Same-sex marriage in the United States Archives

Mon, May 18th, 2015

Jeb Bush Says Only Traditional Marriage Gives Kids A Chance Out Of Poverty

During a CBN interview, Jeb Bush suggested that the only way to fight poverty in America was to defend traditional marriage.

Keith Brekhus

Keith Brekhus is a progressive American who currently resides in Red Lodge, Montana. He is co-host for the Liberal Fix radio show. He holds a Master’s Degree in Sociology from the University of Missouri. In 2002, he ran for Congress as a Green Party candidate in the state of Missouri. In 2014, he worked as a field organizer for Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick’s successful re-election bid in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District. He can be followed on Twitter @keithbrekhus or on Facebook.

Wed, May 6th, 2015

Ben Carson Says The President Doesn’t Have To Obey Supreme Court Ruling On Gay Marriage

GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson believes if he becomes president, that he can ignore Supreme Court decisions he does not agree with.

Keith Brekhus

Mon, Apr 27th, 2015Tue, Apr 28th, 2015

Conservative Christians Demand Liberal Justices Recuse Themselves From Gay Marriage Case

Some religious leaders are demanding that liberal justices Ginsburg and Kagan recuse themselves from an upcoming gay marriage case,

Keith Brekhus

Thu, Apr 23rd, 2015

More Than 60 Percent Of Americans Now Publicly Support Marriage Equality

Support for gay marriage has climbed to 61 percent, compared to just 35 percent of Americans who are still opposed to marriage equality.

Keith Brekhus

Wed, Apr 22nd, 2015Wed, Apr 22nd, 2015

Amicus Tells Supreme Court that Marriage Equality Will Cause 900,000 Abortions

A hysterical claim backed up by zero facts equals the perfect Republican argument against marriage equality

Hrafnkell Haraldsson

Hrafnkell Haraldsson, a social liberal with leanings toward centrist politics has degrees in history and philosophy. His interests include, besides history and philosophy, human rights issues, freedom of choice, religion, and the precarious dichotomy of freedom of speech and intolerance. He brings a slightly different perspective to his writing, being that he is neither a follower of an Abrahamic faith nor an atheist but a polytheist, a modern-day Heathen who follows the customs and traditions of his Norse ancestors. He maintains his own blog, A Heathen’s Day, which deals with Heathen and Pagan matters, and Mos Maiorum Foundation www.mosmaiorum.org, dedicated to ethnic religion. He has also contributed to NewsJunkiePost, GodsOwnParty and Pagan+Politics.

Thu, Apr 16th, 2015Thu, Apr 16th, 2015

Hillary Clinton Defends Same-Sex Marriage As A Constitutional Right

Hillary Clinton hopes the Supreme Court will come down on the side of same-sex couples being guaranteed the constitutional right to marry.

Keith Brekhus

Sun, Mar 29th, 2015Sat, Apr 21st, 2018

Direct Democracy Fail Allows “Kill The Gays” Measure To Advance in California

Before any American thinks this will never fly in the Golden State, just reconsider that because of California's direct democracy cockup, the religious right, Mormons, and Catholics from around the nation poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the campaign to pass that other fanatical ballot initiative Prop 8.

Rmuse

Audio engineer and instructor for SAE. Writes op/ed commentary supporting Secular Humanist causes, and exposing suppression of women, the poor, and minorities. An advocate for freedom of religion and particularly, freedom of NO religion.

Born in the South, raised in the Mid-West and California for a well-rounded view of America; it doesn’t look good.

Former minister, lifelong musician, Mahayana Zen-Buddhist.

http://rmuse.p2blogs.com/

Tue, Mar 10th, 2015Tue, Mar 10th, 2015

Corporations Suddenly Don’t Have Religious Freedom if They Support Marriage Equality

Corporations apparently have religious freedom if they are against contraception, but they have no right to speak up about marriage equality

Hrafnkell Haraldsson

Sat, Feb 21st, 2015

Heartless Texas Attorney General Fights To Invalidate The State’s Only Same-Sex Marriage

Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is working to invalidate the marriage of a lesbian couple, one of whom has cancer.

Keith Brekhus

Mon, Feb 9th, 2015

Alabama Begins Issuing Marriage Licenses To Same Sex Couples

On Monday, the state of Alabama began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. A defiant Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice, Roy Moore, demanded that probate judges refuse to grant the licenses, but was unsuccessful.

Keith Brekhus

Mon, Nov 17th, 2014Mon, Nov 17th, 2014

The Fight To Legalize Gay Marriage May Return To Supreme Court

It's past time for the issue of gay marriage to be decided at the national, not just the local, level. The progress witnessed by the number of states that have approved same-sex marriage in recent years has been encouraging, but this should never have been a state's rights sort of issue.

Black Liberal Boomer

Keith Owens (AKA Black Liberal Boomer) is a Detroit-based writer who has worked for The Detroit Free Press, Detroit’s alternative newsweekly the Metro Times, the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, and other newspapers. He was also a nationally syndicated columnist with Universal Press Syndicate for three years beginning in 1993.

http://www.keithaowens.com

Sat, Oct 18th, 2014

A Great Time For Gay Marriage? Not So Fast!

There are two issues guaranteed to get the wing-nuts to the polls even if they have to crawl on their bellies over barbed wire in a typhoon. The first is anything to do with not being able to let their kids under ten play with howitzers; the second voting magnet is anything to do with the possibility that Bob and Bruce might marry.

Dennis S

Raised rural & small town, then lived in N.Y., Chicago & LA. Widely traveled. Returned from world wandering to pursue media life of anchorman/reporter and major, medium and small market talk radio. Highly active in politics. Once worked as orderly & security in Mens Lock Ward for the Criminally Insane at a state institution. Much more rational population than current Teapublicans. Great concern for country run by and for the extreme wealthy. The inhumane current running through this country has no precedent in modern history.

Follow me on Twitter @demwriter

http://n/a&PoliticusUSA

Thu, Oct 9th, 2014Thu, Oct 9th, 2014

North Carolina Could Join the Ranks of States That Recognize Marriage Equality

It's time for the Supreme Court to officially recognize that marriage equality triumphed over homophobia.

Adalia Woodbury

Ms. Woodbury has a graduate degree in political science, with a minor in law. She is a qualified expert on political theory with a specific interest in the nexus between political theories and models and human rights.

Based on her interest in human rights and the threats that authoritarian regimes are to them, Ms. Woodbury’s masters thesis examined the influence of politics on the enforcement of international criminal law was cited in several academic studies.

Published work includes case summaries for the War Crimes Research Office.

She has an extensive background doing legal research in international and domestic law.

Ms. Woodbury’s work for politicusUSA includes articles on voting rights, the right to asylum and other civil/human rights.

Mon, Oct 6th, 2014Mon, Oct 6th, 2014

Nancy Pelosi Celebrates The Latest Victory For Marriage Equality

Today marks an important day for marriage equality in the United States as the Supreme Court refused to review several circuit court rulings that strike down state bans on same sex marriage.

Adalia Woodbury

Published work includes case summaries for the War Crimes Research Office.

She has an extensive background doing legal research in international and domestic law.

Ms. Woodbury’s work for politicusUSA includes articles on voting rights, the right to asylum and other civil/human rights.

Wed, May 21st, 2014Wed, May 21st, 2014

American Support For Marriage Equality Reaches All-Time High In Latest Gallup Poll

Gallup released a new poll on Wednesday showing that support for same-sex marriage has now reached its highest level since the polling firm first started tracking this issue in 1996.

Justin Baragona

Justin Baragona is the Managing Editor at Politicus Sports as well as Senior Editor at PoliticusUSA. He was a political writer for 411Mania.com before joining PoliticusUSA. Politically, Justin considers himself a liberal but also a realist and pragmatist. Currently, Justin lives in St. Louis, MO and is married. Besides writing, he also runs his own business after spending a number of years in the corporate world. You can follow Justin on Twitter either with his personal handle (@justinbaragona) or the Sports site’s (@PoliticusSports).

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Wed, May 14th, 2014

Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down in Deep Red Idaho

U.S. magistrate Candy Dale struck down Idaho's gay marriage ban on Tuesday.

Keith Brekhus

Tue, May 13th, 2014

Kentucky Argues Gay Marriage Ban Is Needed To Ensure Existence Of Human Race

Lawyers for Kentucky have crafted a bizarre argument saying the state's gay marriage ban is necessary for procreation and human survival.

Keith Brekhus

Tue, May 13th, 2014

Marriage Equality is Stealing Rights from God? Really?

There is a real standard, of course, and it's not God. It is called the United States Constitution, and it doesn't mention God. That is the standard here, not the Bible

Hrafnkell Haraldsson

Mon, Feb 24th, 2014Mon, Feb 24th, 2014

Wedge Issue Completely Gone As Majority Of People In Ohio Now Support Marriage Equality

Quinnipiac University released a poll on Monday that shows support for marriage equality in Ohio hitting 50%.

Justin Baragona

http://sports.politicususa.com

Fri, Feb 14th, 2014Fri, Feb 14th, 2014

Virginia’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Judge

Judge Arenda Wright Allen demolished every Republican argument, ruling that "the right to marry is inseparable from our rights to privacy and intimate association."

Hrafnkell Haraldsson