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Five-Year-Old Faces Expulsion Because His Parents are Lesbians

Donald Deane — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:05:34 +0000

South African lesbian couple Kally and Samantha Mabe enrolled their young son in a private Christian school because they were expecting tolerance and open-mindedness. What they got was anything but. Instead, the pastor of Secunda Highveld Christian School described the married couple’s relationship as “problematic” and demanded that they divorce or their son, who’s now [...]

Fourth Grade Student Writes Awesome Essay Defending Gay Marriage

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:28:31 +0000

The debate over gay marriage has gotten a little more childish. And that’s a good thing.Â A fourth grade student who was given an assignment to write a persuasive essay tackled the controversial subject and the results have gone viral, with his teacher posting the piece on Reddit. Yes, the essay has some grammatical errors [...]

Watch Jimmy Kimmel's Audience Play 'Find the Homophobes'

Kyle Dowling — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:18:34 +0000

Think you can spot whether or not someone is for or against same sex marriage? Late night host Jimmy Kimmel thinks his audience can… In a recent bit on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ — inspired by the latestÂ Human Rights Campaign slogan that is overtaking Facebook profile pictures in support of gay marriage — the host sent [...]

Defense of Marriage Act Goes Before Supreme Court

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:23:39 +0000

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard its second day of arguments on the issue of same-sex marriage, specifically a challenge to the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This follows Tuesday’s case concerning California’s Proposition 8. The DOMA case, known as United States v. Windsor, covers this: The case concerns the part of the [...]

Chaz Talks About His Stance on Gay Marriage

Chaz — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:47:20 +0000

With the recent story of the Supreme Court hearing the first of two gay marriage cases, gay rights have come to the front of many people’s minds. In fact, many people are supporting gay marriage by changing their profile picture on Facebook to an equal sign. Well with that, I wanted to offer you my stance on gay marriage, or equality.

Not Gay? Perfect, Read This Immediately — The Fairer Sex Files

Jackie Mancini — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:00:07 +0000

If Google analytics are correct, then you, dear reader, are a straight male, like Macklemore here. I dare you to read this anyway. (Editor’s Note: No one told me to say this, but the opinions below are mine, and don’t represent the website. Since no one told me to do this, I am also free [...]

The Best Ways to Show Your Support for Marriage Equality on Facebook

TheFW Staff — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:19:24 +0000

This week the Supreme Court is hearing arguments for Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California. They are also weighing the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

To show their support for the LGBT community, people have been changing their profile pictures on Facebook. It started as big blocks of solid red. Then changed to a red block with a pink equal sign, which is symbol of the Human Rights Campaign. Now things have gotten a little out of control and some more creative options have popped up. Here are our favorites.

Maryland Senate Approves Gay Marriage Bill

Shauna Wright — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:57:58 +0000

On Thursday, the Maryland Senate approved a gay marriage bill that puts it on tap to become the eighth US state to permit same-sex couples to wed. Gov. Martin O’Malley is expected to sign the legislation into law. Shortly after the Senate passed the measure, he tweeted, “Maryland will now be able to protect individual [...]

Are You in Favor of Legalizing Gay Marriage? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:00:07 +0000

This week, lawmakers in Washington state legalized same-sex marriage and a federal appeals court declared a voter initiative in California, which had made gay marriage illegal, to be unconstitutional. So what does the public think about gay marriage, in light of these measures? According to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center, 46 percent of [...]