“In Alaska, where the courts couldn’t wait until Monday to topple the first constitutional marriage amendment in America, the state filed an appeal first thing in the morning — as well as an emergency stay to put any weddings on ice. Thanks to rogue judges, a few ceremonies did take place in the Last Frontier, courtesy of activists who conveniently …
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ALASKA: Federal Court Denies State’s Demand For Marriage Stay Pending Appeal
UPDATE: State Asks Ninth Circuit For Emergency Stay Pending Appeal
Yesterday Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell asked a federal district court to stop same-sex marriages while he appeals to the Ninth Circuit Court. Tonight the lower court told Parnell to suck it. The final briefs in the appeal are due before the Ninth on February 20th. We can probably expect Parnell to now ask the Ninth for a stay. Same-sex marriage …
Read More »Brian Brown Vs Evan Wolfson
This weekend Freedom To Marry head Evan Wolfson faced down hate group leader Brian Brown in an hour-long call-in show on C-SPAN. After you wade through Brown’s opening bloviation, you’ll get to a great statement by Wolfson. UPDATE: OMG, the caller at 12:45. UPDATE II: The caller at 29:30 is wonderful. UPDATE III: At 43:00 Wolfson nails …
Read More »Quote Of The Day: Idaho Gov. Butch Otter
“The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its mandate for enforcement of decisions overturning the Idaho Constitution’s prohibition on same-sex marriage effective at 10 a.m. MDT, 9 a.m. PDT on Wednesday, October 15. I continue to believe that the federal courts are mistaken in abandoning the sanctity of traditional marriage and in undermining the will of Idaho voters …
Read More »Federal Court To GOP/NOM: You Can Intervene In North Carolina’s Marriage Case, But You’re Wasting Everyone’s Time
United States District Court Judge William Osteen today ruled that the GOP/NOM legal team has the standing to appeal North Carolina’s marriage equality case. Osteen issued an order granting requests by House Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate leader Phil Berger seeking to intervene in the cases. Osteen’s order follows a separate ruling Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Max O. …
Read More »PA Gov. Tom Corbett’s Last Stand
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is weeks away from a double-digit drubbing at the hands of LGBT ally and hate crimes law advocate Tom Wolf. This is the ad Corbett is going out with.
Read More »ALASKA: State Has Until January 21st To File Appeal Briefs With Ninth Circuit
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today set the briefing schedule in Alaska’s doomed to attempt to stop same-sex marriages, which will continue despite the efforts of the GOP governor and attorney general. The state’s final briefs are due on January 21st and the good guys then have 30 days to file their final response.
Read More »Postmodern Jukebox – Straight Up
With a cute bearded tap dancer! UPDATE: The dancer is Alex MacDonald, who is a teaching artist with the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation. See more of him here.
Read More »Vatican Backtracks: Oops, Our Bad, Gay People Are Still Just Totally Horrible
Dry your tears, Maggie. Via CNN: Under furious assault from conservative Catholics, the Vatican backtracked Tuesday on its surprisingly positive assessment of gays and same-sex relationships. In a report Monday, the Vatican had said that gays and lesbians have “gifts to offer” the Christian community and acknowledged that same-sex couples can give “precious support” to one other. The statement, an …
Read More »SOUTH CAROLINA: Same-Sex Marriage Briefs Are Due Next Thursday
But it will be more than a month later before we could get a ruling. Via The State: Judge Michelle Childs said Tuesday she will decide later, most likely in November, whether she will hear oral arguments in the ongoing same-sex marriage case that will determine whether bans on same-sex marriage in existing South Carolina law and the state constitution …
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