The sponsor of a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage has decided not to pursue the measure next year to clear the way for a debate over repealing New Hampshire’s law legalizing the unions.
State Rep. David Bates, the Windham Republican who also is sponsor of the repeal bill, told The Associated Press on Tuesday he […]
He won’t be riding the main float during Pride, but Clint Eastwood doesn’t care if same-sex couples get married.
In the October issue of GQ Magazine, the steely gazed slab of machismo says he doesn’t think gay marriage should be such a controversial issue.
“These people who are making a big deal about gay marriage?” Eastwood tells […]
Voters would decide in May whether same-sex marriage should be barred by the state constitution under a measure that cleared the House 75-42 Monday evening.
The Senate is expected to take up the measure today.
Monday’s vote came during a long day of emotional debate, legislative maneuvering and public rallies both supporting and opposing the measure.
Republican sponsors […]
Chely Wright, the first mainstream country performer to come out as lesbian, married her partner, activist Lauren Blitzer, on Saturday in Connecticut, People magazine reported.
Wright, 40, met Blitzer, 30, soon after the singer’s 2010 announcement that she is a lesbian.
Named the top new female vocalist by the Academy of Country Music in 1995, Wright hid […]
Waves of gay couples rushed on Saturday to make wedding plans that had been dreams for decades, as euphoria over New York’s legalization of same-sex marriage promised to turn a traditional pride parade into an enormous roving engagement party.
In the minutes and hours after the law was passed and signed by Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo […]
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) this week launched a drive to “Tune Out Trump” following Donald Trump’s decision to use an anti-marriage equality platform as part of his potential presidential nomination bid.
GLAAD points to comments by Trump that were made during various interviews including an appearance on Fox News. They include: “I’m not […]
Country singer Chely Wright, who surprised fans by coming out as gay last year, is engaged to a lesbian civil rights activist, People magazine said on Wednesday.
Wright, 40, and fiancee Lauren Blitzer, an activist for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, plan to get married in Connecticut in August.
“They met through their youth advocacy work, […]
In an initial voice-vote, the Colorado State Senate approved a bill that would establish civil unions on Monday. Senate Bill 172, introduced by openly gay Sen. Pat Steadman (pictured), would create civil unions which offer most of the rights and benefits given to married Colorado couples.
The bill will face a final vote in the Senate […]
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