2 Couples, 2 Covers For Gay Marriage ‘Time’
Squeamishness about gay and lesbian affection is a thing of the past as the country catches up with love.
Squeamishness about gay and lesbian affection is a thing of the past as the country catches up with love.
(Source: towleroad.com)
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Immigration enforcement doesn’t care if X-Man Northstar save American lives for a living; he’s a Canadian citizen and his recent marriage to American Kyle Jinadu does nothing to change that fact. That’s thanks to DOMA, which prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages.
Marriage equality–related campaigns won in four states this month. The victories, in part, came after a yearlong, behind-the-scenes national research effort.
Decision 2012: Obama, Baldwin, Maloney, Marriage Equality, and What It All Means
[O]ur victories and our allies’ victories evidence the rise of Our America, not a new America, but one that represents who we are and want we want the world to look like. It is an America that is younger, more diverse, and less concerned with dividing us up by religions, genders, and sexual orientations. It is an America that embraces identity, not hides it, which itself has two implications. First, openly gay candidates win when they bring their identity as gay persons to the concerns of a broad constituency, which may help explain why Sean Maloney won, but Richard Tisei did not. And, second, the talking points governing the Log Cabin Republicans and GOProud minimizing the role played by their gay identity — “gay is only a small part of who I am” — does not resonate with anyone in Our America.