Jan 10, 2013
Becky Garrison: What will a United States Supreme Court decision do for public opinion regarding same-sex marriage?
Dec 19, 2012
A provisional liturgy makes the U.S. Episcopal Church the first to practice same-sex marriage ceremonies, "in true unity."
Jun 6, 2012
By Becky Garrison
According to ABC News/Washington Post polls, for the first time,
strong public support for same-sex marriage exceeds strong opposition by a significant margin--with more African-Americans moving in favor, perhaps taking their lead from Barack Obama on the issue.
May 10, 2012
Amy Levin: It’s barely been a day and President Barack Obama’s personal endorsement (belief? affirmation? slow and agonizing compromise?) of same-sex marriage in an
interview with ABC’s Robin Robert’s has spread like wildfire across the news, blog, and twitter spheres. Obama’s comments came just a day after North Carolina
passed a ban...
May 9, 2012
Becky Garrison: A Gallup poll
released on May 20, 2011 states that for the first time a majority (53%) of Americans believes same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages. Also, an
April, 2012 survey by the Pew Research Center showed that for the first time there...
Mar 6, 2012
On February 22, 2011, Jeffrey White, a Federal judge in the U.S. District Court of Northern California,
ruled the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) to be unconstitutional when he found that Karen Golinski, an attorney and employee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, had her rights violated under the equal...
Feb 23, 2012
By Becky Garrison
Despite recent efforts to
mainstream its image,
Exodus International, a network of ministries formed over 30 years ago to "mobilizing the body of Christ to minister grace and truth to a world impacted by homosexuality," appears to be on the decline. As reported by
Truth Wins Out, a non-profit organization...
Feb 16, 2012
Becky Garrison: In the battle for marriage equality, a federal appeals court and the Washington State legislature delivered both a love letter for same-sex couples and a Valentine's Day massacre on society, depending on one's interpretation of civil liberties and the institution of marriage.
On February 7, 2012, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declared California's Proposition...
Nov 19, 2011
Cain, Sandusky, Catholic Priests. Sex has been in the headlines a lot lately. But some important distinctions are getting lost in the rush to categorize offenses, blurring the difference between crimes against marriage with those against women or minors, or the crimes of institutions with those of individuals.
So much commentary about the cover...
Jul 11, 2011
by Andy Kopsa
Every four years the national political eye shifts to Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses. With the 2012 presidential election only 15 months away, the campaign frenzy in Iowa has already begun. Local and national media are eagerly following Republican presidential hopefuls as they glad-hand farmers, eat local delicacies and stump, flanked by American flags, through...
Jun 26, 2011
That New York state would eventually join the increasing number of those in the US to allow same-sex marriage was of little question. We here at The Revealer have never been ones to uphold marriage as worthy of protection by the state because we'll never be convinced that it's the state's business to regulate how...
Jun 20, 2011
Amy Levin: Last Wednesday, June 15
th, something historic happened…for the fourth time. The New York assembly
approved the same-sex marriage bill, known as
The Marriage Equality Act, which spearheaded a hopeful telos to allow same-sex couples to enjoy benefits and protections of marriage under state law. The New York Senate currently has 31...
