Gay Marriage

New! Freedom to Marry - Rites & Rights: http://www.lmaw.org/freedom/
   How the legal concepts of marriage have changed and developed over the last six decades, including the text of court rulings; emphasis on Washington State

Wikipedia "GayMap": http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/Gaymap.PNG

BBC on Religion & Ethics, Same Sex Marriage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ethics/samesexmarriage/index.shtml

Religious Support for Equal Marriage Rights: http://www.iwgonline.org/marriage/

Debate between Evan Wolfson of Freedom to Marry and Lou Sheldon, President of the Traditional Values Coalition, on 20 April 2005 at Stanford Law School: http://vide licet.stanford.edu:8080/ramgen/programs/ACS/200504 20_ACS_GayMarriage.rm (approx. 1 hour and 30 mins)

Non-hysterical statement of the "Top 10 Social Scientific Arguments Against Same Sex Marriage": http://www.winst.org/toptenlists.htm

A nice dissection of their arguments at the Straight Dope message board: http://tinyurl.com/3hm3f
   Quite a few discussions of this issue at Straight Dope. Thanks to some members of the LinuxChix for these links.

Wonderful articles by Evan Wolfson -
Marriage Equality and Some Lessons for the Scary Work of Winning: http://www.freedomtomarry.org/document.asp?doc_id=1937
short but good: Why should I be for 'gay marriage'?: http://www.freedomtomarry.org/document.asp?doc_id=1000

Also relevant:

Massachusetts one step closer to gay marriage ban: http://www.stateline.org/stateline/?pa=story&sa=showStoryInfo&id=352881

Marriage is a Worker's Issue: http://www.glad.org/rights/marriageisaworkersissue.shtml

50-state rundown on gay marriage laws: http://www.stateline.org/stateline/?pa=story&sa=showStoryInfo&id=353058&columns=false

Same-Sex Marriage: A Selective Bibliography of the Legal Literature: http://law-library.rutgers.edu/resources/SSM.html

Religion and the Founding Fathers: http://www.anotherperspective.org/advoc550.html

One nation under the supreme being of your choice: http://www.gospelcom.net/watkins/foundingfathers.htm

The Economist editorial - The case for gay marriage: It rests on equality, liberty and even society: http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?Story_ID=2459758

Jon Carroll - Love the one you're with: Marriage is now two separate institutions, a religious bond sanctified by religious ceremonies and lived according to religious dictates, and a legal bond. The legal bond has implications for everything from medical insurance to property ownership to inheritance issues.

The Russian Effort to Abolish Marriage (July 1926): http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/26jul/russianwoman.htm

What the Bible Says About Homosexuality: http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_bibl.htm

Book by Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong, The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible’s Texts of Hate to Reveal the God of Love. Interview at KUOW radio: http://kuow.org/defaultProgram.asp?ID=8710

Related - Freedom to Marry in Spain: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2005/08/freedom-to-marry-in-spain.html

Marriage, the Bible, and Mr. Bush: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/01/marriage-bible-and-mr-bush.html


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