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You may have noticed that all your Facebook friends are now the same person, and that person is a pink equals sign on a red background.
That’s because they support same-sex marriage, and the Supreme Court is hearing arguments today and tomorrow regarding the constitutionality of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California.
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Michael Lowenthal’s new novel, The Paternity Test, goes well beyond questioning whether two guys should be allowed to walk down the aisle together. It asks what they are willing to risk to stay married.
...more“…Prejudice is a kind of cartel that works best when there is no real dissent. Once one person breaks away, others who may have had doubts find it easy to speak up. Moreover, those who never really had objection–but were just kinda going along–also fall away.”
As more public figures express their support for marriage equality, Ta-Nehisi Coates analyzes the nature of same-sex marriage opposition.
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In late June, several days before Derek Jeter went yard with his milestone 3,000th hit as a Yankee, something even more incredible happened in the State of New York: the State Senate passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.
Love and the pursuit of happiness were the impetus for Andrew Sullivan’s move from the UK to America. He wrote a beautiful essay for Newsweek on the benefits of gay marriage for straight America.
With our “inalienable human rights” being deeply intertwined with what it means to be part of this country, it should follow that Americans should have the right to choose who they love and thereby marry.
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True story: this entry briefly read “morning of coffee”. I tell you this because I trust you.
The top ten places you can not go.
A guide to making cartoons in 1910.
This whale shaped water-cleaning-super-garden makes me happy to be alive.
...more1970s lowbrow super 8 design. hurray!
Journey Around my Skull continues its look at Polish children’s books.
Is ALL marriage illegal in Texas?
Imaging alien Earths in the near future.
...moreRumpus contributor Steven Tagle has entered this film in Project Pushback, a competition to produce fresh messaging in support of the freedom to marry. If you like “A Friend’s Take,” please take a second to create a free user account on vimeo.com and vote for the film.
...moreRiki “Garfunkel” Lindhome and Kate “Oates” Micucci respond to Pat Robertson’s quote that legalizing gay marriage would lead to legalizing sex with ducks. It is a good response.
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