The Catholic Church and NOM the largest funders of discrimination WASHINGTON – The Catholic Church is funneling unprecedented dollar amounts into the four states where marriage equality is on the ballot this fall – Minnesota, Maryland, Maine and Washington – and in many cases, parishioners may not even be aware that their dollars are being…
NEW YORK (CNN) — A federal appeals court in New York on Thursday became the nation’s second to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, finding that the Clinton-era law’s denial of federal benefits to married same-sex couples is unconstitutional. The divisive act, which was passed in 1996, bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages and…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has furthered its commitment to marriage equality, by announcing an additional $1 million investment in the four states facing marriage-related ballot measures in November – Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington. The announced investments bring the HRC’s contributions to the four ballot measures to $4.4 million and $7.3 million…
When forced to watch my friends’ latest naughty films to critique them for plot, dialogue and character development, I admit a cowboy, pizza deliverer or the ever-busy plumber occasionally stirs my interest. I fantasize what might occur should Officer Bruno or Perfect Plunger’s Mr. Fix-It come a’knocking (By the way, do the lesbian films have…
The United States Supreme Court again declined to review the National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM’s) challenge to campaign finance laws of Maine, letting continue an investigation by that state’s Ethics Commission and its attorney general into money laundering charges brought by longtime Republican presidential consultant, LGBT rights activist and founder of Californians Against Hate, Fred…
I am visiting my hometown Portland (the real one!), Maine. In the coffee shop this morning I overheard, “A deeah run into muthah’s cah dowah when she was leavin the pahkin lot.” A perfectly clear report of a common occurrence. Had this been heard in San Diego, various “wits” would claim to need a translation….
Congressman Barney Frank today released the following statement as a follow-up to his recent comments during the Democratic National Convention about the Log Cabin Republicans. I am not surprised that members of the Log Cabin Republicans are offended by my comparing them to Uncle Tom. They are no more offended than I am by their…
NEW YORK – Freedom to Marry (FM), the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund (NGLTFA) have teamed up to form United for Marriage, a national effort to recruit volunteers for the state campaigns. The campaign will use two programs to harness the growing support for marriage for…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has announced a further cash investment of $1 million in the four states facing marriage-related ballot measures in November – Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington. The cash infusion brings HRC’s contributions to legislative and electoral marriage issues in the 2011-2012 cycle to $4.8 million. “This is a tipping…
