When a Lesbian Marriage Trivializes a Political Career

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When a Lesbian Marriage Trivializes a Political Career

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | Christine Quinn, just named to Out magazine’s annual Out100, began her career as a tenant activist, then got on board on the ground floor of State Senator Tom Duane’s political career, becoming his chief of staff while he served on the City Council. After several years as executive director of the New [...]

November 14, 2012425915 Comments2012-11-14+16%3A50%3A57adminRead More

Four-State Sweep on Marriage Equality!

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | On 32 consecutive occasions since the 1990s, voters in states across the country have approved ballot measures — either statutes or constitutional amendments — barring gay and lesbian couples from the right to marry. That streak was broken — decisively — on Election Night 2012. Voters in Maine acted affirmatively to [...]

November 8, 201241071 Comment2012-11-08+17%3A50%3A03adminRead More

Maryland, Maine Approve Marriage Equality

BREAKING | By a 52-48 percent margin, Marylanders approved a marriage equality law enacted earlier this year by the State Legislature and signed by Governor Martin O’Malley. Democrat O’Malley, considered a potential presidential candidate in 2016, campaigned hard to ensure that voters did not turn back the law. And in Maine, pro-equality advocates are projected to [...]

November 7, 20124076No Comment2012-11-07+05%3A27%3A02adminRead More

Second Circuit Ruling Against DOMA Hastens Final Reckoning at Supreme Court

BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD | A panel of the Manhattan-based US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on October 18 that Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which bars federal government recognition for same-sex marriages, violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the laws. Writing for the 2-1 [...]

October 18, 2012381510 Comments2012-10-19+02%3A40%3A06adminRead More

McDonald Declines To Pursue Third Party Bid

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | Two days after it became clear that Senator Roy McDonald had lost the September 13 Republican primary for reelection, the upstate Saratoga-Rensselaer County incumbent announced he would not pursue an Independence Party bid in the November election. McDonald was one of four Senate Republicans who voted for marriage equality in 2011, [...]

September 27, 201234162 Comments2012-09-27+17%3A26%3A43adminRead More

Pro-Equality GOP Senator Saland Ekes Out Primary Win; McDonald an Apparent Loser

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | Despite enormous fundraising advantages, pro-marriage equality Republican state senators in New York had a tough primary day on September 13. With all three who are up for reelection facing primary challengers, it was the freshman legislator –– Mark Grisanti of Buffalo’s 60th District –– who turned out to have the [...]

September 25, 201233301 Comment2012-09-25+19%3A00%3A44adminRead More

Maryland Guv in NYC to Defend Marriage Equality Back Home

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | Saying that “we are at the 95-yard line,” but also that “we need to be able to show we can win at the ballot box,” Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley spoke optimistically to Gay City News about the prospects for that state’s marriage equality law being affirmed by voters in a referendum [...]

September 24, 20123346No Comment2012-09-24+19%3A32%3A16adminRead More

Even With Huge War Chests, Two Pro-Equality GOP Senators in Photo Finishes

September 14, 20123259No Comment2012-09-14+05%3A31%3A29adminRead More

Maryland Marriage Equality Defenders Head to NYC for September 13 Fundraiser

BY PAUL SCHINDLER | In March, Maryland joined Washington State as one of two states to enact marriage equality in 2012 through the legislative process. In response to the success of anti-gay forces in mobilizing opposition and forcing referendums in both states, voters must now approve the new marriage laws at the ballot box in [...]

September 9, 20123144No Comment2012-09-09+17%3A15%3A45adminRead More

Tough Keeping Bedfellows Straight in Buffalo Dem, GOP Senate Primaries

BY ANDY HUMM | A fractious New York State Senate race in Buffalo has brought that city’s LGBT leadership and the Erie County Democratic Party into open conflict with outside gay money and the Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA) –– who are supporting the pro-marriage equality Republican incumbent –– as well as with the leader [...]

August 15, 201227743 Comments2012-08-15+16%3A03%3A12adminRead More

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Minnesota Enacts Marriage Equality

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