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In a raucous signing ceremony at a northwest Washington church, Mayor Fenty officially legalized same-sex marriage in the District, distributing ceremonial pens among the Council members standing behind him. The law now will go through a period of review consisting of 30 days in which Congress is in session. [...]
The vote was 11 to 2 to bring marriage equality to our nation's capital. Somewhere Maggie Gallagher is plotting/plotzing. I hope Newt Gingrich's third marriage can withstand this assault. The fine print courtesy of the Washington Post:
Before the bill goes to Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) for signing, it [...]
Tickets for Tyler Perry's Jan 9 appearance at Key Arena are here.
It stings, doing business with Ticketmaster, but Tyler Perry doesn't come this way often. If ever. (Has he been here before? His play The Marriage Counselor came to STG in March, but without the' [...]
In August, my husband and I celebrated our 58th wedding anniversary in the nursing home. On that occasion, a young employee there asked me what were the secrets of a good, long marriage. I was taken a bit by surprise and only a flip answer occurred to me [...]
HIV-positive New Zealand man intentionally infects his wife with HIV—using a needle dipped in his own blood—so that "so she would start having sex with him again." The man now faces 14 years in prison.
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Lasting marriages run in the Fels family. In November, Gene and Evelyn “Evie” Fels celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary. Gene’s brother Wilbert “Joe” Fels and his wife, Nora, celebrated their 64th anniversary in May. A festive feeling permeated Gene and Evie’s Spokane Valley home when the two couples met to discuss their enduring [...]
The triumph of hope over bitter recent experience...
The New Jersey gay marriage proposal will be considered Monday by a Senate committee and could be posted for a full senate vote later in the week, state Sen. Ray Lesniak said today. "On Monday in the Judiciary Committee, we're going to'" [...]
I've never heard anyone do a better job refuting the my-priest-is-gonna-be-forced-to-marry-the-homos argument. Right now churches can refuse to marry straight couples—couples waving marriage licenses—for any reason whatsoever. Marriage equality for same-sex couples will not oppress religious conservatives. Religious conservatives and officials will just have to do what they do now:' [...]
A lot of gay money was spent to help Democrats retake control of the State Senate in New York last fall. That was documented in a piece in the New York Times on October 26, 2008, which included this excerpt:
"Far from trumpeting their involvement, gay rights groups" [...]
New York's state senate is debating a marriage equality bill right now. A vote is imminent. The other house of NY's legislature—the State Assembly—has passed a marriage equality bill three times (once again last night for emphasis), and NY's governor has pledged to sign the bill into law just as [...]
The New York State Senate may vote to legalize same-sex marriage in New York tonight. Towleroad is all over it.
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[...]The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage in the District, as the city moves quickly to join five states in allowing gay couples to marry. After months of debate, the council passed the bill 11 to 2. It still must take a second vote in two [...]
A man was just sentenced to 11 years in prison for beating his wife—with her consent.
Timothy Thompson, a former news reporter for Portland radio station KXL, will have 11 years and 6 months in prison to think about the severity of what he did to his wife Susan and [...]
