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• Thursday, October 09

  Michelle Welsh: Proposition 8 is about a basic right

  Link: Monterey County HeraldExcerpt: The government should not tell adults whom they can and cannot marry. Because the Constitution protects our... Posted Oct 09 2008, 06:21 AM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary

• Wednesday, October 08

  AZ: Mom says--Vote no on divisive gay-marriage proposition

  Link: Tucson Citizen Excerpt: Supporters of Proposition 102 (the so-called "Marriage Amendment") apparently think "no" means... Posted Oct 08 2008, 05:57 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Sunday, October 05

  CA: Opinion--Stand up for love by voting no on Prop. 8

  Link: Ventura County Star by Karin Quimby Excerpt: Last month, I had a chance to attend my first same-sex wedding. I, along with Ventura County dignitaries... Posted Oct 05 2008, 07:38 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Sunday, October 05

  Commentary: Gay families are here, no matter what the Florida Constitution says

  Link: South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com by Michael Mayo Excerpt: Adelle Barsky-Moore is 5, and she doesn't know about wedge politics and the Culture... Posted Oct 05 2008, 07:33 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Adoption, parenting, Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Sunday, October 05

  CA: Nikkei [people of Japanese ancestry abroad] Should Stand for Equality by Voting No on Prop 8

  Link: The Rafu Shimpo - L.A. Japanese Daily News by Stan Yogi Excerpt: “I simply love him and he loves me,” wrote a young Californian in a public... Posted Oct 05 2008, 07:22 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Sunday, October 05

  CA: Opinion--Prop. 8 and teaching to the marriage test

  Link: Los Angeles Times by Meghan Daum Excerpt: A television ad supporting Proposition 8 implies that gay marriage would have to be "taught"... Posted Oct 05 2008, 07:16 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Social, Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Friday, October 03

  Commentary: PCUSA Continues to Walk a Fine Line

  Link: Box Turtle Bulletin by Timothy Kincaid Excerpt: A Presbyterian court has found that a pastor accused of violating church law by conducting... Posted Oct 03 2008, 08:15 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Religion, Op-ed/Commentary

• Friday, October 03

  Commentary: My Debate Party and the Catholic Priest

  Link: Pam's House Blend by Fritz Excerpt: One of my boyfriend's closest friends, Joe, has been dating a Catholic priest. He met him through... Posted Oct 03 2008, 08:04 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Thursday, October 02

  Commentary: My Neighbor Lied to a Pollster About Gay Marriage

  Link: Huffington Post by John Henning Excerpt: Well, it wasn't actually my neighbor. It was my friend's neighbor. My friend lives in the... Posted Oct 02 2008, 09:29 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Wednesday, October 01

  The truth about that liberal against gay marriage, David Blankenhorn

  Link: Salon by Jon B. Eisenberg Excerpt: "I'm a liberal Democrat." So began a widely circulated opinion piece by David Blankenhorn... Posted Oct 01 2008, 06:58 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Opposition Research

• Wednesday, October 01

  Commentary: They say we 'oppose'; sadly for them, their claim is 'a pose'

  Link: Good As You by Jeremy Hooper Excerpt: This writer and his partner have already booked the venue, caterer, performers, florist, photographer... Posted Oct 01 2008, 02:20 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Opposition Research, Constitutional Amendments

• Tuesday, September 30

  Deb Price: 15 states lead the way on partner benefits

  Link: The Capital TimesExcerpt: The federal government needs its benefits package to catch up to what workers -- especially young gay and gay-friendly... Posted Sep 30 2008, 09:17 AM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary

• Tuesday, September 30

  Parents Take on a Proposition in the Golden State

  Link: The Huffington PostExcerpt: As California voters get ready to weigh in, on November 4, on Proposition 8, some unlikely heroes are rising up... Posted Sep 30 2008, 08:14 AM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary

• Monday, September 29

  FL: Commentary--Gay Marriage Not The Issue For Black Clergy

  Link: Palm Beach Post Rhythm & Views blog by Rhonda Swan Excerpt: When will more black pastors start putting time and energy into helping bring... Posted Sep 29 2008, 07:15 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Saturday, September 27

  CA: Opinion--Stopping same-sex unions protects no one

  Link: Los Angeles Times by James Overturf Excerpt: David Blankenhorn, who heads up a think tank in New York, writes in his Sept. 19 Times Op-Ed article... Posted Sep 27 2008, 09:18 AM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Saturday, September 27

  Critique of Florida's gay-marriage foes evokes kudos, curses

  Link: Orlando Sentinel by Scott Maxwell Excerpt: Every once in a while, you guys surprise me. I expected a lot of reaction to Sunday's column... Posted Sep 27 2008, 08:47 AM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary

• Saturday, September 27

  CA: Opinion--Prop. 8 debate is about social justice

  Link: Marin Independent Journal by Thomas Peters Excerpt: THROUGHOUT the history of the Marin Community Foundation, a defining theme of our work... Posted Sep 27 2008, 08:43 AM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Thursday, September 25

  Please let my moms be married

  Link: The Press DemocratExcerpt: I have two moms. I am only in the sixth grade, but I have already seen how happy it has made the gay and lesbian... Posted Sep 25 2008, 10:37 AM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary

• Monday, September 22

  Commentary: Black Voters Not to Blame if Proposition 8 Passes

  Link: The Bilerico Project by Michael Crawford Excerpt: A troubling New York Times article on Proposition 8, the proposed California anti-marriage... Posted Sep 22 2008, 01:41 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Friday, September 19

  OMG! Look! There on that cake! GROOMS! Run for your lives!

  Link: Slog | The Stranger | Seattle's Only Newspaper by Dan Savage Dan Savage comments on Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe’s campaign ad noted here on... Posted Sep 19 2008, 06:14 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Political

• Friday, September 19

  Proposition 8: Words Matter

  Link: Beyond Homophobia by Gregory Herek Excerpt: […] The New Field Poll Now an experiment embedded in a new Field Poll has shown that the wording... Posted Sep 19 2008, 01:41 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments, Analysis, Poll

• Friday, September 19

  Legalized same-sex marriage almost certainly benefits those same-sex couples who choose to marry, as well as the children being raised in those homes

  Link: The Volokh Conspiracy by Dale Carpenter Ed. note: Dale Carpenter refers to an opinion piece in today’s LA Times expressing support for the... Posted Sep 19 2008, 11:14 AM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Friday, September 19

  Commentary: At wedding, gay PDA not OK

  Link: 365 Gay News by John Corvino Excerpt: Like many gay people, I have a love-hate relationship with weddings. On the one hand, I enjoy any excuse... Posted Sep 19 2008, 10:25 AM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Social, Op-ed/Commentary

• Friday, September 19

  Opinion: Why California vote matters

  Link: Washington Blade by Shannon Minter WHAT IS AT stake in California on Nov. 4 is so much more than marriage — it is every LGBT person’s right... Posted Sep 19 2008, 09:12 AM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Wednesday, September 17

  Commentary: We cant let them win

  Link: 365 Gay Newsby Kevin Cathcart, Lambda Legal Executive Director Excerpt: Marriage equality is spreading across the country — and yet we are... Posted Sep 17 2008, 12:31 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Tuesday, September 16

  Op-ED: Gay Marriage? Not in the South

  Link: USA TodayExcerpt: Ironically, Southern states were the main battleground in another fight for civil rights 40 years ago. Well before her death... Posted Sep 16 2008, 07:32 AM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary

• Sunday, September 14

  Dan Savage: Why We Fight

  Link: The Strangerby Dan Savage Excerpt: Superstar gay journalist and blogger Rex Wockner has a post up on his blog today made me cry like a little... Posted Sep 14 2008, 07:43 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Tuesday, September 09

  Gay marriage ban just like ban on interracial marriage

  Link: Gilroy DispatchExcerpt: The California Constitution's equal protection clause properly settled the issue, echoing the interracial marriage... Posted Sep 09 2008, 09:11 AM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary

• Saturday, September 06

  BEYOND (STRAIGHT AND GAY) MARRIAGE: CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'

  Link: BEYOND (STRAIGHT AND GAY) MARRIAGE by Nancy Polikoff Nancy Polikoff is a professor of law, signatory of the "Beyond Marriage" statement... Posted Sep 06 2008, 12:44 PM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

• Saturday, September 06

  Opinion: Extra help for California's Prop. 8

  Link: Los Angeles Times by Tim Rutten Excerpt: The McCain-Palin ticket's decision to renew hostilities in the culture wars seems likely to increase... Posted Sep 06 2008, 09:46 AM by To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News Filed under: Op-ed/Commentary, Constitutional Amendments

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