LOS ANGELES (CNN) — The Republican National Committee approved two resolutions Friday re-affirming the party’s position on marriage, a move designed to mollify social conservatives angry at GOP leaders who have suggested Republicans tone down their rhetoric in opposition of same -sex marriage in order to appeal to younger voters. The resolutions were approved by…
Olympia, WA (KCPQ-CNN) — State Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit Tuesday against Arlene’s Flowers and Gifts of Richland, Wash., for refusing to provide wedding flowers for a same-sex marriage ceremony. The Attorney General’s Office said that on March 1, Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene’s Flowers, refused to provide wedding flowers to…
When Rick Santorum ran for president, people asked if I was offended as a gay man. My reply, “No, I’m offended as a Pennsylvania native.” Similarly, the Supreme Court arguments on marriage equality didn’t upset me as a gay man, but the suspicious use of data offended me as a scientist. Let’s start with Justice…
(CNN) — Are Catholics who support same-sex marriage and take communion like people who commit perjury? That was the stance taken by Detroit’s archibishop on Sunday, after an academic with ties to the church wrote that Catholics in favor of gay marriage should skip communion. In Sunday’s Detroit Free Press, the archibishop said Catholics who…
(CNN) — Sen. Tim Johnson, D-South Dakota, on Monday joined the wave of senators from his party who are endorsing same-sex marriage for the first time. The third-term senator, who’s not seeking re-election next year, said in a statement his “views have evolved sufficiently to support marriage equality legislation.” “This position doesn’t require any religious…
(CNN) — Olympia Snowe, who after serving three terms in the U.S. Senate did not seek re-election last year, said in an interview Friday that as public opinion has shifted on same-sex marriage, so have her views. “I think obviously this has evolved over time on the whole issue for the whole country and the…
(CNN) — The ranks of Senate Democrats who back same-sex marriage grew Friday morning by two as Indiana’s Joe Donnelly and North Dakota’s Heidi Heitkamp came out publically in support of overturning a federal law banning marriages between men and women. “With the recent Supreme Court arguments and accompanying public discussion of same-sex marriage, I…
dvr this: HBO, Sunday, April 7, 9 p.m. It’s back! HBO’s stupendous orgy of sex, violence and beards returned for its third season March 31, and for three months, we’ll have Sunday nights full of swords, sorcery, intrigue and dragons. While the show occasionally feels exploitative (tits, again?), it is also so well acted, so…
The oral arguments on Proposition 8 (Hollingsworth v. Perry) and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA, United States v. Windsor) are over, and the pundits have had a week to sift through the transcripts ad nauseum. I think it’s only fair to take a look at what Politically Aware got right and wrong. https://lgbtweekly.jeffjungblut.com/?p=35247 First,…
(CNN) — Two of the late President Ronald Reagan’s children are taking opposing stances on same-sex marriage, as Supreme Court justices weigh a federal ban prohibiting marriages between gays and lesbians. Michael Reagan, a conservative author, defended a controversial op-ed piece warning of a “slippery slope” after same-sex marriage approval during an interview with CNN’s…
