New Hampshire Lawmaker Pushes For Marriage Equality

“State Rep. Jim Splaine, D-Portsmouth, submitted a bill asking that civil unions, which are currently recognized by the state, be changed to allow marriage. State Rep. Paul McEachern, D-Portsmouth, is co-sponsoring the bill. Read more

Connecticut Supreme Court Overturns Marriage Ban

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled on Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry, reversing a lower court decision that had concluded that the civil unions legalized in the state three years ago offered the same rights and benefits as marriage. Read more

Mass: Marriage Foes Attempt to Repeal the Repeal of 1913 Law

The repeal of a repeal… or something like that.

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley on Monday approved the wording of a ballot measure that would reinstate a law used to bar out-of-state same-sex couples from marrying in the Bay State. Read more

Ellen DeGeneres & Portia de Rossi’s Perfect Wedding

Saturday evening was full of love, laughter, and a few tears for Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, who exchanged personal wedding vows in front of their closest family and friends at their home in L.A. Read more

Poll: New Jersey Support Marriage Equality

A majority of New Jersey favors marriage for same-sex couples over civil unions – and an even bigger majority is fine with public officials’ changing the civil union law to marriage equality, according to a new statewide Zogby Poll commissioned by Garden State Equality. Read more

California Anti-Marriage Equality Folks Cave to Logic

The state’s official description of Proposition 8 on the November ballot will remain as is, a statement that the measure would eliminate same-sex couples’ right to marry in California. Read more

California: Prop 8 Title Wording Approved

A judge in Sacramento ruled Friday that the revamped wording on a ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage in the California constitution is acceptable. Read more

California’s Proposed Marriage Ban Not Retroactive Says CA AG

California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Monday that in his legal opinion, if Proposition 8 passes in November, it won’t be retroactive. Read more

PG&E Contributes $250,000 to Defeat CA Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment

In what can only be defined as a sign of the changing tides, California’s Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has donated $250,000 to fight California’s anti-gay, marriage amendment — and they don’t plan to stop their efforts there. Read more

CA: Proposition 8 Ballot Language Change

Election officials in California made a small, but important change to Proposition 8’s ballot language. Read more

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