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Pope says the Catholic Church can't bless same-sex unions. Should we care?

I grew up Catholic. Went to Catholic grade school and high school, got confirmed, went to confession (at least twice!), received communion, ate ham and potato salad in basements—the whole nine yards. Speaking of yards, I can’t recall ever being hit with a yardstick, but I did get punched in the...

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March 15, 2021

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Obergefell and Hodges Agree: Vote for Biden

Five years ago (was it only five years ago?) the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Obergefell v Hodges that same-sex couples were entitled to the same marriage rights as opposite-sex couples. Jim Obergefell was the named plaintiff, and Richard Hodges the defendant in his capacity as director of the Ohio...

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October 31, 2020

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Marco Rubio attacks Elizabeth Warren over her brilliant defense of gay marriage

First, Elizabeth Warren’s brilliant response to a recent question about “traditional” (i.e., noninclusive and oppressive) values: x Elizabeth Warren's pro-equal marriage putdown is the best thing you'll see today pic.twitter.com/rfCQ7RzpkN— The Independent (@Independent) October 11, 2019 QUESTIONER: “Let’s say you’re on the campaign trail …” WARREN: “I have been …...

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October 12, 2019

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Mike Pence's wife campaigns for nutty GOP candidate who thinks homosexuality should be illegal

Views on homosexuality differ widely in this country, but the percentage of Americans who think same-sex relations should be flat-out illegal is small and dropping precipitously. Frankly, it’s absurd that anyone thinks sex between consenting adults — no matter what form it takes — should be illegal. In many cases it...

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October 14, 2018

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Michigan AG Schuette's hired gun paid $50K to tell SCOTUS gay marriage creates unwed mothers

Originally posted at Eclectablog.com. There is a great deal of speculation on how the Supreme Court will decide the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that will likely decide once and for all whether or not same-sex marriage bans at the state level are constitutional or not. Yesterday, they...

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April 29, 2015

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GoFundMe: Michigan couple seeks to prove that pizza lovers support marriage equality, not bigotry

Originally posted at Eclectablog. When the owner of Memories Pizza in Indiana recently told reporters that she would refuse to bake pies for wedding receptions if the couple were gay or lesbian, the story went viral. Lawrence Billy Jones III set up a GoFundMe page to “relieve the financial loss...

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April 7, 2015

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Michigan AG: We must continue to ban marriage equality to protect the dignity of same-sex couples

Originally posted at Eclectablog. Michigan's Bigot-in-Chief, Attorney General Bill Schuette, has put forth some pretty remarkable excuses for his crusade to ensure that same-sex couples cannot marry or adopt children together. For example, he suggested that marriage in our state is for regulating sexual relationships to make babies, news that...

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March 30, 2015

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INTERVIEW & photos with one of Michigan's rare married same-sex couples on their 1-year anniversary

One year ago today, my wife Anne and I spent an extraordinary day at the County Clerk's offices in Washtenaw and Oakland counties in Michigan, watching as some of the 300+ same-sex couples were legally married for the first time in our state's history. You can revisit that day with...

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March 22, 2015

Pope says the Catholic Church can't bless same-sex unions. Should we care?

Obergefell and Hodges Agree: Vote for Biden

Marco Rubio attacks Elizabeth Warren over her brilliant defense of gay marriage

Mike Pence's wife campaigns for nutty GOP candidate who thinks homosexuality should be illegal

Michigan AG Schuette's hired gun paid $50K to tell SCOTUS gay marriage creates unwed mothers

GoFundMe: Michigan couple seeks to prove that pizza lovers support marriage equality, not bigotry

Michigan AG: We must continue to ban marriage equality to protect the dignity of same-sex couples

INTERVIEW & photos with one of Michigan's rare married same-sex couples on their 1-year anniversary

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