Tag: Marriage Equality

Wingnut Televangelist Pat Robertson: Same Sex Marriage = Man-Dog Marriage

Seems like not a day passes without wacko televangelist Pat Robertson saying something so patently ridiculous that it makes you shake your head and...

First Legal Same-Sex Marriage License Issued In Texas

Another small step towards marriage equality was made today in Texas. A marriage license was issued to Sarah Goodfriend and Suzanne Bryant today by the...
Roy Moore at Governor Robert Bentley's second inauguration (from Bentley's Flickr)

Roy Moore Goes Tenther, Declares Supreme Court Can’t Change Definition Of...

Late last week, Alabama chief justice Roy Moore said that if the federal Supreme Court grants LGBT couples the right to legally marry across...
Roy Moore at Governor Robert Bentley's second inauguration (from Bentley's Flickr)

Roy Moore: If Supremes Rule In Favor Of Marriage Equality, Alabama...

Even though a federal judge declared Alabama's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, some LGBT couples in the state still haven't been able to marry....
Clarence Thomas speaking at Wake Forest Law School in 2012 (courtesy Wake Forest Law's Flickr)

Clarence Thomas’ Dissent In Alabama Case Suggests Supremes May Rule In...

Yesterday, the federal Supreme Court declined to overturn a federal judge's decision to strike down Alabama's ban on same-sex marriage. However, Justice Clarence Thomas'...
GracePointe Church pastor Stan Mitchell at his church's 11th anniversary in 2014 (from Mitchell's Facebook)

Some Evangelical Churches Becoming More Open To Gays

In early January, Pastor Stan Mitchell of GracePointe Church in Franklin, Tennessee dropped a bombshell. He announced that his church would welcome gay, lesbian,...

How DARE These Gay People Try To Have A ‘Special’ Wedding

In an historic event on Sunday, January 18, a same-sex couple that has been together for 12 years was finally able to get legally...
Ted Cruz at the 2011 Values Voter Summit (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Ted Cruz Wants Constitutional Amendment To Take Marriage Equality Out Of...

When the Supreme Court announced that it would finally weigh in on whether all 50 states must allow LGBT couples to legally marry, I...
Brian Camenker with conservative talk show host Susan Smith in 2013 (from Smith's blog)

Religious Right Activist Defends Bans On Same-Sex Marriage–And Bans On Interracial...

We already knew that the religious right is running out of options to defend bans on same-sex marriage. Just how desperate they are became...

TX Lawmaker Threatens Clerks To Avoid Marriage Equality

This is going to sound weird, but I love living in Texas. Maybe there are other places where I could be happier, but I...
The Supreme Court building (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Supreme Court To Decide Whether LGBT Couples Can Marry

After punting on the issue of same-sex marriage last year, the Supreme Court announced earlier today that it will decide whether all 50 states...

6-Year-Old’s Mindblowing Reaction To Newly Pregnant Mom (Video)

Uh oh. When pregnant Shanee Hart told her son, Tre', she was expecting another baby, the young man was not happy. Not at all....

South Carolina’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

Today a judge ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in South Carolina. On...

Marriage Equality And Why The Courts Matter More Than You

// // A flux of states have legalized same-sex marriage recently, mostly due to federal courts saying that bans on these marriages are unconstitutional. My...
Flip Benham at an Operation Save America event in 2006 (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Flip Benham, Benham Brothers’ Dad, Crashes LGBT Weddings In Charlotte

This spring, I told you about David and Jason Benham, a pair of twin brothers and real estate brokers who lost a planned show...

Gay Marriage Ban Lifted In North Carolina!

// // Two years ago, North Carolina voters adopted a sweeping amendment to the state constitution that banned same-sex marriage. However, even the amendment's...

The Supreme Court Just Made Marriage Equality Happen By Doing Absolutely...

Yesterday. the Supreme Court made those of us who support marriage...
bible homosexuality

The Bible Mentions Homosexuality Only 6 Times. Six…Times.

"There's no reason why faithful Christians can't support their gay brothers and sisters. It's time." Matthew Vines is the author of?God and the Gay Christian:...
Michael Wilson (screenshot from YouTube, courtesy Raw Story)

Right-Wing Pastor Calls For Constitutional Amendment Criminalizing Homosexuality

It's now a near-certainty that a marriage equality case will go all the way to the Supreme Court. That raises an interesting question--what will...
Craig James during his Senate campaign (courtesy Texas Tribune)

Craig James Makes Disturbing Equivocation On Interracial Marriage

When we last heard from longtime college football analyst Craig James, he was raising a stink over Fox Sports Southwest ending his stint as...