Delaware became the eleventh state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage Tuesday after the State Senate approved the measure and the state’s governor signed it into law. Gov. Jack Markell, a Democrat, signed the bill following a 12-9 vote in the State Senate passing the measure. The State House approved the bill in…
Rhode Island became the 10th U.S. state and final one in New England to legalize gay marriage. Thursday evening, its House of Representatives passed a bill extending marriage rights to homosexuals. Governor Lincoln Chafee has been a gay marriage advocate since taking office in 2011 and signed the bill yesterday, shortly after its approval. “I am proud and humbled to make…
Hillary Clinton is now among the 58 percent of Americans who support gay marriage. On Monday, the former Secretary of State announced her support, which most people see as the beginning of a possible indication that she plans on running in the 2016 Presidential race. The announcement was made in an online video and released by…
I’m such a hopeless romantic and this story right here added a little sunshine to my Friday. At the beginning of this year, on January 18th, David Harris and Tre’Darrius Anderson of Memphis, Tenn., tied the knot in Washington, D.C., in front of the Lincoln Memorial. So what’s so special about that you ask? Well…
This afternoon, the Illinois Senate passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. SB0010 was passed with 34 votes in favor, 21 votes against and two abstentions. The bill will now go to the House of Representatives, but it will need 60 votes to pass. If the bill survives the house, Illinois will become the 10th state…
Since she became the third winner of American Idol, Fantasia Barrino has been the subject of constant media scrutiny. The North Carolina-bred singer makes the news more often for her personal life than her enormous vocal talent. Aside from being illiterate and becoming pregnant as a teenager, Fantasia is judged most harshly for seemingly breaking…
Over the past few years we’ve seen a string of high profile celebs “come out” and tell the world they are gay. From Ellen Degeneris’ infamous coming out episode when her fictional sitcom character told the world she was gay (and sealed her show’s fate), to media darling Anderson Cooper finally revealing what many already…
Let’s call a spade a spade. There are many people across Black America that have a problem with homosexuality. And by Black I mean descendants of African slaves, first generation African-Americans, Cablasian or whatever particular Black applies to avoid the “we are not a monolith” argument. Initially, the criticism stemmed directly from the Christian Bible…
Across the country, there is a debate waging about whether or not gay marriage initiatives should be put to a vote or be legislated through federal and local governments. Currently gay marriage is legal in eight states–Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Washington, Vermont, and Maryland–as well as the District of Columbia. Recently, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie came under scrutiny after he…
