British opponents of the Marriage (Same – Sex Couples) Bill have seen the writing on the wall. Knowing that is going to become law, they tried to weaken it, by introducing a number of amendments, supposedly in the name of…
marriage & family
Poll shows most Britons want gay marriages and straight civil partnership
New YouGov poll shows majority of Britons support same-sex marriages and civil partnerships for straight couples Newspaper headlines on the state of the Marriage (Same- Sex Couples) bill now in its third reading in parliament, suggest that the bill is…
Purple States Supporting Marriage Equality – Include Virginia!
Earlier today, I described the results from a recent rash of polls showing that gay marriage now has clear and rapidly increasing majority support in the US not only nationally, and not only in the “deep blue” states, but also…
Republicans / Conservatives in Denial on Marriage Realities.
When Brian Brown of NOM is confronted with the mounting evidence of tide turning strongly in favour of marriage equality, his typical response is to insist that the recent victories have all been in “deep blue” states, so that there…
The Catholics, Other Faith Groups Behind Minnesota Marriage Victory.
It’s not a done deal yet, but with comfortable passage through the Minnesota House tonight, approval by the Senate seems assured, and Governor Dayton has already promised to sign. It’s only a matter of time – and Catholics, once again,…
Equal Marriage: Strengthening Families in Massachusetts?
Anybody still deluded by the irrational claim of opponents of gay marriage that equality will somehow undermine their understanding of the traditional family, should consider the actual evidence, from Massachusetts and elsewhere, which flatly contradicts the hypothesis In that state,…
Gay Marriage: Why Attitudes Have Evolved
Support for marriage equality has increased rapidly in recent years. A new research report from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life describes just how and why that support has changed so rapidly in the USA. The opponents of…
Celebrating the “Goodness” in Same – Sex Relationships
Increasing numbers of Catholic bishops have been expressing support for some form of legal recognition and protections for same – sex unions,Others are going beyond this essentially negative response to discrimination, and calling for active, positive celebration of our relationships,…
Church Hypocrisy Over Colombian Marriage Equality.
For the second time, the Colombian Senate has postponed debate on a marriage equality bill which they are obliged to pass, in terms of a 2011 Constitutional Court ruling. A Green Party senator, John Sudarksy, lays the blame squarely at the…
Polling Confirms: British Catholics Support Gay Marriage (Bishops Out of Touch)
Over the past week, major progress to marriage equality has been achieved in four countries (three of them statistically “Catholic” countries). Many bishops continue to vigorously oppose gay marriage legislation, claiming that “the Church” is against it – but this…
