... the most powerful message we can send our justices and legislature is to decline those rights on the basis of their inequitable distribution. We are signing this petition of sacrifice, committing to forego any form of legally recognized marriage until federal and state law grants equal marriage rights to all Americans. We ask those of you interested in our cause to browse our site to learn ...

... 39;RE NOT MARRIED. I'm doing this because I've seen a few heterosexuals around the edge of the marriage debate basically saying "well, why do you want it? Why is it important?" Because I ... be to treat us as such. Without that legal recognition it can be like getting blood out of a stone. And that is why marriage rights are important. It's an official recognition not just ...

California's voters aren't the only one saying "no" to a 2010 ballot initiative to score marriage rights. Washington State, which just secured expanded domestic partnerships, doesn't want to dive back into the marriage mess either. CONTINUED » Tagged: Domestic Partnerships, Marriage, referendum 71, Washington

... issue with the majority of these activists pushing for states to allow same sex marriage "rights" is that they don't understand who their opposition really is. Their opposition isn ... , like the other 49 states and most countries in the world, holds a monopoly over marriage. Who can get married and un-married is at its sole discretion, through the granting and revocation of the marriage ...

Senator George Maziarz tells Anne Tischer and Bess Watts of Gates, New York, a couple of 15 years who married in Canada four years ago, that he won't be voting for her right to get married in New York. This inspires a round of applause from those present. Disgusting. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP... (via joe) And use this tool to call your Senator now.

via www.nytimes.com NYTimes Magazine cover story today about a cuckolded husband named Mike, who was aggrieved to learn that he'd been paying child support for years for a daughter who was not biologically his. He loves her dearly, but he doesn't want to pay child support-- and in fact, would...

Conservatives love to play the victim, even when they are engaged in denying the rights of others. A group of  conservative religious leaders have issued the Manhattan ... document’s language also takes aim at other gay rights laws, including a recently approved law that ... and state to defend religious liberties. The point of changing the law to allow marriage equality is to provide gays the ...

... 's another example of the how the GL push for same gender marriage has had a deleterious effect on the ability of transpeople to get married. Thanks to my sis ... married to any man, cis or transgender and this is NOT a same gender marriage. In a landmark care in Hong Kong, a judicial ... reassignment surgery and deprived transsexuals of their human rights," Vidler told the newspaper. A hearing ...

... people's relationships. If we did, we would not issue three-quarters of the marriage licenses we do." Is it is really acceptable to start putting ... suffrage, racial desegregation and inter-racial marriage rights--lead to a more emancipated citizenry and a more equitable ... backwards, a betrayal of the most basic tenets of human rights and the social contract, which any junior high kid ...

... measure and a federal lawsuit. A measure to reinstate marriage rights for gays and lesbians on next year's ... neutering; 2) teenagers supportive of neutering marriage will reach voting age and will register to vote and ... actively persuading others to our viewpoint. We need to demonstrate the importance of marriage and the importance of distinguishing it from other kinds of voluntary associations. ...

... the institution of slavery for blacks by now. Especially in the Southern States. Did anyone ever suggest that interracial marriage rights be a matter of individual states to decide? I don't think so. But when it comes to OUR CIVIL RIGHTS, it seems all you have to do is get a number of signatures on a petition and then get the Catholic Church and Mormons to pump millions ...

... why gay people should be denied equal legal partnership rights. They do not see any reason to have to have a more developed reason than that. It is what they believe and it is what is true and right and then, for them, the discussion is ... cowardly. Heterosexual people are not at risk of anything by gay people having equal marriage rights. The same way that by a black person having equal rights to ...

... her personal lobbying of the New York legislature in support of marriage rights to helping garner support for a Senate hearing ... all." "I am very honored to once again have the endorsement of the Human Rights Campaign," said Sen. Gillibrand.  & ... . Constitution to discriminate, including opposition to the Federal Marriage Amendment; ?  Cosponsor of the Domestic Partnership ...

... about it." Her answer wasn't as direct as it could have been. But when talking about marriage, she said, "that is something that I support." Perhaps it could be claimed that she was referring only to ... this domestic policy stance, but what I would like to know is whether you support equal civil marriage rights for gay and lesbian Americans, and if so, are you speaking or will ...

... a question of religious liberty. And: I believe the Church and other groups that oppose gay marriage are wrong and that someday they'll look back on all of this with the same shame opponents (and their ... liberties are at risk from the march of gay marriage rights, and that this really does involve a conflict of rights claims. At some point, this really is a zero sum game. The usual ...