Trendy French Straights Have Co-Opted Civil Unions

Staff / Truthdig Dec 16, 2010 Last year 95 percent of France’s civil unions (known as pactes civil de solidarité) were signed by heterosexual couples, according to the New York Times (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pope Gets Preachy About Gays, Abortion in Spain

Staff / Truthdig Nov 9, 2010 While in Barcelona, Spain, to dedicate Antoni Gaudi's famous, yet unfinished Sagrada Familia basilica, Pope Benedict XVI got down to some unfinished business of his own, zeroing in on a short list of favorite family values issues he sees as causes for concern (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The War of the McCourts

Mark Heisler / Truthdig Sep 28, 2010 The story of Frank and Jamie McCourt, who turned the Dodgers into their own piggy bank, lived a life of mortgaged royalty and then decided to destroy one another, is like something out of Tom Wolfe.The story of Frank and Jamie McCourt, who lived a life of mortgaged royalty and then decided to destroy one another, is like something out of Tom Wolfe. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Divorce Donkeys

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Karl Rove and Second Wife Divorce

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2009 Karl Rove, the George W. Bush strategy specialist who was instrumental in mobilizing the conservative voting base using so-called wedge issues such as gay marriage during the last decade's elections, has ended his own second marriage. Rove and his wife of 24 years, Darby, technically divorced last week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Marriage Protection Act Gays Can Appreciate

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2009 Score one for irony: A new movement is in the works, complete with its own Web site, to protect the institution of marriage in the Golden State from the unholy scourge of divorce The drive is on for the 2010 California Marriage Protection Act, and this group -- which actually intends to poke fun at the Proposition 8 proponents -- is circulating its own PSAs to educate the masses about its mission. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Gay Divorce Fandango

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Oct 8, 2009 I suppose there is something charming about watching conservative politicians in Texas trying so ardently to preserve a same-sex marriage. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

McCain’s Past Catches Up in the Press

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2008 Along with maintaining the hypervigilance necessary to avoid having one's gaffes caught on camera and replayed endlessly on YouTube, politicians face a vast array of image-maintenance challenges these days. John McCain encountered a PR problem of the lower-tech variety on Friday, in the form of two newspaper articles focusing on details from his private life that could be gleaned from plain ol' public records. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mommy and Daddy Are Fighting

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Marriage and the State: Not Exactly a Love Story

Staff / Truthdig Nov 27, 2007 Amid the fracas over who can marry whom, professor and author Stephanie Coontz poses a provocative question in Monday's New York Times that leads to some interesting history and shifts the focus of the debate: "Why do people -- gay or straight -- need the state's permission to marry?" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stuck in the Single Life? Class Could Be a Factor

Staff / Truthdig Jan 25, 2007 Read around the cliches about single women and cats etc. and find in this NYT story an interesting window into how shifting social values and socioeconomic stratification contribute to a marriage "happiness gap" for many Americans without college educations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Unfortunate Custody

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