Category Archives: State Politics

January 6, 2010   No comments

Marriage repeal efforts underway in NH, Iowa

Efforts are underway in both New Hampshire and Iowa to overturn marriage equality laws there. On January 5, opponents of gay marriage were scheduled to deliver petitions to more than 200 town halls across New Hampshire.

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December 13, 2009   No comments

Parker wins mayoral race in Houston

Annise Parker, an openly gay public official, won the final mayoral election race in Houston Saturday, December 12, becoming the first openly gay person to be elected as mayor of one of the top five most populated cities in the

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December 8, 2009   No comments

New Jersey Senate panel sends marriage bill to the floor

The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee handed proponents of marriage equality an important first-round victory last night, approving a bill that could make New Jersey the sixth state to allow same-sex marriage. The panel’s 7 to 6 approval came shortly after

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December 2, 2009   No comments

NY Senate defeats marriage bill

Following one of the most dramatic and emotional discourses thus far in the gay marriage debate, the New York Senate voted 24 to 38 today to reject a bill guaranteeing equal marriage rights to same-sex couples.

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November 27, 2009   No comments

Houston mayoral race in virtual tie

Annise Parker has been an out lesbian public official in Houston for 12 years. Yet this year, as she stands poised to become mayor of the fourth largest city in the country, her sexual orientation is an issue.

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November 11, 2009   No comments

The struggle for marriage equality rages on

The struggle for marriage equality looks like a juggling act this week: New York’s up in the air, New Jersey is poised to hop from one hand (the legislature) to another (the governor). And Washington, D.C., is about to be

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