Marriage Equality is in New Jersey

Wow!

What a Friday!

couples in New Jersey will soon be able to marry.

Judge Mary Jacobson of the Mercer County Superior Court ruled that gay couples can get married in New Jersey starting October 21.

The judge said:

"This unequal treatment requires that New Jersey extend civil marriage to same-sex couples to satisfy equal protection guarantees of the New Jersey Constitution as interpreted by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Lewis. Same-sex couples must be allowed to marry in order to obtain equal protection of the law under the New Jersey Constitution."

This is big stuff!

Pennsylvania Judge stops Court Clerk from issuing Gay Marriage Licenses

Well crap!

Commonwealth Court Judge Dan Pellegrini just ordered Montgomery County court clerk D. Bruce Hanes to stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. The judge said that Hanes overstepped his authority when he granted licenses to gay and lesbian couples in July.

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Read the ruling here

Batwoman Writers leave Comic, one Reason is because of Gay Marriage

Sad news.

The Batwoman writers, J. H. Williams III and W. Haden have left the comic due to last minute editorial changes from DC Comics. And one of the main reasons has to do with Kate (Batwoman) marrying her partner.

Please part of their letter:

Dear Batwoman readers -

From the moment DC asked us to write Batwoman — a dream project for both of us — we were committed to the unofficial tagline “No Status Quo.” We felt that the series and characters should always be moving forward, to keep changing and evolving. In order to live up to our mantra and ensure that each arc took Batwoman in new directions, we carefully planned plotlines and story beats for at least the first five arcs well before we ever wrote a single issue. We’ve been executing on that plan ever since, making changes whenever we’ve come up with a better idea, but in general remaining consistent to our core vision.

Unfortunately, in recent months, DC has asked us to alter or completely discard many long-standing storylines in ways that we feel compromise the character and the series. We were told to ditch plans for Killer Croc’s origins; forced to drastically alter the original ending of our current arc, which would have defined Batwoman’s heroic future in bold new ways; and, most crushingly, prohibited from ever showing Kate and Maggie actually getting married. All of these editorial decisions came at the last minute, and always after a year or more of planning and plotting on our end.

We’ve always understood that, as much as we love the character, Batwoman ultimately belongs to DC. However, the eleventh-hour nature of these changes left us frustrated and angry — because they prevent us from telling the best stories we can. So, after a lot of soul-searching, we’ve decided to leave the book after Issue 26.

The writers also stated there was no anti-gay feelings from DC Comics, they just didn't like the idea. However, this doesn't look good for the comic company. They have lost a few folks lately. I hope they have a plan to address this because fans are about to lose it.

In Ohio: Folks are split on Gay Marriage

Not so good news in Ohio.

Folks in the state are split on the idea of gay marriage and wouldn't overturn the state's ban on it if the election was held today.

In a poll from the Public Religion Research Institute, 1,001 adults (883 of them registered voters) had plenty to say. 47% believe that same-sex couples should be allowed to get married. But the 47% ain't feeling it.

And here's the worse part, when asked about a state constitutional amendment to repeal the gay marriage ban, 51% said they wouldn't support it. Basically, we have a lot of work to do down there, because our fam in those crazy ass states needs us.

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SCOTUS First: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will Officiate a Gay Wedding

This is cool.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will officiate a gay marriage ceremony of Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser and his partner John Roberts. The wedding will take place at the performing arts center in DC.

Justice Ginsburg will be the first member of the Supreme Court to do this.

In an interview in the Washington Post, she said:

“I think it will be one more statement that people who love each other and want to live together should be able to enjoy the blessings and the strife in the marriage relationship. It won’t be long before there will be another.”

Again, this is very cool.