An Ohio court ruled yesterday that a custody arrangement between two lesbian parents is valid despite the state’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The couple had signed a court-approved joint custody agreement, and then split. One of the women refused to let the other have contact with their son, and claimed their agreement was invalid […]
Lots of stories this week. In U. S. federal news: Colorado Republicans Sen. Wayne Allard and Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, who sponsored the failed Federal Marriage Amendment twice before, say they will not try a third time. Vice President Dick Cheney called CNN newscaster Wolf Blitzer “out of line” for asking him to comment on a
Maybe I shouldn’t have watched the L Word replay the other night after listening to the State of the Union. It got me thinking: what if the characters on the show were members of the U. S. government? What roles would they play? Here are my suggestions; comments and additional ideas welcome. (Warning: Spoilers below.)
I can say three good things about President Bush’s State of the Union speech last night: He didn’t say anything about the need to “defend marriage and the family.” He only said “NU-kee-ler” (as in power and weapons) three times. Coverage was followed by a repeat of this week’s L Word.
Some parents in the Evesham School District of Marlton, New Jersey are up in arms about part of the diversity curriculum that includes a film showing same-sex parents, reports WCAU-TV/NBC 10 Philadelphia News. Garden State Equality has posted a clip of the coverage to YouTube. The film shows children and their parents, with the children
Today is the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States. It is also Blog for Choice Day, so I’m going to venture a little off my usual topics in this post and talk about reproductive freedom as I see it.
An article in the Mail & Guardian newspaper of South Africa asked this week, “Why are pregnant lesbians scary?” Umm . . . because we’re hormonal and know how to use power tools? The article itself is a rehash of the Mary Cheney pregnancy and why gay and lesbian parents are as good as any
Deb Price of the Detroit News examines House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s child-laced photo-op, and calls on Pelosi to use her new clout to protect gay kids from harassment. The Arizona legislator who filed a bill calling for a new vote on a revised same-sex marriage amendment, has said he made a mistake and requested that
Low-income, same-sex parent families may soon have an easier time finding family-law services geared to their needs. The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) launched its Family Protection Project this week, which aims to “help low-income LGBT parents protect their relationships with their children by increasing and improving the capacity of legal services organizations and
Mark your calendars and set your Tivos. The Family Pride Coalition has announced that two of their members, dads Mark and Andy Sutherland-Travino, along with their children and great niece, will be on the Oprah Winfrey Show on January 29, “the show’s first positive portrayal of a gay family!” Family Pride says: We are absolutely
