Gay Marriage Updates By State

[metta]

Delaware: New Group Eyes Civil Unions

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/02/22/Delaware_New_Group_Eyes_Civil_Unions/

 

[metta]

Anti-gay marriage amendment filed in NC Senate

http://goqnotes.com/10093/anti-gay-marriage-amendment-filed-in-n-c-senate/

 

[metta]

Gay Marriage Bill Likely to Pass in Maryland Next Week

http://politicallyillustrated.com/index.php?/page/usa/2405/

 

[Ninja108]

Anti-gay marriage amendment filed in NC Senate

http://goqnotes.com/10093/anti-gay-marriage-amendment-filed-in-n-c-senate/

Said it once and I'll say it again. As bad as Democrats are at times when it comes to gay rights, they don't target us the way Republicians do.

 

[metta]

Obama Shift On Gay Marriage

SHIFT ON GAY MARRIAGE: President Obama has decided that he won’t “defend the constitutionality” of a part of the Defense of Marriage Act that seeks to bar gays from marrying, the Justice Department announced.

The change in the White House’s position means that the administration will no longer argue for that part of the law in two lawsuits filed in the Second Circuit challenging it.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/...age_8252165a-af3b-4448-aa7a-083c2fc41881.html


Obama: Down With DOMA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-cassidy/obama-down-with-doma_b_827205.html

Obama Directs DOJ to Stop Defending DOMA

http://abovethelaw.com/2011/02/obama-directs-doj-to-stop-defending-doma/

 

[Kulindahr]

This is a slick maneuver: they reference a body of evidence establishing that gays count as a minority that's discriminated against, which kicks the issue up to a higher standard it has to satisfy. They're basically saying, "If this were an ordinary issue, we'd defend it, but at this higher level, we don't see any way to do so, so we won't."

It's kind of like a D.A. giving a state's opinion on some evidence -- it weighs highly, but isn't necessarily determinative.

 

[metta]

Letter from the Attorney General to Congress on Litigation Involving the Defense of Marriage Act

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/February/11-ag-223.html

 

[metta]

Hawaii now seventh state to legalize civil unions

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/116776119.html

 

[metta]

Amendments to Maryland Marriage Bill and Third Reading Set for Feb. 24

http://metroweekly.com/poliglot/2011/02/amendments-to-maryland-marriag.html

 

[metta]

Maggie's response to Obama's new position on DOMA

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLkj0nVXuiY[/ame]

 

[metta]

10 Takeaways From Obama's DOMA Reversal



http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/02/10-takeaways-from-obamas-doma-reversal/71633/

 

[Kulindahr]

Is she right, that this has never been done before?

 

[Kulindahr]

10 Takeaways From Obama's DOMA Reversal



http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/02/10-takeaways-from-obamas-doma-reversal/71633/

Nice read.

I especially like the point about saying Congress can't tell you you have to buy insurance, but it can tell you who you can marry. C'mon, people -- do you believe in limited government, or not?

 

[Kulindahr]

^ He's busy insulting Australians again.

 

[metta]

Analysis: Obama shifts stance on gay marriage

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110224/ap_on_an/us_gay_marriage_analysis

 

[hotatlboi]

He made public statements in support of gay marriage back in 1996 for crying out loud... We've known this for a long time.

This does signal a shift though.

Before, he obviously was qualifying his statements on gay marriage to appeal to anti-gay voters.

Does this mean he's judged that there is now more political support to be gained from supporting (or appearing to support) gay marriage than from hedging? If so I really hope that time has come.

 

[scream4ever]

This does signal a shift though.

Before, he obviously was qualifying his statements on gay marriage to appeal to anti-gay voters.

Does this mean he's judged that there is now more political support to be gained from supporting (or appearing to support) gay marriage than from hedging? If so I really hope that time has come.

At least among Democrats I think that concensus has been reached. The Dems who voted no last time in New York should take notice.

 

[metta]

Prop 8 Lawyers Ask Federal Court to Let Marriages Resume in California

http://www.freedomtomarry.org/blog/...l-court-to-let-marriages-resume-in-california




Thank Obama:

http://www.freedomtomarry.org/page/s/obamathankyou

 

[metta]

 

[Kulindahr]

^ Thanks for the map. Someone here a while back said 39 states have anti-gay constitutional amendments. Obviously that's not so.