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New Website: Legalize Lesbian Marriage

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By on Sep 27th, 2012

Ex-Gay Watch contributor Emily K has put her design talents to work for a new satirical website promoting same-sex marriage. Legalize Lesbian Marriage makes the case for letting two women marry — in Emily’s inimitably quirky and subversive style. Join her in supporting girl-on-girl (political) action!

Dustin Lance Black’s 8: Dramatization of the California Prop 8 Trial

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By on Mar 6th, 2012

Saturday, March 3, saw a live YouTube broadcast of Dustin Lance Black’s play 8, a reenactment of Perry v Schwarzenegger (later Perry v Brown), the 2010 trial that ruled California’s ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional. The play premiered on Broadway in September, 2011, but this live version from Los Angeles was an abridged reading by [...]

Court Rules Prop 8 Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional

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By on Feb 7th, 2012

Proposition 8, the law that bans same-sex marriage in California, has been ruled unconstitutional by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The announcement, made just before 10am PT today, is another nail in the coffin of marriage inequality in the US. The fight for LGBT equality is still far from over, [...]

Congratulations, Wayne and Jamie

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By on Dec 12th, 2011

We’re a few days behind, but better late than never in wishing long-time Ex-Gay Watch friend and ally Wayne Besen, of Truth Wins Out, the very best with his new husband, Jamie Brundage. The happy couple married in Burlington, Vermont, on December 8. Congratulations!

Extra! Marriage Equality Comes to New York

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By on Jun 25th, 2011

  In a major victory for gay rights, the New York Sate Senate voted 33 to 29 to approve same-sex marriage in the state, becoming the sixth state to do so.  The debate lasted for days and followed a previous attempt in 2009 which fell through at the last moment.  Governor Cuomo, who had promised [...]

Obama Administration Will No Longer Defend DOMA

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By on Feb 23rd, 2011

The US government has announced that it is no longer prepared to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court. The act enshrined in US federal law the definition of marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman. DOMA has been one of the chief weapons of anti-marriage-equality campaigners. Associated Press says the policy [...]

Prop 8 Struck Down, Gay Marriage in California

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By on Aug 4th, 2010

In Perry v. Schwarzenegger, U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker has found that Proposition 8 violated the federal constitutional rights of gays and lesbians to marry the partners of their choice.  While this is undoubtedly the first step in successive legal battles over this issue, the unlikely team of Ted Olsen and David Boies [...]