Tag Archives: Marriage Equality
PFLAG Applauds Iowa Marriage Decision
For Immediate Release Contact: Steve Ralls April 3, 2009 (202) 467-8180, ext. 214 / sralls@pflag.org PFLAG Applauds Iowa Marriage Decision “Today, America’s Heart Can Truly Be Found in the Heartland,” says group Des Moines, IA – In a landmark decision released earlier today, the Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court ruling finding that the [...]
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Gay but Equal? Mary Frances Berry in the New York Times
AS the country prepares to enter the Obama era, anxiety over the legal status and rights of gays and lesbians is growing. Barack Obama’s invitation to the Rev. Rick Warren, an evangelical pastor who opposes same-sex marriage, to give the invocation at his inauguration comes just as the hit movie “Milk” reminds us of the [...]
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Geoffrey R. Stone: Democracy, Religion and Proposition 8
How can a free society reconcile the often competing values of democracy, religious liberty and the separation of church and state? This challenge was vividly illustrated by the recent controversy over California’s Proposition 8, which forbade same-sex marriage. In a democracy, the majority of citizens ordinarily may enact whatever laws they want. Some laws, however, [...]
Article 16: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Did you know that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees that everyone has the right to marry? Article 16 Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during [...]
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The Problem for Gays with Rick Warren — and Obama
From TIME magazine: About three years ago, a reporter at Fortune asked Rick Warren, the successful pastorwhom the President-elect has asked to pray at his Inauguration, about homosexuality. “I’m no homophobic guy,” Warren said. His proof? He has dined with gays; he has a church “full of people who are caring for gays who are dying of AIDS”; he [...]
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With Victories, Gay Rights Groups Expand Marriage Push