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“Suspect class.” Sounds like an insult, doesn’t it? You are a member of a suspect class. We’re taking your passport. Don’t leave the state without telling the police. Except that’s not right at all. I researched the term because lawyers on our side of the Prop 8 trial kept asking about historical discrimination against gays. Does [...] Opponents of marriage equality love to position themselves as defenders of morality. Why, then, are their actions so often despicable? This is Mecklenberg County Commissioner Bill James. During a a debate on whether to offer domestic partner benefits to county employees Commissioner Vilma Leake spoke of her son, who died of AIDS in [...] This is why we’ll win: Who can take this seriously? No one who has a close gay relative, neighbor, friend, or colleague. All we have to do to win is live outside the closet. Studies show that straights who know gays are far more likely to support equality. Our opponents have never [...] So we lost the CA Supreme Court fight. Boo hoo. We’ll win the war. The next step in our battle will be to talk to EVERYONE we know about marriage equality. This video is my first stab at developing a set of answers to our opponents’ objections. I hope it can help prepare people and give [...] Cute video from Sean Chapin: Don’t flip-flop on DOMA. Opponents of marriage equality in New York are having a hard time getting their act together. One reason? From the New York Times: The state’s Roman Catholic bishops have been somewhat distracted, too, having focused their lobbying energies this session on defeating a bill that would extend the statute of limitations for victims of [...] Confused about when the Supreme Court will hand down its decision on Prop 8? Unsure of what to do the day it’s announced? My friend Matt has put together a great orientation video so you can make like a hamster (just watch the vid). I always get drawn into the this clip from The View, and how Whoopi handles herself in the discussion. She has a great solid demeanor during the whole thing — not confrontational, but not backing off her beliefs. It’s a great little case study for how to talk about marriage equality with people who don’t [...] By now, you’ve probably seen this insane analysis by Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele on how marriage equality will hurt small business: Now all of a sudden I’ve got someone who wasn’t a spouse before, that I had no responsibility for, who is now getting claimed as a spouse that I now have financial responsibility for. [...] From Maine’s governor, who previously opposed marriage equality: I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage. This new law does not force any religion to recognize a marriage that falls outside of its beliefs. [...] |
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