From an Associated Press story: Apparently unprompted by activists, the county clerk in Sandoval County, N.M., said she will issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, saying she could find no reason not to. [Postscript: State officials later stepped in and…
Partnerships
Animator Mark Fiore comments on the Attack of the Gay Agenda. Bill (and Kent) tally the mayors that have said they support marriages for gay couples. So does Tom Balkin, who cites a Washington Post article and discusses how activism…
Overlawyered: No to the FMA
Overlawyered summarizes numerous conservative legal arguments against the Federal Marriage Amendment.
In his first action since banning and erasing all comments on his blog, Exodus executive director Alan Chambers wrote an open letter to ABC on Feb. 17. He says he is “outraged” that ABC News subjected him, his wife and…
Correction About Ex-Gay Activist Larry Houston
On Feb. 7, I wrote about Massachusetts ex-gay activist Larry Houston. Mr. Houston wrote me on Feb. 14 to politely request a correction: I was under the impression he was celibate; Houston says he is in an intimate relationship with…
I commented here and here that President Bush’s effort to write antigay discrimination into the U.S. Constitution had sparked a creative backlash. In San Francisco this weekend, the backlash took the form of longtime gay couples from across the nation…
On his “Just Think!” blog, Exodus executive director Alan Chambers reprints statements by Sen. Bill Frist supporting a nationwide constitutional ban against marriages and civil unions for gay people. XGW encourages Chambers to think about issues, as his blog title…
Exodus spokesman Randy Thomas must be at a loss for words about the marriages of gay and lesbian couples in San Francisco. Judicial tyranny, activist judges…now judicial activist mayors? Then he tosses in the topic of “checks and balances” and…
Ex-Gays Say Again: No Marriages for Mass. Gays
Exodus sent the following press release yesterday: Breaking News! Exodus International, North America * P.O. Box 540119 * Orlando, FL 32854 Internet: www.exodus-international.org Media Inquiries: Randy Thomas – P (321) 274-0982 Email: rthomas@exodus-international.org For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 12, 2004…
From Allen Brill today: Having problems with your credibility on issues like war and peace, the economy and the military record you try to flaunt? No problem. Just find a group to pick on and try to distract enough of…