A New Jersey gay couple has won full custody of their 5-year-old twin daughters after a court battle with the children’s surrogate mother. But the case wasn’t entirely cut and dry – the surrogate mother, Angelia Robinson, was also sister to Donald Hollingsworth, husband to Sean Hollingsworth, a gay couple married in California who now…
Newt Gingrich has a new philosophy: gay people can choose to be straight like priests choose to be celibate. The presidential hopeful told the Des Moines Register editorial board that gays have a “significant range of choice within a genetic pattern” and can therefore make choices as it relates to sexual orientation. When asked whether…
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigerian Senate has voted against same-sex relationships in the country. As the bill received its third reading in the Senate, members of the upper legislative house unanimously voted in favor of passing the bill into law. The Senate increased the penalty for an offender to up to 14 years imprisonment and…
Bob Garon, 63, a war veteran from Epsom, N.H., went head-to-head with presidential candidate Mitt Romney on same-sex marriage during friendly banter at a local diner, the Boston Globe is reporting. After asking the Republican candidate on whether or not he supports the repeal of New Hampshire’s same-sex marriage law, Romney said he did. The…
TUCSON, Ariz. – Public opinion on gay marriage is shifting and the state of Arizona is a good example of this shift. In 2008 the state’s voters passed a gay marriage ban by a 56-44 margin. Now according to Public Policy Polling (PPP) they’re almost evenly divided on the issue with only 45 percent of…
Blood may be thicker than water, but it won’t help Newt Gingrich get more votes now that his sister has announced she will vote for President Obama in the next election. “He is definitely on the wrong side of history when it comes to those issues,” Candace Gingrich-Jones told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. Gingrich-Jones, 45, is…
A new website dubbed Marriage for a Reason was launched Monday by the Catholic church, premiering first at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) fall symposium. The site is aimed to educate Catholics and non-Catholics about the “essentials” of marriage. The frequently asked question, “Why can’t marriage be “redefined” to include two men…
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that “official proponents” of Proposition 8 can defend the ballot initiative in court. Proposition 8 has long been considered a discriminatory legislation that prohibits the legalization of same-sex marriage in the state of California. The court unanimously ruled with Proposition 8 sponsors who ultimately argued that due to a…
The new neighbors moved in last week, and you don’t quite know what to think. There are three adults in the household, and two of them seem to be married but you don’t know which two. They obviously work, but at the oddest of times and there are bikes in the yard, though not on…
It’s another wedding celebration in New York as funny guy Conan O’Brien officiated the nuptials of longtime costume designer Scott Gornick and partner David Gorshein at their wedding extravaganza. Conan’s TBS show has been a hit since he left primetime, due in part to the show’s desire to “push the envelope” – a welcome treat…
