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Sun moves backwards in sky

Same-sex marriage momentum building, Utah activists say

The Colbert Coalition’s anti-gay marriage ad

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Iowa Senate Majority leader on why he supports gay marriage

He says he learned from his daughter who, after listening to anti-gay middle-aged men at work, finally told them, you guys don’t understand, you’ve already lost, my generation doesn’t care.
Remember, this is straight out of the heartland too. His daughter is right. While there will be battles ahead, we’ve already won the war.
Tip: AmericaBlog

Vermont passes gay marriage bill

In 2000, Vermont became the first state to allow full civil unions. Now their legislature just legalized gay marriage, joining Connecticut and Massachusetts in doing so. New Hampshire and Maine legislators are considering similar bills.
New England is now the unquestioned leader in legalizing gay marriage.
The religious right has way less influence there than elsewhere, these [...]

No on Prop 8 march

I just got back from a quite large No on Prop 8 march in San Francisco. The march was spontaneously organized in just three days after the loathsome Prop 8 passed.
Among other things, I expect there will be organized boycotts of businesses owned by LDS and of businesses owned by Mormons that gave substantial money [...]

Face off behind the Orange Curtain

That’s our pal Joe on the Left. Go, Joe!
If you live in California, vote NO on Proposition 8 (which would ban gay marriage in California.) Happily, it looks like it will be defeated, but let’s make sure.
NoOnProp8.com has more.
(Joe sent the photo. The Orange Country Register website does not appear to have the article online, [...]

Gay marriage now legal in California

SFist has a growing photo gallery.

Does the Left not like winning?

Sometimes it seems that way. American Leftist has a thoughtful essay on same sex marriage, but ends up thinking that the stance taken a hard left SF gay group, (oddly named Gay Shame) that opposes all marriage because it reinforces the capitalist class system, may have merit.
Can’t we just celebrate the same sex marriage ruling [...]