(THEADVOCATE) Contributions to the Obama campaign skyrocketed in the three days following the president’s announcement that he supported marriage equality, as donors opened their wallets and helped the campaign raise nearly $9 million. Following months of mounting pressure over his “evolving” position, President Obama clarified his stance on May 9, when he told ABC News, [...]
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While many consider Kathy Griffin to be an obnoxious loudmouth, this article clearly shows an intellectual side of her that her fans never see. It appears that Ms. Griffin has “come out” as an intellectual. Published on the Dailybeast read the article in its entirety below My friend Anderson Cooper is the scion of one of America’s [...]
Continue reading …Microsoft Executives Bill Gates And Steve ballmer Donate $200K to Support Marriage Equality
July 3, 2012 No Comment
(THEADVOCATE) Bill Gates (left) and Steve Ballmer The founder and CEO of Microsoft have each donated $100,000 to support Washington state’s marriage equality law that is being challenged by a referendum vote this November. Checks from Microsoft founder Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer were delivered to Washington United for Marriage on Friday. “It’s going [...]
Continue reading …Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Gets Married To Partner Sean Eldridge.
July 2, 2012 913 Comments
(via JustJared ) Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan take a stroll on Sunday (July 1) in New York City. The newlyweds were presumably on the east coast to attend the wedding of the 28-year-old entrepreneur’s Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes to longtime love Sean Eldridge. Chris, who is currently the editor in chief and publisher of The New Republic, posted his [...]
Continue reading …Article Originally Appeared on theadvocate John Boehner House Republicans have made the pivotal move of appealing a Defense of Marriage case to the Supreme Court. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi confirmed the decision in a statement condemning Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans for deciding “to waste more taxpayer funds to advance a position rejected by four different courts [...]
Continue reading …Francois Hollande (Theadvocate) The new president of France will legalize same-sex marriage in “the next few months,” according to a statement from his office reported by Reuters. President Francois Hollande and his Socialist party campaigned on marriage equality, and with a solid majority in Parliament it is largely up to them on the timing of changes. [...]
Continue reading …Conservatives target Republicans who back gay marriage: ‘You could lose your career
June 24, 2012 No Comment
David Handschuh / Pool / Getty Images file Couple Ray Durand (L) and his partner Dale Shields kiss while having their picture taken after their wedding ceremony at the Manhattan City Clerk’s office on the first day that New York State’s Marriage Equality Act went into effect on July 24, 2011 in New York City. [...]
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Berlin gay pride parade draws hundreds of thousands More than half a million people have taken to the streets of Berlin for the city’s annual gay pride parade. They protested discrimination against homosexuals – especially in Russia – and celebrated sexuality. Forty floats and thousands of people paraded from the district of Kreuzberg to Brandenburg [...]
Continue reading …By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A day after electing their first African-American president in a historic move that strives to erase its legacy of racism, Southern Baptists passed a resolution opposing the idea that same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue. Thousands of delegates at the denomination’s annual meeting in New [...]
Continue reading …Uganda Yields To Growing International Pressure says gays now free to meet
June 22, 2012 725 CommentsBy Rodney Muhumuza Associated Press / Kampala, UGANDA—Responding to growing international criticism of anti-gay efforts in Uganda, the government said in a statement Friday that it does not discriminate against people “of a different sexual orientation.” “No government official is (supposed) to harass any section of the community and everybody in Uganda enjoys the freedom to [...]
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