Gay couples from across California and the nation are feverishly tying the knot ahead of Election Day to avoid missing out if voters approve a ballot initiative aimed at banning same-sex marriage. ...more

October 14, 2008

This responds to The Tampa Tribune's Sept. 28 editorial that opposed Amendment 2, the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment. The Tribune's basis for opposing the marriage amendment is contradicted by their own facts and by the Florida Supreme Court. ...more

October 12, 2008

Regarding "Protecting Marriage Protects Our Children" (Other Views, Sept. 24): David Blankenhorn's opinion piece argues that same-sex marriage should not be allowed because "people wed primarily to reproduce." That argument is deeply flawed. Many people who wed are unable or unwilling to have children. We view the marriage of a 50-something woman to be just as valid as that of a woman of childbearing years, and we do not deny a man's marriage license because he has had a vasectomy. Those marriages are socially accepted and they do not affect family units or its children. The existence of same-sex marriages makes no difference on how individuals relate to their own spouse or raise their own children. ...more

September 26, 2008

Campaign rhetoric from both political parties confirms that voters this November are looking for change. Certainly Floridians are looking to our leaders to propose effective solutions to pressing issues involving the real estate debacle, taxes and education, among others. ...more

September 25, 2008

I'm a liberal Democrat. And I do not favor same-sex marriage. Do those positions sound contradictory? To me, they fit together. ...more

September 24, 2008

A decade after losing his children to an evangelical ministry, Anthony Justin Lane felt a spark of hope when he heard about a weekend raid on the compound, where authorities suspect children are being abused or forced into pornography. ...more

September 22, 2008

Most states don't recognize gay marriage, but now Hallmark does. ...more

August 22, 2008

The "civil forum" featuring presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain may not have been as exciting as Michael Phelps winning his eighth Olympic gold medal, but it was civil and it was a forum from which emerged useful information. ...more

August 22, 2008

There was much dancing: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are married, according to reports. ...more

August 18, 2008

Some clergy think churches should divorce themselves from the wedding business. ...more

July 5, 2008