Let businesses ban gays if they want
Wednesday Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer earned high praise from Democrats across the country for vetoing a bill put forth by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature. The bill, had it passed,…
States should be free to govern themselves
I don’t like being told what to do. I live life by my own rules and I answer to no one but myself. I like it that way. I also…
Portman announcement braver than Clinton’s
Last week’s column on gay marriage — particularly on Hillary Clinton’s relatively late-to-the-party support of gay marriage — got a lot of feedback. Not only has there been a lot…
Do you really want Hillary Clinton defining marriage?
On Monday, former first lady, secretary of state and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton came out in support of gay marriage. The part of me that supports gay marriage thinks this…
There are things that actually matter
To hear some people tell it, this great republic of ours is on the brink of disintegration. We’re just days away from the annihilation of the Constitution and being run…
Rich gay rodeo clowns and the people who love them
I find it mildly interesting that President Barack Obama took the occasion last week to come out in defense of gay marriage — kind of. But I found the reaction…
Memories are better when you share them
With New York’s first gay marriage taking place just down the river from our house, how could the kids and I not go? Sure, it was at midnight and yeah,…
Gay capitalism, part II
As you’ve seen on these pages before, I have been all-too-happy to champion the acknowledgement of gay marriage in New York State. This weekend, we ran two stories talking about…
More gay hate mail. (Yay!)
I got the following tonight in response to this week’s column: Go ahead and gloat,with 41 states defining marriage as one man and one woman,my gloating feels much better.Science will…