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Category Archives: Gay Marriage (or something like it)

Gay Rights No Factor in Ford-Green Senate Race

I would say that Sen. Robert Ford’s support in the gay community is mixed. I’ve heard very good things and I’ve gotten very disturbing scowls when his name has come up among gay friends.
That said, nobody can argue with his recent record supporting gay causes. When I heard he had a challenger for the seat, […]

NYT Mag: Twenty-Something Married Gays

The front-page article in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine looked at the twenty-something married couples sprouting up after Massachusetts made it legal for gays and lesbians to wed.
The author talks about a conversation he had with other young gay Bostonians in 2004.

In the end, most of us agreed that we would like to be […]

Sexuality and Homosexuality and Jewish Law

Three local rabbis discuss the issue:
There has been a dramatic change in norms governing sexual behavior in America. As a result, issues about sexuality and homosexuality have been a recurring theme, and often a divisive one, for every religious denomination in America, including the various branches of Judaism. This semester the rabbis will discuss […]

Washington Times Recognizes Gay Marriage?!

Well, the recognize the existence of gay marriage — and that’s a start.
The conservative paper also has changed its style to use gay instead of homosexual unless you’re referring to it clinically or to sexual activity.
Progress indeed.

What’s So Gay About Wed., Feb. 6, 2008

• Among the crazy mess that is Britney’s life is concern that her latest boyfriend might be gay. You know, this has totally moved from a Behind the Music special to Walk the Line 2. You know Tara Reid is sitting somewhere in Hollywood just waiting for the casting directors.
• California Supreme Court will hear […]

What’s So Gay About Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008

• Ah, the winds of change are starting to blow early:
Five years after a gay advocacy group was told that it could no longer use the e-mail, bulletin boards and meeting rooms at the Justice Department, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey has reversed that decision and issued a revised equal-employment-opportunity policy barring discrimination against […]

What’s Gay About Monday, Feb. 4, 2008

Here’s a new little daily feature we’re going to try to spin out there and see what happens:

S.C. Marriage Tax Cut Pitched As Attack On Gays

Having already barred gays and lesbians from marrying (going so far as to put it in the state’s constitution), South Carolina’s legislative conservatives are now looking to provide a tax cut for married couples. Just in case you thought it was just a coincidence that the state would propose this benefit just months after the […]

Wish He Would Run

Even more proof that I wish Al Gore would step back into the political ring… He has now come out in full support for gay marriage. And that’s more than we can say for ahem…. any of the other candidates.
But why now? What would be Gore’s motivation for showing the disparity between […]

Overview Of GLBT Law

Lambda Legal, The Charleston School of Law, and AFFA
present
“An Overview of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender Law”
with Gregory R. Nevins, Senior Staff Attorney
Lambda Legal Southern Regional Office
Friday, February 1st, 2008
1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
at the Charleston School of Law
385 Meeting Street, BellSouth Room 101
Charleston, South Carolina 29403

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