Introduction and Background
For some time now (1) emilynghiem | US Message Board 🦅 Political Discussion Forum and I have been sparring over various social and legal issues from decidedly different philosophies and perspectives. Those differences most often centered on LGBT issues, as has...
It is hard to believe that 7 years after the Obergefell decision that established the right to same sex marriage, and the Pavan v. Smith case that same-sex parents of children conceived by a sperm donor and/or birth surrogate should both be listed on the child’s birth certificate, just as is...
I really have to wonder what is wrong with these people! My guess is that they are very miserable and loveless in their personal lives to the point where they hate the idea that others have found happiness. Another possibility is that they are living in an alternative reality, a sort of...
Equality marches on! The last of the G-7 nations to reccognise same sex marriage. There is no turning back. It is "normalized"
Japan's Same-Sex Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional By District Court : NPR
It is not same sex marriage any more. It is just marriage.
The Internet Is Going Crazy for Elizabeth Warren After She Gave This Answer on Same-Sex Marriage and Homophobes
Go Liz!! She is the one! I find it hard to believe that after all of these years since Obergefell , people are still asking questions like this.
Then she twists the knife!
In a...
'Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act' seeks to strip gay marriage rights
I really have to wonder what the fuck is wrong with these people! My only question is, are they so stupid and blindly driven by their bigotry that they don't know that any federal judge will immediately slap on...
The State of Worldwide Marriage Equality.
Proof that the beat for equality goes on. Five steps forward, one back. And we still have ass hates in this country that still think that they can overturn Obergefell.
Europe
Asia
South America
Down Under
But then.......
I have a simple question for those who oppose same sex marriage on the grounds that it is detrimental to children - which will come at the end of this post. But first allow me to present a senerio that is quite common.
The setting: A time and place where same sex marriage is not possible...
Yes the tide has turned. There is no going back!! The Evangelicals and other reactionary forces in the US think that they can turn back the clock, but they had better think again in view of the fact that much of the developed, western world continues to move forward.
While Trump himself has been pretty quiet on the subject of same sex marriage and LGBT rights in general, we know that he has surrounded himself with some of the most opprobrious bigots - both religious and those that are just far right-or alt right -ideologues and hate mongers.
There was the...