Getting their homestate of New York to recognize their marriage may still be a dream, but that's not stopping Matthew Ossenfort and Jeffrey Denke from pursuing their dream wedding.
In fact, the too-cute-for-words couple is one of the top 10 finalists in US Weekly's Dream Wedding Contest. The only same-sex marriage in the bunch, they need our votes to help them pull off a wedding to remember.
Activists are getting younger and younger these days. Have you heard about Ethan? The Colorado third-grader recently organized a rally to promote marriage equality for gays and lesbians as well as equal protection under the law.
Yes, this little boy—with some help from his mom and a teacher—put together a rally for gay equality, getting the necessary permits, finding speakers and making the community aware of the event, which was held this past Saturday in Denver on the steps of Colorado's Capitol. Two hundred people attended. Not a bad turnout!
While Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper couldn't make it, he did issue a proclamation declaring May 16th "Marriage Equality and Equal Protection For All Day."
As for what inspired this little boy to speak out for gay rights, Ethan decided to hold the rally after he found out that a same-sex couple who lives in his neighborhood and has a child are not allowed to wed in Colorado.
You've got to love this kid. Check out this video of him speaking at the rally:
Hold on to your tiaras: Miss California Carrie Prejean is keeping her crown. Donald Trump, who co-owns the Miss Universe Organization (parent of the Miss U.S.A. and Miss Universe pageants), made the announcement at a press conference in New York City this morning.
Prejean faced the possibility of losing her title after some sexy photos of her surfaced. The whole brouhaha over the pictures was ridiculous. In my opinion, they were no more scandalous than a Maxim magazine photo spread. Trump agreed.
Maine has legalized gay marriage, making it the fifth state to do so, and, more specifically, the fourth state in New England to do so. Aside from Maine, we can also get hitched in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont.
Get New Hampshire and Rhode Island onboard, and all of New England will allow gay marriage.
If you're a regular reader of this site, you've probably read the various opinion pieces I've written on why I think Howard Stern is one of the most openly pro-gay media figures on the planet.
In my continued quest to convince Stern's non-listeners of this, I wanted to share a snippet from this morning's broadcast. It was one of those many moments on the show where Howard inserts an insightful, positive opinion on gays -- completely out of nowhere.
Stephen Colbert's politically conservative alter ego came out against gay marriage during last night's installment of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, delivering a wonderfully ridiculous rant about the dangers of same-sex marriage before premiering his own anti-gay marriage video parodying the ad recently released by NOM (the National Organization for Marriage).
First Vermont allowed civil unions for gay couples. Then Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage. California followed (but we know what happened there; stay tuned for more), as did Connecticut and Iowa, and then -- oh, wait -- Vermont ended up going all the way, offering full marriage to same-sex couples. Illinois has a civil union bill on the legislative ballot, and New York Gov. David Paterson is pushing to give gay couples the same marriage rights as straight couples in his state. Lawmakers in Maine, New Hampshire and New Jersey are considering the same for their residents. Washington D.C.'s lawmakers have moved to recognize gay marriages performed in other states (a final legislative vote will take place on May 5).
More news on the gay marriage front: Governor David Paterson, who has long been a supporter of gay rights, is going to introduce a bill tomorrow that would make same-sex marriage legal in New York.
This isn't the first time pro-gay marriage legislation has been considered in the state of New York. In fact, former Governor Eliot Spitzer backed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in 2007. The State Assembly passed it, but the measure died in the State Senate because Republicans kept it from going up for a vote.
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