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New Hampshire Governor to Make Gay Marriage a Reality

12:58 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · GLBT| Justice| New Hampshire| States| society · 1 Comment

15 May 2009

After a landmark decision in New Hampshire’s legislature late last month which would make gay marriage legal in the New England state, this dream is coming closer to becoming a reality as the governor said today that he will sign the bill when it comes across his desk — with a few modifications.

New Hampshire Governor John Lynch says that when a new draft of the bill comes his way — one which will allow churches to refuse to marry gay couples if this goes against their beliefs — he will indeed sign the bill into law. This would also apply to wedding service providers (think caterers, florists) as well, who will not be able to be sued for discrimination if they refuse to provide their services. Legislators have agreed with the changes and will provide churches “protection” from having to perform same-sex ceremonies if their traditions don’t allow it.

Governor Lynch had some inspiring words today with regard to the legislature’s decision and his own new way of thinking:

Lynch, a Democrat, had loomed as a possible obstacle in New Hampshire. The governor had supported civil unions but consistently opposed gay marriage. But his thinking changed, he said yesterday.

“Throughout our history, our society’s views of civil rights have constantly evolved and expanded,” Lynch said in a nearly 600-word statement. He cited New Hampshire’s tradition of landing “on the side of individual liberties and protections,” adding, “That is what I believe we must do today.”

The passage of the gay marriage bill in New Hampshire’s and Maine’s legislatures makes 6 states in the U.S. that allow or will allow same sex marriage. In New England, the only one that still prohibits it is Rhode Island.

Via / Boston Globe

Miss California May Have to Give Up Crown Amid Photo Scandal

2:37 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · California| Celebrities| Chismes| Controversia| GLBT · Comments Off

7 May 2009

carrie-copy-1 Yesterday La Macha told us about the apparent hypocrisy of Miss California Carrie Prejean – defender of American moral values — upon the revelation that she had posed nude. Now the firestorm against the beauty queen and 1st runner up for Miss America is getting stronger, as The HuffPost reports that yet another nude photo has leaked to press and that Carrie may have to give up her crown as a result of the scandal:

A second topless photo of Miss California Carrie Prejean has been released by TheDirty.com, days after Prejean promised the state pageant that there was only one such photo in existence. [...]

Back to the crown drama. On Wednesday Prejean’s runner-up Miss Malibu told “Access Hollywood’s” Billy Bush she is ready to step in should Prejean lose her crown because of a morality clause in the pageant contract contestants sign that promises they have no nude or semi-nude photos in their past.

In an even more surprising twist, TMZ (consider the source, take it with a grain of salt) says Prejean’s bias against gay marriage might stem from the fact that her father is gay.

Via / HuffPost

Image via TheDirty.com

The hypocrisy kills

11:31 am By la Macha · GLBT| Women · 4 Comments

6 May 2009

Miss California, of the “gays can’t marry” infamy, just won’t go away. After lecturing the world on how God made marriage for a man and a woman, it has now been discovered that Miss California has semi-nude pictures floating around–oh, and those pictures are of her.

Now, I’m the very last person to sit judgment on women taking any type of pictures of herself. In fact, the reason I personally think the various beauty pageants out there are bullshit and deserve to be closed down is because of how they blatantly insinuate that virginity is what makes a woman beautiful. They play on the belief that a woman should be a virgin until she finds the right man–and then she should be a whore. Just for him.

So I sit no judgment on Miss California posing for pictures. BUT–I do wonder at the hypocrisy of a woman who poses semi-nude, prances around in front of huge audiences (which include men) half naked, gets breast implants (to be more alluring to men?), and also manages to say it’s against God’s will for gays to marry.

When did God say it was ok for women to be running around half naked with the object of giving men hard ons so the women can be dubbed most beautiful?

A little consistency might make me take Miss California more seriously.

El Salvador Just Says No to Same Sex Marriage and Gay Adoption

6:00 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · El Salvador| GLBT · 1 Comment

4 May 2009

elsalvador While the recent presidential election in El Salvador signaled a change in politics as usual, recently the legislature in the Central American country made a legislative move that feels like a move backwards for equal rights.

El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved an amendment to the constitution to ban marriage between same-sex couples and same-sex couples’ ability to adopt a child. This amendment was proposed in the final hours of the current Legislative Assembly session, which ends April 30th.

“Marriage is only for men and women, born that way. It remains consecrated in our country that this is not possible for same-sex couples,” (El Diario de Hoy, 30 April 2009) announced Rodolfo Parker, the major proponent of the amendment.

The amendment is being strongly pushed by the Catholic Church in el Salvador, which is leading activists to fight the amendment from the perspective of an issue of separation of church and state.

Activist and law student Andrea Ayala explained her presence at one of the many demonstrations the Alliance held in front of the Legislative Assembly, “Personally I am not asking them for marriage, because, well, I think we are light years away from this…I simply ask that they do not obstruct our rights to equality. Our right to equality is protected in the United Nations Human Rights Charter…For me, as a lesbian, it is humiliating that they are trying to continue obstruct the right that we have to freely exercise our sexuality.”

Via / Narcosphere

Gay Marriage Bills Pass in New Hampshire and Maine

9:19 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| GLBT| Maine| New Hampshire| Politics · 2 Comments

30 Apr 2009

marriage1 Miss California might have joined “the storm” against gay marriage, but in New Hampshire it appears that there isn’t a drop of rain. Fresh on the heels of Iowa, the New Hampshire State Senate passed a bill on Wednesday making gay marriage legal:

Even though the marriage equality bill had been rejected by a key legislative committee, Ray Buckley, the out gay chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, spent the day April 28 “whipping” support for both that measure and a transgender rights bill. NowHampshire.com reported that Buckley was pulling out all the stops, meeting with the Senate Democratic leadership in what proved to be a successful effort to bring the marriage bill over the top in the April 29 vote. The House of Representatives passed the marriage measure in March. Some opponents of the transgender rights bill have derided it as a “bathroom bill.”

The historic move makes New Hampshire the fifth state to let gays and lesbians marry. Wow, we’ve now got New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts and even Iowa, and my beloved California can’t get it together. Pretty sad.

The bill still needs to be signed into law by NH Governor John Lynch, a Democrat, who has expressed in the past that he believed that the word “marriage” be limited to unions between partners of the opposite sex.

UPDATE:
But wait, that’s not all. Maine passed a similar bill late this afternoon! This one also needs to get past the governor, but that’s two states in one week!

Via / Gay City News

Miss California Joins Fight Against Storm of Gay Marriage

1:09 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · California| Controversia| GLBT| Women · 1 Comment

30 Apr 2009

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Who does marriage need protecting from? Yes, haters you can say mujeres like me, pero I’m really talking about the scary gays who now have to fight off California beauty queens.

You have to love how Prejean says it’s all about respect. Hmm. Now mira I do not think it’s cool in any way to call Prejean a bitch or to make jokes about killing her. That’s not acceptable y punto. Pero, that said, where Prejean does need to be attack is in her defense of “marriage” while excluding others. Where is the respect there?

Gay Couples Begin Marrying in Iowa

2:53 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| GLBT| Politics| States| society · 1 Comment

27 Apr 2009

It was surprising when it happened in California — but in Iowa? Yes, it isn’t science fiction: starting today, gay couples can legally marry in the state of Iowa — says the State Supreme Court, unanimously — and they’ve already started applying for their licenses. The Des Moines Register reports:

Cathy Johnson of Lineville stood at the courthouse door and collected petitions with at least 190 signatures. The petitioners asked Recorder Angela Horton not to issue licenses to same-sex couples. They also called for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.

County recorders across Iowa received similar petitions. Dozens of licenses were issued in the state’s most populated counties. A handful of ceremonies were held when judges waived the standard three-day waiting period.

Throughout Iowa, county recorders were receiving similar petitions. Also, in the state’s most populated counties, recorders were busy issuing marriage licenses. In rural counties, however, few if any licenses were issued.

As you might have guessed, Iowa conservatives aren’t happy that marriage equality has come to their state. It is being reported that opponents have collected 3000 signatures with the intent of getting the ruling reversed. Check out what some of them think in the video above, and some “man on the street” opinions that might surprise you after the jump.
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Perez Hilton on Miss California: “She lost because of that answer”

2:30 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Blogs| California| Celebrities| Controversia| GLBT · 5 Comments

21 Apr 2009

Latino blogger Perez Hilton joined Larry King last night to break down the reason why he asked Miss USA contestant, Miss California, the “fatal question”. In this clip, Perez says he didn’t mean for the question to be a “bomb” and that he could tell by the look on Miss Cali’s face that she knew she was going to lose her shot at the title because of her answer.

Hilton also alleges that television had a hand at editing out the “loud boos” that Miss California received upon stating her opposition to gay marriage.

What do you think about Perez’s stance? Is his analysis fair? Does he defend his point well?

Via / YouTube

Who Said Latinos Are Against Gay Marriage?

6:15 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Controversia| GLBT| Media| New York · 1 Comment

20 Apr 2009

Huge props to Blabbeando for posting and translating this debate on the “storm” of gay marriage in NYS.

Sometimes leaders say things on the Spanish language media that they wouldn’t say in the English marriage media, or take an issue from a perspective that isn’t usually covered. For example, is Luis Tellez, a board member behind NOM (who are behind the storm commercial)really saying that no fault divorces have done more harm than good to women of color since apparently they are to blame with the problems people of color families face? Sure sounds like it.

Gay Marriage Passes in Vermont!

11:22 am By la Macha · GLBT · Comments Off

7 Apr 2009

Breaking news from Reuters is that Vermont has weathered a showdown between its Congress and it’s governor; and gay marriage is now legal in the state of Vermont!

Vermont lawmakers on Tuesday overrode a veto from the governor in passing a bill that would allow same-sex marriage, clearing the way for the state to become the fourth in the nation where gay marriage is legal.

The Vermont House of Representatives passed the bill by a 100-49 vote after it cleared the state Senate 23-5 earlier in the day. In Vermont, a bill needs two-thirds support in each chamber to override a veto.

Vermont’s vote comes just four days after Iowa’s Supreme Court struck down a decade-old law that barred gays from marrying to make that state the first in the U.S. heartland to allow same-sex marriages.

Vermont’s gay marriage legislation looked in peril after a vote Thursday in the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives that failed to garner enough support clear a veto threat from Republican Governor Jim Douglas.

Congratulations to the LGBTQ community in Vermont!!!

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