Tag Archives: marriage equality

GUAM: First Weddings Take Place

Via the Associated Press: There were no flowers. There was no music. The onlookers witnessing Guam’s first wedding of a gay couple were mostly members of the media. “It’s my privilege to officiate at this. Do you take each other to share your lives, to promise to take good care of one another for as long as you live?” Public …

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GUAM: Marriage Licenses Begin

Same-sex marriage licenses are about to issued in Guam, where it’s currently about 8AM on Tuesday. Guam has a mandatory five-day waiting period, but judges in other jurisdictions have waived that requirement in the early days of same-sex marriage, so it’s possible that the first weddings will occur today. Which is tomorrow in Guam.

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ALABAMA: Hundreds Turn Out For Last-Ditch Rally Against Gay Marriage

Via the Montgomery Advertiser: Opposing sides of the marriage issue in Alabama came together at the Capitol steps on a very hot Saturday afternoon. Organized by the Sanctity of Marriage group, close to 1,000 people came out for the event and congregated under shade trees and umbrellas to escape the sun. A large part of the crowd was there to …

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Glenn Beck Announces Plan To Organize Christians In Civil Disobedience Against SCOTUS Ruling On Same-Sex Marriage

And yup, he compares himself to Martin Luther King.

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TEXAS: Gov. Greg Abbott Rejects Special Session To Continue Marriage Battle

Via San Antonio’s WOAI: Social conservative groups, including the Texas Eagle Forum, Texas Values, and a group called Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, specifically want Abbott to recall lawmakers to consider a bill that would prohibit county clerks from issuing same sex marriage licenses. A 1980 U.S. Supreme Court case, Harris v. McRae, held that states cannot be required to …

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No SCOTUS Ruling On Marriage Today

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FRC Celebrates Vote Denying Benefits To Veterans In Non-Marriage Equality States

Via press release from the FRC: There may be a consensus in the courts for same-sex “marriage,” but not Congress. In a quiet — but significant — vote, the Senate made it clear that the legislative branch understands exactly where the people stand on marriage — and it isn’t where the Left would have you believe. During yesterday’s vote on …

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Franklin Graham: Boycott Everything Gay

“Have you ever asked yourself–how can we fight the tide of moral decay that is being crammed down our throats by big business, the media, and the gay & lesbian community? Every day it is something else! Tiffany’s started advertising wedding rings for gay couples. Wells Fargo bank is using a same-sex couple in their advertising. And there are more. …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

Clip recap: A bill to allow North Carolina officials to refuse to serve any couple they don’t like is several steps closer to passing, even after the governor vetoed it. Texas is coming up with new excuses for refusing to issue marriage licenses. And with a federal ruling on marriage due any day now, Judge Roy Moore continues to speak …

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Scott Walker Backs Constitutional Ban If SCOTUS Rules For Same-Sex Marriage

Via CBS News: Potential Republican presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says that he would support a constitutional amendment allowing states to enact same-sex marriage bans. “I personally believe that marriage is between one man and one woman,” Walker said Sunday on ABC News, answering a question about an upcoming Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage. “If the court …

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GUAM: Court Strikes Down Marriage Ban

Via Pacific Daily News: Guam’s chief federal judge this morning struck down the local law that restricts marriage to opposite-sex couples. A written opinion is expected Monday and the ruling will take effect on Tuesday. In her ruling, Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood said the laws denying marriage rights to same-sex couples were unconstitutional, citing a previous decision by the 9th …

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ALABAMA: GOP Bill To Ban All Marriage Licenses Dies For Current Session

And another one bites the dust. Legislation that would take the state of Alabama out of the business of issuing marriage licenses died in the House of Representatives committee today. “This bill does not destroy marriage,” Rep. Greg Albritton, R- Bay Minette, said. “This bill does not denigrate marriage. This bill doesn’t desanctify marriage because the state cannot sanctify marriage.” …

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Joseph Farah: Millions Of Christians Would Secede From America And Form New Anti-Gay Marriage Nation

“I know there are millions of Christians, Jews and others who would pull up stakes and move to another country that honored the institution of marriage as it was designed by God – a union between one man and one woman. As Jesus said it: ‘For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his …

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World Net Daily: Violent Civil Disobedience Is The Practical Christian Response To SCOTUS Ruling For Gay Marriage

“What we are in fact seeing is the political left, through deception, incrementalism and outright violation of the Constitution, insidiously maneuvering rational, law-abiding Americans into a position so untenable that at some elusive but inevitable point, violent civil disobedience – vigilantism – may be the only practicable response.” – Erik Rush, writing for World Net Daily. PREVIOUSLY ON JMG:  Erik …

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Katie Couric Interviews Jim Obergefell

Via Yahoo News: “What we’re asking for is simply to be part of that same tradition of marriage where two people commit to each other and make those promises to love, protect and honor each other. How are we changing that? How are we harming that? We’re just asking to do the same thing.” Jim Obergefell is fired up. He’s …

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NORTH CAROLINA: Vote On Magistrates Marriage Refusal Override Is Delayed

From the Campaign For Southern Equality: “The fact that Senate Bill 2 was not voted on by the House is a testament to the waning support for this discriminatory bill. North Carolina is better than SB2, and the only thing keeping this bill alive is cynical political maneuvering. People all across the state are speaking out against this bill, and …

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Jennifer Hudson Celebrates Gay Marriage With New Single: I Still Love You

In collaboration with MTV and Logo: The “I Still Love You” music video premiere will help support Logo’s #All50 campaign, a platform for LGBT people and allies to stay up to date on the latest news and share personal stories in support of marriage equality leading up to the Supreme Court of the United States’ pending decision on legal marriage …

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TEXAS: Travis County Preps For Marriage

Via the Austin Statesman: If the U.S. Supreme Court rules that same-sex couples have the right to marry, Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir plans to be ready. The clerk’s office, which issues and records marriage licenses from its location at 5501 Airport Blvd., plans to offer extended evening and weekend hours to accommodate the pent-up demand from gay and lesbian …

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AussieBum For Australia Marriage

Via Gay Star News: Top Australian underwear and swimwear company AussieBum are doing their bit to support the campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in Australia by releasing a special line of underwear highlighting the issue. The Equality range of underwear retail for AU$21.45 and feature quotes and statistics about the level of support for the reform in Australia – and …

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COSTA RICA: Judge Grants First Common Law Gay Marriage In Central America

Via the Tico Times: A Costa Rican judge has granted the first openly gay common-law marriage in Central America, said Francisco Madrigal, political affairs director for the Center for Research and Promotion of Human Rights in Central America (CIPAC). On Tuesday morning, news broke that Gerald Castro and Cristian Zamora, a gay couple in the city of Goicoechea, north of …

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