marriage equality

Empowered Products debuts TV commercial with authentic portrayal of marriage equality and military service homecoming (VIDEO)

Steve Lee, Editor11 years ago02 mins

http://youtu.be/yaK5i-DLBPE LAS VEGAS — Empowered Products, Inc., an emerging leader in the high-growth sexual wellness sector through its award-winning PINK(R) and Gun Oil(R) brands, has aired its first-ever television commercial. The 60-second spot aired on the Bravo and E! networks in seven major U.S. markets. Empowered Products stated that it believes its commercial is the…

Kentucky ruling is the latest sign of growing marriage equality momentum

Steve Lee, Editor11 years ago03 mins

Kentucky has become the latest state to have its ban on marriage equality ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and the case will soon join others based in Utah, Nevada, Ohio and Oklahoma at the appellate level. U.S. District Court Judge John G. Heyburn II ruled that Kentucky ’s marriage amendment violates the constitutional principal…

Mark Regnerus’ junk science under scrutiny in Michigan marriage equality case

Steve Lee, Editor11 years ago11 years ago04 mins

The plaintiffs in a Michigan district court case challenging the state’s ban on marriage equality are calling for Mark Regnerus to be barred from testifying because of the roundly rejected junk science he peddled in a 2012 report demonizing gay and lesbian parents. In their motion, the plaintiffs cite Regnerus’ “flawed methodology” in his biased research,…

HRC launches ‘Americans for Marriage Equality Communications War Room’

Steve Lee, Editor11 years ago05 mins

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign today announced a Communications War Room for Americans for Marriage Equality – a coalition to advance marriage equality nationwide and provide up-to-the-minute information for lawmakers, legal experts, media, and grassroots supporters. Following the defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8 last year, new marriage equality…

Breitbart.com’s Shapiro: Hollywood’s ‘Hatred of Biblical Values’ will doom marriage equality

Steve Lee, Editor11 years ago11 years ago05 mins

Media Matters for America’s latest post about how Breitbart.com Editor-At-Large Ben Shapiro predicted that Hollywood, which he credits with shifting American public opinion in favor of marriage equality, will soon push sentiment in the other direction. He bases this assertion on the assumption that the weddings of 33 same-sex and opposite-sex couples at the 56th annual…

New HRC report highlights trend between President Obama’s use of ‘gay’ and growing support for equality

Steve Lee, Editor11 years ago11 years ago05 mins

WASHINGTON – A new report from the Human Rights Campaign shows that President Obama’s unprecedented usage of words including “lesbian,” “gay,” “bisexual” and “transgender” in his public statements is contributing immensely to the political mainstreaming of LGBT people and marriage equality within American society. The report, which also examines the public statements of former Presidents George…

Lawsuit filed for marriage equality in Florida

Steve Lee, Editor11 years ago11 years ago05 mins

Today, six same-sex couples and Equality Florida Institute are filing a lawsuit in Florida state court in Miami seeking the freedom to marry. The lawsuit argues that Florida’s laws barring same-sex couples from marriage violate the United States Constitution by denying them the legal protections and equal dignity that having the freedom to marry provides….

Federal judge rules Oklahoma ban on marriage equality unconstitutional

Steve Lee, Editor11 years ago02 mins

Today U.S. District Judge Terence Kern ruled that Oklahoma’s ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional. His ruling is stayed pending appeal, meaning marriages will not occur immediately in the state. Two plaintiff couples, Mary Bishop and Sharon Baldwin and Gay Phillips and Susan Barton, filed their case, Bishop v. Oklahoma, in the U.S. District Court for…

Political Whac-A-Mole

LGBT Weekly11 years ago11 years ago16 mins

When I attended an LGBT political training session in December, I expected to learn about financing, polling and voter identification. I did not expect to learn a new way to play Whac-A-Mole, but it was one of the more useful things I took home. For those not familiar with the arcade/midway game, Whac-A-Mole has the…