‘Equal Marriage’ Archives
Obama remarks shift black voters’ opinions
Public Policy Polling has published a fascinating result out of North Carolina, where support for gay marriage has surged among black voters after the president's announcement. There's been a noticeable shift in the attitudes of African Americans in North Carolina toward rights for gay couples in the wake of President Obama's announcement last [...]
LGBT families lobby in D.C.
Dozens of same-sex families headed to Washington today to lobby lawmakers as part of the Family Equality Council's push to evolve more politicians toward equality. And one of the participants was none other than Zach Wahls, the Iowa college student whose impassioned defense of his two mothers before Iowa lawmakers last year made him a [...]
Senate committee approves domestic partner benefits for federal employees
The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act (DPBO) S.1910 was approved today in the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME), would provide benefits for same-sex domestic partners of federal civilian employees on the same basis as spousal [...]
