The anti-gay marriage TV ad titled "Gathering Storm," produced by the so-called "National Organization for Marriage," shows the level of desperation the far right is having after the victory of the marriage equality movement in Iowa and Vermont. The far right has ran out of arguments to oppose same-sex marriage (not that they ever had any) and has adopted plain bigotry to stop equal rights for everybody. 
Watch the ad and look for yourself.  


As you may expect, it didn't take too long for hun...
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Check out Alejandro Honeker's weekly column at the Daily Mississippian: The fallacy of judicial activism.
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Today, the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the ban on same-sex marriage passed a decade ago by the state legislature violates the notion of equal protection under the law and, therefore, is unconstitutional. With this decision, Iowa becomes the third state in the nation (after Massachusetts and Connecticut), but, most importantly, the first mid-western state to legalize same-sex civil marriages. This is a very important victory for gay rights activists in a not necessarily liberal s...
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The New Hampshire House has passed a bill that would make gay marriage legal. The bill still has to be approved by the Senate, but, if that happens, it is still not clear whether Democratic Gov. John Lynch will sign it. Lynch has previously stated his opposition to same-sex marriage.
We call on governor Lynch to sign the bill (if passed by the Senate). It would be a good sign that Democrats not only talk the talk, but actually walk the walk on civil rights and liberties.
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It seems clear by now that Republicans haven't learned anything from their electoral defeats. Instead of reaching out to new segments of the electorate, party leaders and figures are preaching the same old divisive message to please a narrow-minded right-wing minority of extremists. The last example comes from Vermont, where Republican Governor Jim Douglas has said that he will veto a gay marriage bill, already passed by the state Senate, and currently waiting for a vote in the House. One wou...
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