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作者: xblues 时间: 16-6-2009 01:00
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If You Don’t Support Gay Marriage, Don’t Get One! 16 05 2008

California’s Top Court Legalizes Gay Marriage

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s Supreme Courtdeclared gay couples in the nation’s biggest state can marry — amonumental but perhaps short-lived victory for the gay rights movementThursday that was greeted with tears, hugs, kisses and at least oneinstant proposal of matrimony.
“Essentially, this boils down to love. We love each other. We nowhave equal rights under the law,” declared a jubilant Robin Tyler, aplaintiff in the case along with her partner. She added: “We’re goingto get married. No Tupperware, please.”
A crowd of people raised their fists in triumph inside City Hall,and people wrapped themselves in the rainbow-colored gay-pride flagoutside the courthouse. In the Castro, the historic center of the gaycommunity in San Francisco, Tim Oviatt wept as he watched the news onTV.
“I’ve been waiting for this all my life. This is a life-affirming moment,” he said.

By the afternoon, gay and lesbian couples had already started liningup at San Francisco City Hall to make appointments to get marriagelicenses. In West Hollywood, supporters were planning to serve “weddingcake” at an evening celebration.
In its 4-3 ruling, the Republican-dominated high court struck downstate laws against same-sex marriage and said domestic partnershipsthat provide many of the rights and benefits of matrimony are notenough.
“In contrast to earlier times, our state now recognizes that anindividual’s capacity to establish a loving and long-term committedrelationship with another person and responsibly to care for and raisechildren does not depend upon the individual’s sexual orientation,”Chief Justice Ronald George wrote for the majority in ringing languagethat delighted gay rights activists.
Massachusetts is the only other state to legalize gay marriage,something it did in 2004. The California ruling is consideredmonumental by virtue of the state’s size — 38 million out of a U.S.population of 302 million — and its historic role in the vanguard ofthe many social and cultural changes that have swept the country sinceWorld War II.
California has an estimated 92,000 same-sex couples.
“It’s about human dignity. It’s about human rights. It’s about timein California,” San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, pumping his fist inthe air, told a roaring crowd at City Hall. “As California goes, sogoes the rest of the nation. It’s inevitable. This door’s wide opennow. It’s going to happen, whether you like it or not.”
Unlike Massachusetts, California has no residency requirement forobtaining a marriage license, meaning gays from around the country arelikely to flock to the state to be wed, said Jennifer Pizer, agay-rights attorney who worked on the case.

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February 12, 2004
San Francisco made history by granting the first ever same-sex marriagelicense to a prominent lesbian couple as part of a challenge to a banon gay marriage. Longtime activists Phyllis Lyon, 79, and Del Martin,83, who have been a couple for over 51 years, said their vows at cityhall after Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered officials to wed gay couples andissue marriage licenses in an act of civil disobedience against a statelaw that bars same-sex marriages.
Lyon and Martin stood facing each other and beamed when a cityofficial pronounced them not husband and wife but “spouses for life.”After their brief ceremony they were going home to rest and did notplan anything to celebrate. The couple seemed proud of what they haddone. “Why shouldn’t we” be able to marry? Phyllis asked. The mayor wasnot present at the morning ceremony but later presented the newlywedswith a signed copy of the state constitution with the sections relatedto equal rights highlighted.
The two official witnesses for their nuptials were Kate Kendell,director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and former cityofficial Roberta Achtenberg. Congratulations, gals!

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Obama’s Gay Gold Mine

In the new LA Weekly, Patrick Range McDonald profilesJeremyBernard and Rufus Gifford, the fund-raising consultants and gay couplewho have been raising much of the money in Los Angeles for the BarackObama campaign.
Among other things, they were instrumental in raising some $850,000at a recent Obama fund-raiser in Pacific Palisades that drew MikeMedavoy, Bill Paxton and Richard Zanuck — who rarely donates toDemocrats.

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No, Really?

Our sexuality is an ASPECT of who we are, not a definition
We don’t know your cousin, just because he’s gay
No, we’ve never met Celine Dion, but we did see her show!
Yes, we do have straight friends
No, we won’t go dancing with you and your girlfriends… well, maybe…

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Future Hollywood Wedding Bells?

Just last year, the magic of MySpace brought us news that Lindsay Lohan wanted to marrylesbian wingwoman Sam Ronson and have her children. And what better wayto begin that fairy tale than by shacking up together? Sources tell theNY Post that Ronson is so dedicated to making sure Lindsay stays clean, that she’s taken to spending every night at the underpaid flesh-baring actress’ LA abode.

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作者: 三岔路口的猪 时间: 18-6-2009 01:14
看着图片确实很羡慕，不过他们好像也是一步一步争取来的吧，国内还是得慢慢来，希望有一天能够好起来。记得看《断臂山》的时候，当JACK的妻子向ENNIS描述JACK死因的时候，我哭了，感觉很悲惨，也很凄凉。套用影评里的一句话:"JACK死了，ENNIS才知道JACK是多么的爱他……"

作者: xblues 时间: 18-6-2009 12:07
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希望这样的悲剧还是少发生在个人身上。
国内人在争取同性平等权益上还不够激进，这个我只能感到莫大的悲哀。
不过即便是澳洲今天这样，也同样有很多不合理的地方需要改进，为同性恋人群争取平等权利的努力一直都没有停止过，也不能够停止。

已经听好多本地人告诉过我，需要当心这里存在同性恋被殴打的现象。同性伴侣也不敢像异性恋伴侣一样在公众场合牵手和接吻，对同性恋持敌对态度的人还是大有人在的。

作者: 三岔路口的猪 时间: 19-6-2009 00:40
国外现在还有殴打同性人群的现象？看来不管在哪里，都会有迂腐的人。

作者: liangke81818 时间: 30-6-2009 02:10
欧洲和加拿大　美国是比较开放的对同性恋　其他的地方不怎么了解　反正有此倾向的人　不要太招摇啊　以免被奋进的人们报复。

作者: xblues 时间: 30-6-2009 08:40
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原帖由 liangke81818 于 30-6-2009 01:10 发表

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欧洲和加拿大　美国是比较开放的对同性恋　其他的地方不怎么了解　反正有此倾向的人　不要太招摇啊　以免被奋进的人们报复。

你这是怎么说的话呢？好像这个是什么不良倾向，或者见不得人一样，说出来听听，否则我不知道你有多龌龊。

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