If American social conservatives (Hello, Ross Douthat) wanna get serious about preserving the “sexual ideal” of traditional marriage—the union of one man and one woman, the celebration of lifelong heterosexual monogamy as a unique and indispensable estate, the commitment to lifelong fidelity and support by two sexually different human beings, blah blah blah—then they’re going […]
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Q Patrol Officially Launches!
Last night Mayor Sam Adams and Police Chief Mike Reese hung out with the downtown Queer Patrol for the official launch of the Q Center’s volunteer program to organize a foot patrol on Old Town streets on weekend nights. The Q Patrol actually launched last month (and I went along), so last night’s official debut […]
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Prop 8 Stay is Lifted—But Don’t Get Married Yet!
Judge Vaughn Walker has announced that Proposition 8 will officially expire at 5 p.m. on August 18. Last week Walker ruled that Prop. 8 was unconstitutional but delayed the implementation of the order so that gay couples could not marry immediately. To buy himself some time after he announced his ruling on the case, Walker […]
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Even When We Lose…
…we win: support for full marriage equality is picking up steam. Because just having the argument—even when we lose a battle here and there—moves public opinion in our favor. Nate: Something to bear in mind is that it’s only been fairly recently that gay rights groups—and other liberals and libertarians—shifted toward a strategy of explicitly […]
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Those Were The Days
The Prop 8 decision made conservative pundit Cal Thomas wax nostalgic for the 1950s—you know, a time before America lost its “moral sense.” We have been spiraling downward for some time, beginning in the ’50s with the Playboy philosophy that gave men permission to avoid the bonds of marriage if they wanted to have sex. […]
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We’re Not Raising Your Children, Bill
Bill McCollom—Florida’s AG and a GOP candidate for governor—not only supports Florida’s ban on adoptions by same-sex couples, he also wants to extend the ban to prevent gays and lesbians from serving as foster parents. Here’s his reasoning: “I really do not think that we should have homosexuals guiding our children. I think that it’s […]
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And Now, a Message from Someone AGAINST Same Sex Marriage
Weirdly enough, not everybody in the world was rejoicing about yesterday’s verdict that shot a huge hole in California’s homophobic Proposition 8. Take for example, the guy in the following clip. He thinks same sex marriage is “wrong,” and only likes “opposite marriage.” Why? Because OF THE CHILDREN!!! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!! THE CHILDREN ARE […]
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Hollywood Burlesque
“When you are putting on makeup, it’s like you’re an artist. But instead of painting on canvas, you’re painting a face.” “I’ve never seen anything like this before and I really want to be a part of it!” Move over, Marc Vorlander and Rena Riffel: The true sequel to Showgirls has arrived.
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So What’s Next For Prop 8?
As we’ve been cheering about on the blog all day, supporters of gay rights breathed a collective sigh of relief when Prop. 8 was overturned. So does that mean California gays can get married already? And what’s next from here? Even as people had begun celebrating, the certainty of same-sex marriage in California remained in […]
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What the Prop 8 Decision Means for Oregon
In response to today’s ruling overturning California’s Proposition 8, we asked some local community leaders who are invested in the gay community what they think the victory for gay rights might mean for Oregon. Oregon passed its own constitutional amendment, Measure 36, in 2004, which defines marriage as a union between one man and one […]