N.H. Governor Reaffirms Pledge to Veto Marriage Equality Repeal Bill

New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch on Tuesday once again vowed to veto a bill that would repeal the state's marriage equality law. ...

Edge • Feb 1, 2012

MERI: Same-Sex Couples Will Legally Marry in R.I. Within Two Years

Marriage Equality Rhode Island will continue their efforts to pass a marriage equality bill when the state's General Assembly reconvenes next month. Ray Sullivan, campaign director for MERI, told EDGE he expects marriage equality will come to the Ocean State within an 18-month to 2-year timeframe. ...

Edge • Dec 22, 2011

Maryland AG: Marriage Equality Bill Will Pass in 2012

Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler on Tuesday, Oct. 25, predicted a marriage equality bill will pass in the state Legislature next year. "This year we'll pass same-sex marriage," said Gansler during a speech at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., that coincided with the release of a new report on the impact of social and legal inequalities on children with LGBT parents...

Edge • Oct 26, 2011

R.I. Civil Unions Law Elicits Lukewarm Response from Same-Sex Couples

Gay state Rep. Frank Ferri (D-Warwick) intends to introduce an amendment to the bill which would strip away those exemptions. "I will need to establish support for it even before I introduce it," Ferri told EDGE. "I know there are many progressives and supporters in the house that will back me. We need to expose the facts and how absurd it is that a hospital could refuse to recognize the relations...

Edge • Jul 14, 2011

Mormons Revise GLBT Stance in Updated Church Policies

GLBT equality advocates are hailing alterations to the Mormon "Church Handbook" as evidence that the church--famed for its role in supporting Proposition 8 two years ago in California--is changing its stance toward gays. The Human Rights Campaign responded to revisions in the LDS Church Handbook that departed from earlier editions of the book by not labeling homosexual urges in and of themselves ...

Edge • Nov 18, 2010

Wrong Lessons Learned from Prop 8?

Among the report's "Top Ten Recommendations" is the observation that it is crucial to "Counter Anti-Gay Prejudice." "We must develop effective arguments to keep voters from being misled by false and defamatory allegations of harm to children historically used to instill fear in voters," the report states. "In Prop 8, our base of supporters shrank in the final six weeks when the ads exploiting prej...

Edge • Aug 3, 2010

Religious leaders helped secure marriage for gays and lesbians in D.C.

The Rev. Robert Hardies, senior minister of All Souls Unitarian Church, worked alongside the Revs. Dennis and Christine Wiley, married co-pastors of Covenant Baptist Church, to organize a multiracial and multi-denominational coalition of faith in support of marriage for same-sex couples. With more than 200 clergy members, the alliance held press conferences and religious services in support of nup...

Edge • Mar 12, 2010

Maine commission's investigation into NOM fundraising practices continues

Nearly four months after Maine voters approved a referendum that overturned their state's law that had allowed gays and lesbians to marry, the National Organization for Marriage continues to stonewall requests for information from a commission investigating its contributions to the successful campaign....

Edge • Mar 3, 2010

NY group uses guerrilla tactics against anti-marriage legislators

The Monserrate party-crashing was the first in a planned series of acts of civil disobedience the group plans, according to Bounville. In a Jan. 4 phone interview with EDGE, he wouldn't divulge details on targets, dates or locations, but the group is now called Queer Rising. Bounville said its mission is "demanding queer rights through direct action."...

Edge • Jan 8, 2010

Voters Shunning Gay Rights--But Supporting Gay Candidates

Freedom to Marry's Evan Wolfson declared, "The fact that an openly gay candidate wins for mayor in the nation's fourth largest city, in the South, in Texas, shows that when Americans get to know gay people as people, not as stereotypes, their resistance to treating gay people equally reduces."...

Edge • Dec 29, 2009

Religious groups play major role in campaign to repeal Maine marriage law

The Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Latter Day Saints are pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into Stand for Marriage Maine, the organization that has submitted more than 100,000 petition signatures....

Edge • Aug 19, 2009

2010 Prop 8 Repeal Effort Up in the Air

Now the heads of the various organizations represented at the meeting will need to present the question to their groups; organizational structure will need to be developed and implemented; funding strategies will need to be developed, and plans laid for training volunteers to help move the process along. All of that has to happen starting now, even if the initiative doesn't get onto the ballot un...

Edge • Jul 29, 2009

U.S. DOMA Repeal Would Include Recognizing Out-of-State Gay People

The effort to repeal the federal ban against equal marriage will not include extending rights to LGBT couples in domestic partnerships or civil unions, the Bay Area Reporter has learned. But it will include a "certainty provision" requiring states to recognize marriages performed in other states. Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-New York), in an exclusive interview with the B.A.R. while attending the ...

Edge • Jul 29, 2009

For Gay Leaders, Obama's Silence on Prop. 8 Speaks Volumes

But one major source of leadership has been silent on the issue: President Barack Obama, who pledged while on the campaign trail last year to advocate for the civil rights of gay and lesbian Americans....

Edge • May 30, 2009

Republicans could play decisive role in New York marriage bill

"Over 30 Republican legislators have stood up for marriage equality in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont and none of those people who voted for marriage lost re-election in their respective cycle," he said. "The idea that a Republican who is for gay marriage has put themselves on the hot seat is a bit overblown."...

Edge • May 2, 2009

Maine Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill

This morning, April 30, the Maine Senate voted 20-15 in favor of LD 1020, a marriage equality bill. It now moves to the House of Representatives. The Senate defeated an amendment to the bill that proposed putting the question of marriage equality for same-sex couples before voters. According to most polls, the Maine electorate is about evenly divided on the issue....

Edge • Apr 30, 2009

Has Being Anti-Gay Become Uncool: Dr. Laura, Rick Warren & Many Others Now Think So

Several major media personalities have either renounced their past homophobia or have attempted to distance themselves from it, as evidenced by the recent statements by Dr. Laura Schlessinger and the Rev. Rick Warren. Many in the LGBT community were stunned when Schlessinger, a conservative talk show host and author, told CNN that while she's no supporter of gay marriage, she supports same-sex re...

Edge • Apr 21, 2009

Gay Marriage Hearings in Rhode Island Set for February 26

The fight for marriage equality in the Ocean State will be front and center on Thursday,February 26, as the Senate Judiciary Committee hears testimony pertaining to two bills - one prohibiting same-sex marriage and the other granting equal access to marriage for same-gender couples....

Edge • Feb 18, 2009

Portugal May Be Next in Line for Gay Marriage

The leader of Portugal's ruling Socialist Party, Jose Socrates, has announced that he support gay marriage....

Edge • Feb 1, 2009

Gay marriage on NH agenda

New Hampshire's law gives couples in civil unions the same rights and responsibilities as married couples in all aspects but name, but that promise, though largely untested, has clear limits....

Edge • Dec 29, 2008

'No on 8' Heads Justify Their Losing Campaign

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Edge • Nov 27, 2008

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Edge • Nov 25, 2008

HRC President Urges Peaceful Battle against Prop.8

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Edge • Nov 13, 2008