Gay Marriage: January 2012

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Gay Marriage: January 2012

Christie On Gay Marriage: Southern Blacks Would Have Been Psyched To Have Vote On Their Rights

Jillian Rayfield | January 26, 2012, 5:14PM

Black lawmakers in New Jersey have sharply criticized Republican Gov. Chris Christie for comparing a ballot referendum on gay marriage to the civil rights movement thusly: "The fact of the matter is, I think people would have been happy to have a referendum on civil rights rather than fighting and dying in the streets in the South."

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Topics: Chris Christie, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, New Jersey, Same sex marriage

Alliance Defense Fund

Anti-Gay Legal Guns For Hire: How The Right Uses 'Religious Liberty' To Fight Discrimination Suits

Jillian Rayfield | January 12, 2012, 5:48AM

Phyllis Young, the owner of the Aloha Bed And Breakfast in Oahu, Hawaii says that being gay is "detestable" and "defiles our land." That's why she denied a lesbian couple a reservation in 2007, and that is why the couple filed a discrimination suit against her in December.

But Young's got a little high-powered help. Her attorney, from the Alliance Defense Fund, argues that the lawsuit threatens Young's religious freedom because "no business owner should be forced to violate his or her religious beliefs because someone is offended by those beliefs."

This argument is a mainstay with the ADF -- which has for years attached itself to similar legal battles across the country -- as well as the broader movement against anti-discrimination suits by members of the right-wing.

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Topics: Advocates for Faith and Freedom, Alliance Defense Fund, Discrimination, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Liberty Counsel

Gay Rights

The Battle Over Gay Marriage Set To Go Nationwide

Jillian Rayfield | January 5, 2012, 5:51AM

Washington is the latest state to start up a battle for marriage equality, in a year that was already going to be full of major fights for gay rights.