Cuccinelli Cites 600-Year-Old Law, Losing Arguments in Brief Defending VA Ban on Same-sex Marriage | Gay Richmond News, Entertainment, Nightlife & LGBT Community Guide :: GayRVA

Cuccinelli Cites 600-Year-Old Law, Losing Arguments in Brief Defending VA Ban on Same-sex Marriage | Gay Richmond News, Entertainment, Nightlife & LGBT Community Guide :: GayRVA: The 30 page document submitted to the Eastern District Court defending Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage paints an interesting argument by State Attorney General and Gubernatorial Candidate Ken Cuccinelli.

We Need Marriage Like We Need Yachts

The release last week of the Time/Pew poll on the state of marriage in the US has created a media frenzy. Everyone is bemoaning the fact that marriage is now, according to the Time article on the poll,

the relationship equivalent of a luxury yacht — hard to get, laborious to maintain but a better vessel to be on when there are storms at sea — its status is unlikely to drop. As it stands, the way America marries is making the American Dream unreachable for many of its people.

Diane J. Savino: The case for same-sex marriage | Video on TED.com

Diane J. Savino: The case for same-sex marriage | Video on TED.com: "Hours before New York lawmakers rejected a key marriage equality bill (38-24), State Senator Diane J. Savino made the passionate case for a government that recognizes and administers same-sex marriages. Here's her fresh, thought-provoking perspective on one of the most contentious issues in US culture, religion and government."

I Am for Sale, Who Will Buy Me? The Epilogue in Afghanistan | BlogHer

I Am for Sale, Who Will Buy Me? The Epilogue in Afghanistan | BlogHer: "Editor’s note: This is a follow-up from the essay that ran in January, I Am For Sale, Who Will Buy Me?, by a writer who faced a forced marriage. Thanks to an outpouring of help from readers and others, she was able to match the bride price and buy her freedom. This is what her life has been like since then."