Gay Marriage
Mormons Petition Church to Change Gay Marriage Stance
A group of Mormons have urged the church to change its position on gay marriage for the sake of Mormon families and gay individuals who have lost rights because of the church's actions. A petition going around urges both sides of the debate to be open to understanding, forgiveness, and apology.
The group's organizer
MTV News: Top 5 Cultural Milestones for Class '09
MTV News came up with what it considers the top five cultural milestones for the last graduating class of the decade. Here's what they came up with:
5. Gay marriage
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Obama's Promises to LGBT Community Not Yet Fulfilled
"I am proud to join with and support the LGBT community in an effort to set our nation on a course that recognizes LGBT Americans with full equality under the law. That is why I support extending fully equal rights and benefits to same sex couples under both state and federal law. That is why I support repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy, and the passage of laws to protect LGBT Americans from hate crimes and employment discrimination.
What If You Were Barred From a Loved One's Deathbed?
That's exactly what happened to Janice Langbehn and her children when her partner of 18 years, Lisa Pond, suddenly collapsed from an aneurysm during a family vacation and was rushed to a Miami hospital. Langbehn and her adopted children with Pond waited for hours before being informed of her condition, and when it became clear it was serious, they were barred from seeing her.
Langbehn claimed that a hospital social worker told her she was in an "anti-gay city and state" and would need health proxies — living wills, advanced directives and power-of-attorney documents — in order to see Pond.
Meghan McCain and Stephen Colbert Have a Sex Talk
Meghan McCain went on The Colbert Report last night to talk sex and the Republican Party. She sounded optimistic about the party's future, saying she's a prosex, pro-life woman and a pro-gay-marriage Republican. Of course, Stephen asked her what incentive he would have to get married if can just gay-marry and "hang out with dudes" all the time.
Say What? Carrie Prejean on Same-Sex and Opposite Marriages
"I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. We live in a land that you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage . .
Stephen Colbert Fears Armagayddon, Makes Ad
Last week an ad warning of a gay storm brewing shocked the Internet for about five minutes, at least until the casting call of auditioning actors surfaced. Now that New York's governor wants to legalize same-sex marriage, Stephen Colbert fears the storm is headed for his backyard. And it's a "threat to marriage to that won't be solved by clearing out your web browser."
Casting Call: Looking For Anti-Gay Fameballs, or Actors
Remember those sad faces this morning, saying how people getting gay married were ruining their straight married lives? OK, lives may be hyperbolic — probably just acting careers. The Human Rights Campaign dug up audition reels from the National Organization for Marriage's new ad campaign opposing gay marriage, proving beliefs can be bought.
Que Pasa? Understanding California's Prop 8 Hearings
Crowds gathered outside San Francisco's Supreme Court today while inside the court argued the hair-splitting details of the California Constitution and what it takes to change it.
The court has 90 days to make two major decisions: First, whether Prop 8, which eliminated the right to same-sex marriage, should be upheld or overturned. And second, whether the 18,000 same-sex marriages that already took place should remain valid.
Biggest Headlines of 2008: California Voters Pass Gay Marriage Ban
In November, California passed Prop 8 with 53 percent of the vote, changing the state Constitution to repeal same-sex marriage. The state's Supreme Court legalized gay marriage earlier this year, but the amendment limits marriage to heterosexual couples. Similar bans have been set in 27 states, but none of those states had previously legalized marriage.
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