North Carolina: Separate Is Not Equal
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North Carolina: Separate Is Not Equal

The North Carolina Legislature got the amendment on the ballot by a single vote last fall, one vote in the legislature that could ultimately lead to enormous and unpredictable damage. And LGBT couples and families are not the only citizens who would be negatively affected by passage.

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May 3, 2012
Prop. 8: A Primer and a Play
Prop. 8 plaintiffs Kris Perry, Sandy Stier, Paul Katami, and Jeff Zarrillo attend Federal Appeals Court hearing.
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Prop. 8: A Primer and a Play

  Poor California. The path to equality in that state has been strewn with boulders and brambles, and the quest has put advocates of same-sex marriage through more heart-stopping changes than anyone should have to bear. It all started back in 2005—a light-year ago in the history of marriage…

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March 8, 2012
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The Left Chris Is the Right Chris

Washington recently became the seventh state to legalize same-sex marriage, and the law was quickly signed by Governor Chris Gregoire, who said: "It is a day historians will mark as a milestone for equal rights. A day when we did what was right, we did what was just, and…

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February 23, 2012
Fifty Years in the Fight for Marriage Equality
Left: Mildred and Richard Loving, married June 1958. Right: Erin-Kate Whitcomb (r) and Michele Rutherford, married June 2008 (Reuters/Erin Siegal).
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Fifty Years in the Fight for Marriage Equality

In June 1958 a couple in love went to the District of Columbia to get married because it was illegal for them, an interracial couple, to marry in their home state of Virginia. On their return home, they were arrested and charged with a felony. Mildred and Richard Loving…

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February 9, 2012
“Straight, But . . .”
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“Straight, But . . .”

Here's what I look forward to: A day when (some) straight people no longer feel the need to say they're ‘straight, but they support LGBT rights.’ Too bad there's still the compunction to make that distinction. Gay rights = human rights. We're all the same. Someday orientation will be…

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January 26, 2012
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