The NY Times reported Friday that Ann Barnett, the Kern County Clerk, is refusing to hold ceremonies for marriages effective June 13 – just before the first same-sex marriages are scheduled to begin the following Monday.
Ms. Barrett said the announcement reflected “administrative and budgetary concerns”, and the move affects all marriages – ceremonies will no longer be held [...]

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Dear Friends,
Faith In America wishes to honor all our wonderful fathers this Father’s Day weekend and their families. During the previous three years working with Faith In America, I have met so many wonderful fathers within the GLBT community. They certainly deserve our recognition this weekend for all the love, support and understanding they instill [...]

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Faith In America wishes to honor all our wonderful fathers this Father’s Day weekend. There are so many fathers within the GLBT community who deserve our recognition this weekend for their love, support and understanding. It is a fact that there are many sons and daughters who today derive happiness, security and well-being from [...]

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In the weeks following California’s affirming the freedom to marry to all state residents, other states have faced this issue from new perspectives.
New York landed a shot for marriage equality when Governor David Paterson required state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages from other states and countries.
The Virginia Supreme Court recently recognized a Vermont civil union in [...]

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Bill O’Reilly, in this Factor Follow-Up clip, asks a simple question that we should ask of all our elected officials – note the response from California family law attorney Don Schweizer:

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For the first time ever in over 30 years of polling, more respondents among California voters supported the right of same-sex marriage than opposed it.  We at Faith in America have advocated this position, along with a host of supporters, for over two years.  Full story below, from the Lexington Herald-Leader:

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On Thursday, the California Supreme Court issued a historic ruling that overturned a law denying gays and lesbians equal access to civil marriage.  For millions of people like me, it was a moving moment – a moment where we were recognized as being equal in every way in the eyes of the law.  A moment [...]

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“The architects of our federal and state Constitutions understood that widespread and deeply rooted prejudices may lead majoritarian institutions to deny fundamental freedoms to unpopular minority groups, and that the most effective remedy for this form of oppression is an independent judiciary charged with the solemn responsibility to interpret and enforce the constitutional provisions guaranteeing [...]

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 …this article, authored by our Executive Director, was published in the Washington Blade on May 9, 2008.
Civil rights pioneer embraced cause of same-sex marriage
- BRENT CHILDERS
IT IS A rare privilege to meet a person whose life has had a profound effect on the shaping of history. Last May, our organization’s founder, Mitchell Gold, [...]

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The Rev. Mel White served the Religious Right until he came out as a gay man. Here he discusses the reconciliation of his politics, his faith, and his sexual orientation.
Rev. Mel White penned the life stories and speeches of conservative Christian superstars like Pat Robertson. His religious leaders publicly and vehemently condemned gays and lesbians, [...]

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