Posts Tagged ‘gay marriage’

it turns out that gay marriage isn’t the end of the world

By Dr. Charlie Glickman • Sep 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog

Remember how at the start of the gay marriage debates, a lot of people were claiming that gay marriage was a threat to the institution of marriage? Well, the most recent information  from the National Center For Vital Statistics (thanks to HuffPo for the link) shows that after 4 years of gay marriage, Massachusetts has [...]



thanks, Mr. Cheney

By Dr. Charlie Glickman • Jun 1st, 2009 • Category: Blog

Those are words that I never thought I’d say.
It seems that Dick Cheney, whose daughter is a lesbian, has finally come out and said that he supports gay marriage, but on the state level rather than the federal level since marriage has historically been regulated on the state level in the US. And I have [...]



GOP Chairman Michael Steele: “gay marriage is bad for business”

By Dr. Charlie Glickman • May 18th, 2009 • Category: Blog

From Yahoo News via Carnal Nation
Does it seem to you that the anti-gay marriage folks are getting a little desperate to come up with a logical, reasonable explanation for why they don’t want gays to marry (besides their homophobia, I mean)? You’ll love this one, then.
GOP Chairman Michael Steele has proposed that if gays are [...]



here we go again with the lies and hate

By Dr. Charlie Glickman • Apr 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog

It seems that the National Organization for Marriage can’t come up with a reason why same sex couples shouldn’t get married that’s not based on bigotry and homophobia, so they’re falling back on creating a moral panic. Check this out.

Pretty remarkable isn’t it. Lies about how people who support queer marriage are going to take [...]



let’s hear it for Iowa!

By Dr. Charlie Glickman • Apr 3rd, 2009 • Category: Blog

It turns out that the Iowa Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that same-sex couples can get married as of April 24. Not only that, but Iowa has no residecny requirments for marriage so folks can travel there, get hitched and then go home. How cool is that?
And as if that wasn’t enough, unlike California, if [...]



Proposition 8 1/2

By John Thursday • Nov 12th, 2008 • Category: Erotic Philosophy by John Thursday, Features

It finally happened. It took a two-year courtship and multiple proposals but last week Barack Obama asked us to marry him and we, the people said yes. Congratulations, we’re engaged.
Yet the joy for many of us is tempered by the passing of Proposition 8. The country has come so far in electing an African-American president [...]



Vote For Joy. No on 8

By John Thursday • Oct 29th, 2008 • Category: Erotic Philosophy by John Thursday, Features

I have had the good fortune to attend a number of gay weddings this season. There have been many. With proposition 8 proposing to end gay proposals people have been promiscuously popping the question.