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Fourth Grade Student Writes Awesome Essay Defending Gay Marriage

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:28:31 +0000

The debate over gay marriage has gotten a little more childish. And that’s a good thing.Â A fourth grade student who was given an assignment to write a persuasive essay tackled the controversial subject and the results have gone viral, with his teacher posting the piece on Reddit. Yes, the essay has some grammatical errors [...]

Defense of Marriage Act Goes Before Supreme Court

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:23:39 +0000

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard its second day of arguments on the issue of same-sex marriage, specifically a challenge to the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This follows Tuesday’s case concerning California’s Proposition 8. The DOMA case, known as United States v. Windsor, covers this: The case concerns the part of the [...]

The Best Ways to Show Your Support for Marriage Equality on Facebook

TheFW Staff — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:19:24 +0000

This week the Supreme Court is hearing arguments for Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California. They are also weighing the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

To show their support for the LGBT community, people have been changing their profile pictures on Facebook. It started as big blocks of solid red. Then changed to a red block with a pink equal sign, which is symbol of the Human Rights Campaign. Now things have gotten a little out of control and some more creative options have popped up. Here are our favorites.

Katy Perry on Same-Sex Marriage: 'I Believe in Equality and Love With No Boundaries or Preface'

Amy Sciarretto — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:00:33 +0000

The English translation of Katy Perry’s matadorian cover of L’Uomo Vogue has popped up online, with the singer talking about familiar topics, like her fluffy sense of style, her strict Christian upbringing and her role models, which include Madonna and Alanis Morissette. We also learned something somewhat new from Perry, known for songs like ‘I Kissed a Girl’ and ‘Ur So Gay.’ While heterosexual herself, Perry is certainly open-minded when it comes to the LGBT community. She told the magazine that she supports equality when it comes to the institution of marriage.

A New Petition is Floating Around Asking Sesame Street to Let Bert and Ernie Get Married

Lori Crofford — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:00:01 +0000

A man by the name of Lair Scott created a petition on Change.org. The petition is asking for the marriage of Bert and Ernie. For years people have speculated that Bert and Ernie were homosexual. However, no one on Sesame Street has said one way or the other.