News Briefs 11/26/2008
- Gay rights leaders plan $1-million war chest to defend judges who back same-sex marriage, The Los Angeles Times, Jessica Garrison.
- Religion coalition urges Maine to allow same-sex civil marriages, Kennebec Journal, Judy Harrison.
- Power struggle complicates NY bid for gay marriage, Reuters, Edith Honan.
- Op-Ed: Making a very conservative case for marriage equality, Bangor Daily News, Mark Worth.
- Op-Ed: Feminism and the three arguments against gay marriage, Time, Michael Scherer.
- Op-Ed: (Proposition) Eight is enough, MSNBC, Hendrik Hertzberg.
Excerpts from the above headlines follow:
Gay rights leaders plan $1-million war chest to defend judges who back same-sex marriage
Gay rights leaders hope to build a $1-million war chest to defend any judge threatened with recall for ruling in favor of gay marriage, leaders announced during a conference call with supporters Tuesday night.
Religion coalition urges Maine to allow same-sex civil marriages
Religious leaders across the state held news conferences Thursday to urge Mainers to end marriage discrimination against gay and lesbian couples, and called for the state to create same-sex civil marriages.
Power struggle complicates NY bid for gay marriage
New York is close to becoming the first U.S. state to pass legislation making gay marriage legal but, like many political issues in the state capital Albany, it has fallen victim to a power struggle.
Op-Ed: Making a very conservative case for marriage equality
Recently, more than 120 religious leaders from across the state issued a statement urging Mainers to end marriage discrimination against same-sex couples.
Op-Ed: Feminism and the three arguments against gay marriage
Arguments against gay marriage tend to fall into three broad categories: it is a threat to tradition (the idea is historically not sanctioned; the bible does not approve); it is a threat to children (kids will learn about homosexuality in school, confuse gender roles, or even become gay themselves); and it is a threat to heterosexual marriage (the straight family structure will collapse).
Op-Ed: (Proposition) Eight is enough
You might think that an organization that for most of the first of its not yet two centuries of existence was the world’s most notorious proponent of startlingly unconventional forms of wedded bliss would be a little reticent about issuing orders to the rest of humanity specifying exactly who should be legally entitled to marry whom.
But no. The Mormon Church—as anyone can attest who has ever answered the doorbell to find a pair of polite, persistent, adolescent “elders” standing on the stoop, tracts in hand—does not count reticence among the cardinal virtues. Nor does its own history of matrimonial excess bring a blush to its cheek.
