Gay Marriage

  • Thin Opposition

    “…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…

  • A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #39: It Gets Better

    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.

  • Gay Marriage for America

    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…

  • Morning Coffee

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  • Morning Coffee

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  • “A Friend’s Take” by Steven Tagle

    Rumpus 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…

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    Sex With Ducks

    Riki “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. [For more videos from the duo click here.]