Supreme Pride

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The Limited Reach of the Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Rulings

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jun 28, 2013 How proponents of marriage equality and progressives generally proceed from this point depends on understanding exactly what Wednesday’s decisions on DOMA and Proposition 8 said and didn’t say. To do that, we must look beyond the headlines. Given the narrow reach of the court’s rulings in the DOMA and Proposition 8 cases, here are three takeaways for marriage equality proponents. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Marriage Equality and White Supremacy

By Todd Clayton Jun 27, 2013 The danger in the Supreme Court's dismantling of the Defense of Marriage Act is of the LGBTQ community being seduced into the mainstream and forgetting the plight of the oppressed just as it becomes more broadly accepted. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Equal Justice

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Watch: Pelosi’s Classic Response to Bachmann Anti-Gay Marriage Statement

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 27, 2013 The House minority leader gave the ultimate reaction that could work for just about every future crazy thing the outgoing Minnesota congresswoman says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Scalia Freaks Out in Gay Marriage Dissent

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 27, 2013 Justice Antonin Scalia had what amounts to the equivalent of a legal meltdown in the dissent he wrote for the Defense of Marriage Act case, dismissing the majority opinion as "legalistic argle-bargle" and claiming that it promoted "homosexual sodomy." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gay Marriage Rulings: Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA, Denies Proposition 8 Backers’ Appeal

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 26, 2013 On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court issued decisions on a pair of landmark same-sex marriage cases, striking down the Defense of Marriage Act while ruling the proponents of California's Proposition 8 lacked standing to argue the case in federal courts. On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court issued decisions on a pair of landmark same-sex marriage cases. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Edith Windsor

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 31, 2013 Thanks to 83-year-old Edith Windsor, lesbians, gays and their supporters this week got a little closer to having their day in court. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A New American Rebellion

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Mar 29, 2013 As the Supreme Court debated this week over the federal Defense of Marriage Act, Justice Antonin Scalia noted the number of states that are permitting gays and lesbians to marry. "There has been a sea change," he said, "between now and 1996." He was right about that, but it's not just gay marriage. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fighting DOMA: A Very Long Engagement

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 28, 2013 Hear remarks from Edie Windsor, the lead plaintiff in the case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act; watch clips from the documentary that tells her story of love in spite of the state; and hear a widely read activist argue that winning the right for gays to marry is not a strategy to achieve structural change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

DOMA May Be Doomed, O’Reilly’s Surprising Gay Marriage Comments, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 28, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including a Texas congressman's run-in with the law and Ashley Judd's big political announcement. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Edie Windsor’s Day in Court

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Mar 28, 2013 Edie and Thea met in the early 1960s, in New York's Greenwich Village. They hit it off. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )