And that makes state #31! Via Equality Case Files.
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Meet Ms. Equality Case Files
As I’ve said here before, over the last few years JMG has increasingly become a de facto collaborative community blog. Sure, I write all the posts, but much of the content here is driven by your emailed, tweeted, and Facebook’d tips – without which this here website thingy wouldn’t be nearly so fast to report the latest developments. Recently a …
Read More »ARIZONA: First Couple Marries!
Via HRC Arizona: “Arizona’s 1st recognized same-sex marriage of the day! Congrats Karen & Nelda Majors!” More from Why Marriage Matters Arizona: Karen and Nelda, a couple living in Scottsdale, AZ, met, as many couples do, during their early years of college, 55 years ago. Nelda was a sophomore, Karen was a freshman, and the two women lived just in …
Read More »Tweet Of The Day – Meghan McCain
Marriage equality is now legal in my home state of Arizona!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fuck yes, finally!!!!!!! — Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) October 17, 2014 (Via JMG reader Sam)
Read More »ARIZONA: AG Tom Horne Will NOT Appeal
Via Arizona Central: Arizona same-sex couples can begin marrying immediately, after Attorney General Tom Horne announced this morning he will not appeal the court ruling striking down Arizona’s marriage restriction. Horne said legal ethics dictated he drop any appeal of the 9th Circuit court’s ruling. Horne has issued a letter instructing county clerks to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples …
Read More »Gov. Jan Brewer Has The Arizona Sadz
“In 2008, Arizona voters approved a state constitutional amendment to define marriage as a union of one man and one woman. Now, with their rulings, the federal courts have again thwarted the will of the people and further eroded the authority of states to regulate and uphold our laws. “It is not only disappointing, but also deeply troubling, that unelected …
Read More »HOUSTON: Ted Cruz Joins Area Pastors In Denouncing Mayor Annise Parker
Video by the Family Research Council. Of course. Remember, all of this hysteria comes from the Christianist battle to repeal Houston’s LGBT rights ordinance – local legislation that exists in similar form in more than one hundred major US cities and municipalities.
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Houston Refiles Subpoenas
Local Haters Have The Arizona Sadz
“I am heartbroken for a country and a state that has had the redefinition of marriage forced upon them by an out of control federal judiciary. In what amounts to the de-facto Roe v Wade of marriage, voters throughout the nation have watched their voices be silenced, and their votes voided. Now, Arizona’s marriage amendment and our voters are the …
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