NY high court upholds benefits, but shies away from considering marriage equality

New York’s highest court on Thursday rejected two challenges filed by a Christian legal advocacy group that sought to deny legal recognition of marriages granted to same-sex couples by other other states or countries.
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NY Court Upholds Marriage Recognition

Today the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund lost their challenge to New York's recognition of same-sex marriages performed outside the state.
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Catholic Bishops: Gay Marriage Will Destroy American Society

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a 60-page pastoral letter condemning same-sex unions as a "threat to the fabric of society.
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Are New Yorkers Stonewalling Their Own Progress?

by David Link

Twenty years ago, New York’s highest court ruled, in Braschi v. Stahl Associates that a same-sex couple could be treated as a “family” under New York’s rent control law.
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Lesbian mothers in Tasmania get legal recognition

Lesbian mothers who are not the biological parents of their children have been granted legal recognition by Tasmania's legislative council.
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Age, Income, Kids: New Study Says Gay Families Similar To Straight Families

According to new study of U.S. Census Bureau data performed by researchers at UCLA, there's not much difference between straight families and gay couples who report themselves as married.
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Report: Gay couples similar to straight spouses

Same-sex couples who identify as married are similar to straight spouses in terms of age and income, and nearly one-third of them are raising children, according to Census data released Monday that provides a demographic snapshot of gay families in America.
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Report: Gay spouses look like heterosexual couples

Report: Gay spouses look like heterosexual couplesSan Jose Mercury NewsIt also found that Utah, Wyoming and other states that don't offer any legal recognition of gay relationships had some of the highest percentages of .
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Lesbian mothers retrospective recognition

Lesbian mothers retrospective recognitionABC OnlineTasmania's Legislative Council has voted unanimously to make the legal recognition of lesbian co-mothers retrospective to 2003.
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Report: American Gay Couples Face Disadvantages in Retirement

New Study Released During National Save for Retirement Week Documents How Lack of Federal Recognition for Same-Sex Couples Reduces Their Retirement Income and Survivor Benefits.
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Same-Sex Couples Face Big Disadvantages in Retirement

A new study released this week details the inequalities faced by same-sex couples in employer-sponsored retirement plans.
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Report: Same-Sex Couples Face Significant Disadvantages in Retirement

A new study released today details the inequalities faced by same-sex couples in employer-sponsored retirement plans.
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How Come You Can't Find Any Ex-Gay Books In Your Local Library?

Queerty (blog) How Come You Can't Find Any Ex-Gay Books In Your Local Library?Queerty (blog)Still high off their new legal recognition, PFOX is calling on libraries to include works like You Don't Have to Be Gay and A Parent's Guide to Preventing .
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U.S. Catholic Bishops Plan to Attack Gay Marriage with November Statement

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is planning a major statement on marriage in November, preparing to issue new language about how the church views same-sex marriage.
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Evan forgot about Washington -- Obama shouldn't

by David Link

I couldn’t agree more with Evan Wolfson’s advice to Barack Obama about what he needs to say at his speech to the Human Rights Campaign this weekend.
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Russian court rules against lesbian couple

A Moscow court ruled against two lesbians seeking to become Russia's first legally married gay couple.
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Press Release from No On 1: Maine Pediatricians Support Marriage Equality

On the heels of CCL MFPC's Mike Heath's sudden resignation (!!!) comes this press release from No On 1 into my in-box:

For Immediate Release:

Maine Pediatricians Urge Voters to Reject Question 1 Maine Chapter Reasserts Marriage Equality Serves Children

Portland, Maine (Tuesday,  September 22, 2009) -

Citing child welfare and their commitment to support what is best for children,  physicians from the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) today announced their support for the NO on 1/Protect Maine Equality campaign.
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D-OR offers D'OH on DOMA

When it comes to our relationships and the legal recognition thereof, there are some people who wish we would "repent.
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PFOX: Faking Hate Crimes

A couple of paragraphs in an interesting story by Amanda Hess in last week's Washington City Paper show us how the "ex-gays" in PFOX operate.
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Joint Press Release of Unitarian Universalist Association and No On 1 Campaign

Just got the following presser:

Unitarian Universalist Association Stands on the Side of Love in Maine, Opposes Question 1

Portland, Maine (Friday, September 11, 2009) ---NO on 1/Protect Maine Equality and the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) today jointly released the following statement from UUA President Rev.
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