Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "marriage"

  • Wedding Party

    ''About four years ago I took a stab at writing a song,'' says J.T. Hatfield Charles, ''which is by no means anything more than something...

  • ‘Gomer Pyle’ actor Jim Nabors married to male partner after 38 years

    Hawaii News Now reports that actor Jim Nabors married his partner, Stan Cadwallader, in Seattle two weeks ago. “I’m 82 and he’s in his 60s...

  • GOProud endorses same-sex marriage efforts

    In a resolution adopted Jan. 12 by the board of directors of GOProud, the group of gay conservatives formally endorsed same-sex marriage, according to a...

  • Cathedral To Celebrate Same-Sex Weddings

    The Washington National Cathedral, among the most prominent Episcopal churches in country, announced Tuesday that, effective immediately, same-sex weddings may be celebrated at the cathedral....

  • Making History

    By June 2013 the Supreme Court's nine justices will determine the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act as well as California's Proposition 8...

  • Courtside for Marriage

    The fight to expand the definition of family to encompass the diversity of actual families continues in 2013. Legislators in Illinois, Minnesota and Rhode Island...

  • Calling on Clinton

    There were high expectations for former President Bill Clinton when he walked out onto the blue-carpeted stage at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.,...

  • Tying the Knot in Maryland

    Raise a glass to toast marriage equality. As of midnight, Jan. 1, same-sex couples in Maryland could legally marry, following a decades-long effort to secure...

  • UFCW Celebrates Maryland Marriages

    {Nic Ruley (L) and Brett King of Chicago just before getting married in the Montgomery County Judicial Center Jan. 2 (Photo by Ward Morrison)} It...

  • Maryland's Marriage Success

    The dust is beginning to settle after Maryland voters approved Question 6, a referendum on the Civil Marriage Protection Act, which grants same-sex couples access...

  • What a Night to be Gay

    Elections tend to turn me into a bit of a nervous Nellie. Not a full-on drama queen like Andrew Sullivan, who set the sky-is-falling gold...

  • Last Pitch Effort

    {Sean Bugg and Cavin Le exchange rings (Photo by Ward Morrison)} I've joked often in the past few months that I'm lucky my family tree...

  • UPDATED: Vikings’ Chris Kluwe quits Pioneer Press blog over editors’ anti-gay marriage bias

    UPDATE (Sun, 3:00 am): Mike Burbach, editor for the Pioneer Press, responded to a wave of criticism his news site received over the weekend. He...

  • The Choice?

    When Joe Biden appeared on NBC's Meet the Press May 6, many expected the former senator from Delaware, long known for his penchant for gaffes,...

  • Local Elections Count!

    The United States might be in the grips of election fever, as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney duke it out in cash-covered campaigns. In the...