by John | Jun 15, 2012 | News, World news
“We’re moving forward to a country where we treat everybody fairly and everybody equally, with dignity and respect. And here in Maryland, thanks to the leadership of committed citizens and Gov. O’Malley, you have a chance to reaffirm that principle in the voting booth...
by John | Jun 2, 2012 | News, World news
The first lady says fairness and equality are values she and the president are trying to teach their daughters. First lady Michelle Obama supports marriage equality because it is consistent with “the values of fairness and equality” she and President Obama have tried...
by John | Jun 2, 2012 | News, World news
A US appeals court has declared that the Defence of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples, a groundbreaking ruling all but certain to wind up before the US Supreme Court. The unanimous ruling said the 1996 law that defines...
by John | May 25, 2012 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
“There’s been a dramatic zero-point shift in the polls since Obama came out for gay marriage,” tweeted Nate Silver on Monday. The tweet wasn’t attached to a post or to a particular poll, but we can run some of the numbers on our own. As it...
by John | May 24, 2012 | Australian commentary
Reporter KYE WHITE has opened the floodgates of opinion with this column, which appeared in The Advocate on Monday. What do you think? Leave a reader comment and take our poll. GAY marriage. Are we really still having this debate? Recently US president Barack Obama...
