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Barney Frank: Marriage equality is up to the states
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) on Tuesday insisted that a state-by-state approach was the only way to legalize same sex marriage. “There was a fundamental confusion here,’ he said on MSNBC. “There has never been a practical law saying that what marriage is. Marriage has been left to the states.” The…
Pastor compares Obama to Judas over same sex marriage
Rev. Williams Owens, founder of the Coalition of African-Americans Pastors, on Tuesday compared President Barack Obama to Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver in the Bible. “The President is in the White House because of the civil rights movement, and I was a leader in…
Activists hope same sex marriage debate will stir Japan
TOKYO — Koyuki Higashi is slim, articulate and intelligent, things that make a would-be wife attractive to many in Japan. But Higashi knows she will probably never marry because she is a lesbian. Despite the increasing tolerance of gay marriage in much of the developed world, especially in Europe, and…
Protest targets Chick-fil-A food truck in same sex marriage row
WASHINGTON — Protesters targeted a Chick-fil-A food truck in downtown Washington on Thursday after the fast-food chain’s president came out candidly against same-sex marriage on religious grounds. “Ho-ho, hey-hey, Chick-fil-A is anti-gay,” chanted a young crowd of around 20 demonstrators, with no apparent impact on the steady flow of patrons…
Scotland will legalize same sex marriage
Scotland plans to bring forward legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry, making it the first part of the UK to do so, the government announced on Wednesday. Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the decision as “the right thing to do”, saying the government was “committed to a Scotland that…
Illinois lawmaker proposes constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage
Legislation introduced to the Illinois House of Representatives last week would amend the state’s constitution to prohibit same sex marriages. The bill was introduced by Republicans state Rep. David Reis, who told the Quad City Times that the issue “should not be decided in the courts.” If passed by the…
Liberian Senate votes on same sex marriage ban
The Liberian Senate on Friday voted unanimously to approve a constitutional amendment prohibiting marriage between gay couples. While homosexuality is considered taboo in Liberia, and ‘voluntary sodomy’ considered a criminal offence, the question of gay marriage had not been expressly addressed in law. The amendment was made to section 2.3…
Illinois governor: ‘We’re closer every day’ to legalizing same sex marriage
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) at Chicago’s Pride Parade on Sunday expressed optimism at his state’s chances of allowing same sex couples to marry. “We’re moving forward,” he told ChicagoPride. “The key is to get a majority in both houses of the Legislature to get a bill on my desk…
Republican strategist wonders if gay anchor ‘disappointed a woman’
A Republican strategist who has spoken out against same sex marriage asked one of the few openly gay news anchors Wednesday if he had ever “disappointed a woman.” During a segment about female support for presidential candidates, Republican strategist Cheri Jacobus told MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts that President Barack Obama…
Gary Johnson: The government is up for sale
Former New Mexico governor and Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson on Monday expressed sympathy with the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. Johnson, a libertarian, is an outspoken opponent of the drug war, is in favor of same sex marriage, and supports withdrawing all U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. He is…
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