(CNN) — Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, a socially moderate Republican, announced on Tuesday his support for same-sex marriage, becoming the second Republican in the chamber to support it. “Same-sex couples should have the right to civil marriage,” he wrote in a statement. “Our time on this earth is limited, I know that better than…
(CNN) — Sen. Bob Casey, a socially conservative Democrat and Pennsylvania’s senior senator, announced his support for same-sex marriage Monday saying he had been influenced in part by “letters written to me by LGBT Pennsylvanians and their families.” “After much deliberation and after reviewing the legal, public policy, and civil rights questions presented, I support…
(CNN) — As the justices of the Supreme Court now contemplate two same-sex marriage cases, and national polls show growing support for allowing gays and lesbians to marry, a debate has broken out over whether Republican presidential candidates in 2016 will embrace the idea. Karl Rove, the former White House political adviser in the George…
From Queerty.com comes a touching video from father of three Jack Montgomery, of Washington, D.C., who wrote an open letter to Justice Antonin Scalia and his fellow Supreme justices regarding Scalia’s speculation as to the potential “deleterious” effects of kids having same-sex parents. Montgomery and his husband Kelly Vielmo adopted three siblings from D.C.’s foster…
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The Supreme Court is toiling over a decision on two landmark cases involving same-sex marriage. But many companies have already decided to support them. Last week, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz publicly told off an investor who complained that the coffee giant’s support of same-sex couples was hurting profits. “It’s a free…
While Supreme Court coverage over two potentially decisive blows to the anti-gay marriage movement continues to spill over, the Atlantic.com has unearthed some amazing video from a same-sex marriage protest from 1971. The video, posted in three approximately ten-minute segments on YouTube, shows the Gay Activist Alliance (GAA), one of two major gay organizations to…
Planned Parenthood supports marriage equality Dear Editor, Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in defense of and opposition to marriage equality. Among the issues addressed were the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban approved by voters in 2008. Why is Planned Parenthood, the nation’s leading provider of reproductive and sexual…
WASHINGTON — Over the past twenty four hours, many of America’s most recognized brand names and Hollywood’s biggest stars have joined millions of people around the world in sharing a modified red version of the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) logo in support of marriage equality. HRC, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization,…
As the Supreme Court hears arguments on pivotal same-sex marriage cases this week, TIME releases two separate covers — “Gay Marriage Already Won.” — each featuring an intimate portrait of a committed gay couple: one male, one female. TIME Managing Editor Rick Stengel writes, “Whatever the Supreme Court decides, it seems clear that the majority…
SAN DIEGO, UT TV Primetime – National gay rights activist Sean Sala took on and debated Jennifer Thieme from the ‘Ruth Institute’ an affiliate of the National Organization for Marriage, An organization that endorses that being a gay man leads to being a pedophile, same sex relationships are incest and gays cannot adopt. Watch…
