. If you live in the US, chances are pretty high that your lil one will meet a kid with one or more gay parents at some point. When your tot comes home with questions about different types of families, or if you're a gay parent looking for some language to explain your home life to your child, these books are a Read more
Sex columnist and It Gets Better creator Dan Savage stopped by The Colbert Report last night to discuss the merits of monogamy in marriage. Earlier this month in a New York Times Magazine profile, Dan argued that straight couples put too much weight on monogamy, which is problematic because many aren't very good at it. Stephen countered that if you don't have monogamy, a marriage is nothing Read more
I'm loving this just-released video from Lush, whose employees give an inspiring and often moving declaration of support for marriage rights. Just in time for Pride Month, Lush is teaming with the Freedom to Marry campaign, which aims to end marriage discrimination and allow everyone — gay, straight, bisexual — to wed the person they love. From now until June 26, its North American shops Read more
First, Meghan McCain said it — and later mom Cindy — and now one of the Bush twins has. Barbara Bush released a video urging New Yorkers (she lives in Manhattan) to get behind gay marriage, saying, "I am Barbara Bush, and I am a New Yorker for marriage equality." The founder of a global health organization, Barbara rarely talks politics, but The New York Times dug up one of her old Yale Read more
Why did I doubt the celebrity gay marriage endorsement yesterday? Alec Baldwin restored my faith today with this video for Fight Back New York. "Why does everyone assume I'm straight. Is it the way I walk, talk," he laments. "What is it?" Alec answers Modern Family's star Jesse Tyler Ferguson's marriage proposal in August, saying there's only one reason he can't marry Jesse: New York won't allow Read more
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US District Court Judge Vaughn Walker has ruled that California's voter-approved gay marriage ban violates the US constitution. In his 136-page decision, the judge ruled that Proposition 8 violates both the due-process and equal-protection clauses of the constitution. He wrote: Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage Read more
Ruling on CA's same-sex marriage ban to come today — Daily Beast US labor market not kind to mothers — New York Times Wyclef Jean confirms that he's running for president of Haiti — Time Celebrated photographer snaps artifacts from Michael Jackson's home — Flavorwire Sean Penn in talks to play iconic literary editor Max Perkins — BuzzSugar UK version of Girl Scouts lobbying to get Read more
Yesterday, we quoted Mike Huckabee saying "children aren't puppies" when a student-reporter at The College of New Jersey asked about same-sex adoption. After his choice words went viral, Huckabee posted a bitter reply on his website and said the student took his words out of context and should probably find a career other than journalism. Silly Huck! Taking quotes out of context is what Read more
"I'm not trying to say it's better, I just think it's a different paradigm. . . . Usually in relationships, the emotional connection is really the most intense (for women), so when they break up, I have found they stay connected. Every woman that I have ever been with, besides one, is still in my life." — Rosie O'Donnell, who recently broke up with her longtime partner, told Oprah yesterday Read more
