Tag: Marriage

  • Are Our Opponents Like Segregationists?

    First published at Between the Lines News on January 15, 2008 In terms of gay-rights progress, brace yourself for a difficult year. This is not because things are getting worse…

  • Young Love, Older Love

    First published at 365gay.com on Nov. 28, 2007 My partner Mark and I introduced “Bob” and “Jim” at a dinner party at our place. Bob, 31, is recently out of…

  • Winning, or Silencing?

    First published at 365gay.com on October 29, 2007 It wasn’t the first time an audience defied expectations. This time it was in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. I was there with Glenn Stanton,…

  • How David Blankenhorn Helps Our Kids

    First published at 365gay.com on September 17, 2007 David Blankenhorn is the kind of same-sex marriage opponent you might consider inviting to your (gay) wedding. I’m not saying you should.…

  • A Big (Gay) Italian Wedding

    First published in Between the Lines on May 3, 2007 This past weekend I attended a big Italian wedding in New York. I grew up on Long Island, in a…

  • David Blankenhorn’s Lazy Logic

    First published in Between the Lines, April 5, 2007 Opposition to homosexuality has long been marked by bad science. In the past, that usually meant bad psychology or even bad…

  • Gay Parenting and Double Standards

    First published in Between the Lines, January 25, 2007 I don’t have children, don’t plan to have children, and don’t particularly want children. If I were to adopt children, my…

  • Polygamy and Principles: A Reply to George

    First published, in a slightly different form, in Between the Lines, August 24, 2006 Princeton natural-law theorist Robert George wrote recently at the First Things website that For years, critics…

  • The New York Ruling, Take 2: …So Make Lemonade

    First published in Between the Lines on Thursday July 13, 2006. By now you’ve probably heard about the New York Court of Appeals’ deciding that their state constitution does not…

  • Bigotry? Or Disagreement?

    First published in Between the Lines, June 15, 2006 “A vote for this amendment is a vote for bigotry, pure and simple.” So said Senator Ted Kennedy in response to…