Daily Archives: June 26, 2015
Weddings Already Taking Place in Georgia
Weddings Already Taking Place in Georgia
Couples are receiving licenses in Fulton County, home of Atlanta.
Neal Broverman
www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2015/06/26/weddings-already-taking-place-georgia
These Prideful Pets Celebrate Marriage Equality In Rainbow Gear
These Prideful Pets Celebrate Marriage Equality In Rainbow Gear
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that it’s legal for all Americans, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, to marry.
And while we humans are ecstatic about this monumental decision, who knows universal, unconditional love better than our sweet pets? Friday is a day to celebrate, and these animals are showing pride in all sorts of adorable ways. Check out this roundup of some of our favorite Instacuties who prove that #LoveWins.
Check out some furry friends below, who are all about marriage equality.
Hooray for today! #proudtolove #lovewins #marriageequality
A photo posted by Lilly The Aussie (@lillytheaussie) on Jun 26, 2015 at 8:35am PDT
we interrupt your regularly scheduled igstagrams to join the celebration of #scotus’ decision on marriage equality!!! #loveislove #lovewins #marriageequality #history
A photo posted by iggy smalls (@igstagrams) on Jun 26, 2015 at 9:04am PDT
Joshy and I couldn’t be happier about the Supreme Court’s ruling on same sex-marriage ❤️ #lovewins #loveislove #MarriageEquality #TakeThatBigots #NoH8 #lgbyally #lgbt #lgbtrights #yay #GuineaPigsForEquality
A photo posted by Rachel Santana (@rachhh_santana) on Jun 26, 2015 at 9:04am PDT
#loveislove #pug #lovepug #proud #happy #joy #woohoo #ssm #gousa #letsgetmarried #marriageforall #rainbows #happyday #equality #marriageequality
A photo posted by steph lynn photo (@stephlynnphoto) on Jun 26, 2015 at 9:05am PDT
#PenniferAniston and I can get married if we want to!!! #LoveWins #EqualityForAll #SCOTUS #BeyonceThePug
A photo posted by Beyonce the Pug (@beyoncethepug) on Jun 26, 2015 at 8:34am PDT
This is #Meatball’s happy face. Same-sex marriage is now legal in all 50 states in the U.S.! Happiest of Fridays! #LoveWins #MarriageEquality #LoveIsLove
A photo posted by Meatball (@meatballhedgehog) on Jun 26, 2015 at 9:06am PDT
A photo posted by kaitlinabrams (@kaitlinabrams) on Jun 26, 2015 at 9:07am PDT
@shrampton knows what’s up!! #lovewins
A photo posted by Lindsay Grenawalt (@lgrenawalt) on Jun 26, 2015 at 9:01am PDT
#marriageequality #scotusmarriage #dogsofinstagram
A photo posted by marajvan (@marajvan) on Jun 26, 2015 at 9:06am PDT
Because #LoveWins. #pug #pugs #puggod #pugstagram #pugbasement #pugsofinstagram #puglife #pugsnotdrugs #love #equality #rainbow #speakpug #instadog #instapet #instapug #instacute #instagramers #pets #PetsOfSummer #pets_of_instagram #dog #DogLovers #dogstagram #dog_features #dogsofinstagram
A photo posted by Daisy The French Bulldog (@daisyfrenchbulldog) on Jun 26, 2015 at 8:34am PDT
#love #pride #sfpride #MarriageEquality #SCOTUS #LoveWins
A photo posted by @yomilly on Jun 26, 2015 at 9:06am PDT
Because every LION has #Pride! #LoveWins #SCOTUSMarriage #Pride2015 #NYCPride
A photo posted by LI Orchestrating For Nature (@lions4mercy) on Jun 26, 2015 at 8:33am PDT
Woke up in a world with #marriageequality. Good morning. #lgbt #equality #corgi #corgimix #corgicommunity #dogsofinstagram #supreme #pride #ally #lovewins
A photo posted by Jelena Woehr (@embracingreality) on Jun 26, 2015 at 9:21am PDT
LOVE is LOVE. Simple as that. #parkerthechiweenie #lovewins #freedomtomarry #marriageforall #marriageequality #chiweenie #dashund #dogsofinstagram #puppiesofinstagram
A photo posted by @parkerthechiweenie on Jun 26, 2015 at 9:20am PDT
Can’t hide my excitement because LOVE WINS!! #equality #lovewins #finally ✌
A photo posted by Dakota The Goldendoodle (@dakota_thedoodle) on Jun 26, 2015 at 8:33am PDT
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Republican Candidates Lead The Pack On The Wrong Side Of History Of Marriage Equality
Republican Candidates Lead The Pack On The Wrong Side Of History Of Marriage Equality
A day that for so many will be remembered as an affirmation of love, respect and equality will for others go down as a blight on our downward-spiraling society. And who are these sticks in the mud?
Namely, social conservative Republicans and other bee-in-their-bonnet antigay activists.
When the inevitable DLB penned, Gus Van Sant directed (or some similar combination) Oscar-winning film chronicling the journey to American marriage equality is produced, these are the people who will cringe when they’re cast as the villains.
But hey, maybe it’ll be a period piece in 100 years and they’ll never have to deal with it.
Either way, they’ve secured their spots on the wrong side of history:
Mike Huckabee just couldn’t contain himself:
#SCOTUS has spoken with a very divided voice on something only the Supreme Being can do – redefine marriage. t.co/3qcnV7Dz9C
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 26, 2015
This irrational, unconstitutional decision threatens religious liberty – the heart of 1st Amendt. Congress must act. t.co/riQTyCl1Nl
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 26, 2015
The Supreme Court can no more repeal the laws of nature and nature’s God on marriage than it can the laws of gravity.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 26, 2015
Five lawyers on #SCOTUS can no more repeal the laws of nature and nature’s God on marriage than they can the laws of gravity.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 26, 2015
#SCOTUS #OneManOneWoman t.co/OBkGoPwi0U pic.twitter.com/UXbO0Q7byW
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 26, 2015
We must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat. t.co/mlzIBw4VoZ
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 26, 2015
Tony Perkins went on a similar tirade — maybe he and Huckabee should just cut through the tension and go on a date:
#SCOTUS #marriage ruling is shocking abuse of power, and will never be accepted t.co/OM0ZgyP1gw
— Tony Perkins (@tperkins) June 26, 2015
No court can overturn natural law. Nature & Nature’s God cannot be usurped by the edict of a court, even #SCOTUS
— Tony Perkins (@tperkins) June 26, 2015
It’s folly for #SCOTUS to think it resolved #marriage issue. By disenfranchising 50 million Americans SCOTUS has supercharged it.
— Tony Perkins (@tperkins) June 26, 2015
#SCOTUS has set our govt on a collision course w/our cherished #religiousfreedom, explicitly guaranteed in 1st Amendment.
— Tony Perkins (@tperkins) June 26, 2015
Americans will not stop standing for transcendent truth and never accept the legitimacy of this decision. #SCOTUS #marriage
— Tony Perkins (@tperkins) June 26, 2015
We’ll keep speaking uncompromisingly about what #marriage is, has been, and always will be: the union of one man & one woman. #SCOTUS
— Tony Perkins (@tperkins) June 26, 2015
Rick Santorum offered his expected brand of close-mindedness:
Today, 5 unelected judges redefined the foundational unit of society. Now it is the people’s turn to speak #Marriage
— Rick Santorum (@RickSantorum) June 26, 2015
The Court is 1 of 3 coequal branches of government & they have an imperfect record. Stakes are too high to cede marriage to unelected judges
— Rick Santorum (@RickSantorum) June 26, 2015
The Court has ruled but now the People must speak. Join me & fight for marriage t.co/M79BOMyBgo #RICK2016
— Rick Santorum (@RickSantorum) June 26, 2015
Bobby Jindal weaseled out these thoughts:
Marriage between a man and a woman was established by God, and no earthly court can alter that. t.co/1Kfw9l0KMG
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) June 26, 2015
I will never stop fighting for religious liberty and I hope our leaders in D.C. join me. t.co/1Kfw9l0KMG
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) June 26, 2015
Talking to reporters in Urbandale, IA about the Supreme Court’s disturbing ruling. #IAPolitics pic.twitter.com/GnTBt3cu33
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) June 26, 2015
Scott Walker thinks he knows best:
I believe SCOTUS’ decision is a grave mistake. 5 unelected judges have taken it upon themselves to redefine the institution of marriage.-SKW
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) June 26, 2015
And then there are the Republicans clinging to the states’ rights argument as if it weren’t a thinly veiled way of saying “screw you, gays”:
Statement on the Supreme Court’s decision on marriage: t.co/ZzggeRMQiR pic.twitter.com/qT0nA9LndY
— Speaker John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) June 26, 2015
Jeb Bush:
“Guided by my faith, I believe in traditional marriage. I believe the Supreme Court should have allowed the states to make this decision. I also believe that we should love our neighbor and respect others, including those making lifetime commitments. In a country as diverse as ours, good people who have opposing views should be able to live side by side. It is now crucial that as a country we protect religious freedom and the right of conscience and also not discriminate.”
Chris Christie:
My statement on today’s #SCOTUS ruling pic.twitter.com/UalM0QnBuF
— Carly Fiorina (@CarlyFiorina) June 26, 2015
Here’s our response to all of the above:
Dan Tracer
Gay Wine: 5 Things Not To Miss In Sonoma
Gay Wine: 5 Things Not To Miss In Sonoma
Discover white, red, rosé …. and rainbow-tinged wine of gay-popular Sonoma County. From San Francisco drive over the Golden Gate Bridge and an hour through beautiful rolling hills to a darling little town called Healdsburg, a former farming village and the most charming of many lovely towns in the County.
As recently as 15 years ago, there wasn’t much to speak of around these parts but then the Hotel Healdsburg opened in 2001 and world-famous chef Charlie Palmer came to town; soon two Michelin stars followed, transforming this one-horse town into a two-Tesla vacation haven with fantastic wineries.
It’s but one hamlet in a county of charming inns, farm fresh food, boutique shops, plenty of wineries and a surprising number of LGBT residents, winemakers, chefs and business owners, without the tourist crowds of neighboring Napa.
If you plan a trip, here are five things not to miss, especially the number-one time for gay people to visit next year.
1. Hotel Les Mars: Healdsburg is centered around a main town square, while all around it you’ll find
restaurants, bookstores, artisan crafts makers, boutique shops, and hotels. The Hotel Les Mars is the best hotel around, a Relais & Chateaux French maison-style hotel with ornate rooms full of dark wood armoires, antiques, 17th-century art, and shelves of tattered books along with a new restaurant, Chalkboard, a hip, rustic chic dining room that was once the Michelin-starred Cyprus.
2. SHED: In this progressive, sun-drenched, farm-to-table lunch spot next to Hotel Les Mars, market, and green space, the owners are lifelong farmers who’ve blended their philosophies on fresh produce with the simplistic virtues of California cooking. SHED has its own garden and also sources fruits and vegetables from the farmer’s market across the street. It’s among the most innovative and artful lunch counters in the state with nice options.
3. Hamel Family Wines: South of Healdsburg you’ll find another Sonoma Country gem. Hamel Family Wines is an elegant, modern vineyard offering winetasting of their mostly Bordeaux varietals paired with locally sourced foods. It’s only been open for a few years but it’s already known for high-quality wine production, passionate winemaking and a decidedly warm welcome to LGBT visitors.
4. Corner 103: In the city of Sonoma, you’ll find this elegant, modern tasting-room opened spring 2015 by Lloyd Davis, a highly-respected winemaker who happens to be gay. You’ll enjoy seven wines with perfectly paired food offerings, in an unintimidating and intimate environment, served by handsome waiters. Be sure to walk around the gorgeous town square across from the restaurant.
5. Gay Wine Weekend 2016: This year’s version of the event just concluded but it’s not too early to plan to attend next year, perhaps making it part of a visit to San Francisco or a longer road trip along California’s gorgeous coastline. It includes three days of events for LGBT visitors and locals (and their straight friends). Celebrate with world class wine and culinary delights, music and dancing in a private estate vineyard, VIP receptions, wine tasting excursions, champagne brunch, and a wine auction and pool party among your new best gay and lesbian wine-loving friends.
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Ed Salvato
Waiting for #Scotus #MarriageEquality press conf @SFCity_Hall #lgbt #sfpride #ssm #LoveIsLove #LoveWins #SanFrancisco
What It's Like Outside the Court
What It's Like Outside the Court
The scene is filled with smiles, singing and even balloons released into the air. See for yourself.
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www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2015/06/26/what-its-outside-court
Ecstasy, Despair, and a Call to Justice on This Historic Day
Ecstasy, Despair, and a Call to Justice on This Historic Day
My husband Brad and I were married in our small Episcopalian church two and a half years ago in a ceremony that included just the priest and two witnesses who were volunteers from the church. Yet, despite its small size, the wedding was a monumental experience, made much more so that it was held within those church walls where we worshiped, and where our love was considered sacred and our vows were understood to be binding before one another and God.
Yet, we were painfully aware that outside the walls, our vows could be legally evaporated merely by crossing a state boundary. In a very real sense, it was within our church where we felt most fully human and beloved by our community and by God. To many in the outside world, our love was a fiction that they could erase with a wave of an official hand.
So, on this day I am so thankful to God for the Supreme Court decision and to the American people who are so rapidly recognizing that our love is no longer debatable.
It is hard for people who have not had the right to marry whom they love to understand what it means to have your government no longer think of you as not human enough to be able to enjoy the full benefits of citizenship. For Brad and me, and now for our son, the decision by the Supreme Court to legalize gay marriage across the country is like a gate being opened and entrance granted into the hereto guarded sanctum of being considered fully human.
And so I am rejoicing today, and ecstatic that in the years to come, the love that I share with Brad and the love that millions of other LGBT Americans experience will be honored and that LGBT people will have gained dignity and justice at last.
And yet, today, my heart is also despairing. On this great day of celebration, there is also a funeral and great mourning of the loss of the life of Rev. Clementa Pinckney and eight other African-Americans who were shot in Charleston.
For those nine African-Americans, the church was also their sanctuary. And Mother Emanuel AME was a church where, throughout its history, African-Americans were afforded full human dignity when the outside world wanted to enslave them. That sacred sanctuary was brutally violated just days ago by a twisted, sick shooter and today, we mourn the loss of “The Beautiful Nine.”
In a legal sense, African-Americans gained the long fought and centuries overdue recognition of their humanity in the Supreme Court and in the Congress a few decades ago. Despite this, the last year of police brutality in Ferguson, New York, Cleveland, Baltimore and now Charleston shows us the limits of these rulings. And the Supreme Court itself gutted some of those same civil rights in a recent ruling. African-Americans still live within a deeply racist America that now has invaded the sanctuary of the church.
Despite this, anyone who watched the church service at Emanuel AME last Sunday knows that the Church may have been broken into, but it is anything but broken. That sanctuary has a strength and will not be diminished by sin and hate, but will ultimately grow stronger.
The church that performed my wedding to Brad and Emanuel AME church are two very different places, but both are important reminders of the role church must still play in the world.
No matter what the Supreme Court ruled today, it will still be dangerous for Brad and I to even hold hands in most of America, must less embrace or kiss. For African-Americans, just walking down the street or driving can be a cause for racially-motivated harassment or violence.
In a world that continues to diminish and discriminate, the church, if it is to mean anything at all, must be a sanctuary for all people to be fully themselves and feel the dignity and pride in who God made them — whatever race, gender, sexuality, culture, religion or size.
On this day, of celebration and mourning, let the church lead the calls for continued justice, compassion and love for all of humanity. Remembering American martyrs like Rev. Clementa Pinckney and the Beautiful Nine as well as those Americans who have died as the result of anti-queer violence, let us all work together towards that great day when we can wipe away all the tears of oppression and discrimination and join hands as one people, free at last.
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LIVE BLOG: #LoveWins!
LIVE BLOG: #LoveWins!
#LoveWins: With sweeping new ruling, marriage equality must begin in all 50 states.
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Twitter Overflows With SCOTUS Joy: From Obama To Bomer, Clinton To Chachki
Twitter Overflows With SCOTUS Joy: From Obama To Bomer, Clinton To Chachki
In case you hadn’t noticed, today is something of an historic day. We think we can all agree with Violet Chachki on this one — come through, marriage equality!
Here’s some of the positive Twitter reaction to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to honor love across the nation:
Today is a big step in our march toward equality. Gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry, just like anyone else. #LoveWins
— President Obama (@POTUS) June 26, 2015
Proud to celebrate a historic victory for marriage equality—& the courage & determination of LGBT Americans who made it possible. -H
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 26, 2015
America’s continuing journey toward a more perfect union just took another very important step. #SCOTUSMarriage — Bill Clinton (@billclinton) June 26, 2015
Victory! I did not think it would happen in my lifetime. #MarriageEquaility — Cleve Jones (@CleveJones1) June 26, 2015
Thank you to the bold. Thank you to the risk-takers. Thank you to all who said NO, we will wait no longer! #MarriageEquaility #SCOTUS
— Cleve Jones (@CleveJones1) June 26, 2015
Today the Supreme Court fulfilled the words engraved upon its building: ‘Equal justice under law.’ #SCOTUSMarriage
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) June 26, 2015
Woo-hoo! Love wins!!! #lovewins — Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) June 26, 2015
The Court ruled on the right side of history. I look forward to the marriage celebrations across the country in the coming weeks. #LoveWins — Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) June 26, 2015
SCOTUS has unequivocally affirmed that equal justice means marriage equality for LGBT Americans! t.co/wWMh2H7Jns #LoveCantWait
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) June 26, 2015
Six years ago I promised LGBT people federal equality from a very big stage. Today a monumental piece of that puzzle is in place. #LoveWins
— Dustin Lance Black (@DLanceBlack) June 26, 2015
Marriage equality for all in the USA! Amazing news! ???????? — Tom Daley (@TomDaley1994) June 26, 2015
#LoveWins Today is a huge step forward for our country, and my family. I’m so grateful and happy! #SCOTUSMarriage — Matt Bomer (@MattBomer) June 26, 2015
What a day to celebrate! Today also happens to be my parents’ 39th wedding anniversary! Congrats to all who celebrate #love. #LoveWins
— Jason Collins (@jasoncollins98) June 26, 2015
Ahora en los EEUU no se llamara “matrimonio igualitario” se llamara MATRIMONIO y punto.
— Ricky Martin (@ricky_martin) June 26, 2015
cOmE THrOuGh MArRiAGE EQUaLiTY!!!! — Violet Chachki (@VioletChachki) June 26, 2015
Holy shit SCOTUS!! What an amazing day and what a great step forward for America — Alan Cumming (@Alancumming) June 26, 2015
Proud today. #SCOTUSMarriage #LoveWins pic.twitter.com/Tyvjl75d9Y
— Looking (@LookingHBO) June 26, 2015
Today is a day that will go down in history. Remember this moment. Your grandkids will be asking you about it someday. #LoveWins
— Raymond Braun (@raymondbraun) June 26, 2015
Dan Tracer
