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Wisconsin Spice Company Celebrates Marriage Equality

Wisconsin-based spice company Penzeys is celebrating the state’s marriage equality win by sharing the stories of four of the plaintiff couples (several of whom have children), including “their lives, their cooking and their love.” Lest you think they’re just jumping on the bandwagon, they also reposted an article about gay dads Pat and Dennis and their four kids that ran in their newsletter way back in 2005. It lost them customers at the time — but they stuck with their beliefs.

Gay Dads Featured in Marriott’s #LoveTravels Campaign

Not only has Residence Inn been recently honored for the Twitter party they threw on LGBT travel, but the brand’s parent company, Marriott, last week launched #LoveTravels, “a multicultural campaign that conveys the company’s commitment to make everyone feel comfortable being who they are, everywhere they travel.” The campaign features some well-known LGBT celebrities, as

Another School Shooting: When Will We Have Had Enough?

My thoughts go out today to the community of Troutdale, Oregon, where a student and a suspected shooter are both dead after the later opened fire at Reynolds High School. When 27 people died after a school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut two years ago, ABC News reported that there had been 31 school shootings since the one in Columbine, Colorado in 1999. Now, we learn that there have been 74 school shootings since Newtown. How many is too many?

Religion and LGBTQ Families

Religion and LGBTQ equality are often portrayed as incompatible. That’s why I was so happy to see people of several faith traditions take part in Blogging for LGBTQ Families Day, reminding us that faith and being LGBTQ (or loving and supporting someone who is LGBTQ) can, for many, go hand in hand, even if it may take some effort. Here are some of their posts.

LGBTQ Parenting Roundup

LGBTQ Parenting Roundup

While we’ve been gearing up for and winding down from Blogging for LGBTQ Families Day, lots of things have been in the news related to LGBTQ families. Let’s round them up!

From Coast to Coast, Changing Laws to Protect Our Families

A new law in Washington, D.C. is drawing lesbian couples from other jurisdictions to give birth there — and a bill making its way through the California legislature could simplify the paperwork and clarify parenting arrangements for same-sex couples in that state.

Two Days, Two States, To the Altar

Not one, but two states have gained marriage equality this week, as Pennsylvania today joined Oregon. And lest anyone feel that U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane’s ruling in the Oregon case was influenced by the fact that he is a gay dad, consider that straight U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones III, who ruled in Pennsylvania, was appointed by President George W. Bush and backed by anti-LGBT Senator Rick Santorum (R).

Gay Dad Issues Stirring Marriage Equality Ruling in Oregon

U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane yesterday struck down Oregon’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples, issuing a ruling that draws on his own experience as a dad, and ends with one of the most poetic passages I’ve ever seen in a legal document. McShane is also openly gay.

10 Years of Marriage Equality in Massachusetts — Still No Locusts

I’m pleased to report that a day before the 10th anniversary of the ruling that brought marriage equality to Massachusetts, there are still no swarms of locusts, plagues, or other signs of heavenly disfavor. In fact, in 2004, the same year that marriage equality was enacted, the Red Sox won the World Series after an 86-year gap, breaking the infamous “Curse of the Bambino.” Just saying.

LGBTQ Parenting Roundup

LGBT Parenting Roundup

Let’s set aside the obvious political stories for a moment to take a look at some other LGBT parenting news, including a few family profiles, entertainment news, and penguins. Seriously, with all these stories, the penguin should be adopted as the mascot for LGB parents.

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