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Generation by Generation, Where Voters Stand on Same-Sex Marriage

Posted on 03/27/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | Politics | RelationshipsAs the U.S. Supreme Court took up two seminal cases on same-sex marriage, the media speculated about whether the justices were in step with public opinion. But what is the public’s opinion? When you look at the issue by generation, there’s a wide divide. More members of Generation X (born 1965-1980) and Millennials (born after 1980) favor marriage equality than oppose it, according to a Pew Research Center poll in March. Not so for the Silent Generation (born 1928-1945) or boomers …

Jeanne Manford: She Raised the Flag for Tolerance

Posted on 01/10/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyBack in the early 1970s, when being gay was still widely considered both a mental illness and a crime, Jeanne Manford got a phone call late one night in Queens, N.Y. It was a police officer, who informed her that her son Morty, a student at Columbia University, had been arrested. “And you know,” the officer told her in an ominous tone, “he’s homosexual.” The response from Manford, a normally soft-spoken schoolteacher, was blunt. “I know that,” she said. “Why …

The Takeaway: Marriage Ruling Is Welcome News for Older Gay and Lesbian Couples

Posted on 05/31/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

PoliticsThe following is a guest post by Kim Keister. The ruling by a federal appeals court on May 30 that the Defense of Marriage Act violates the Constitution by limiting marriage to a union between a man and a woman brings at least some gay couples a step closer to sharing federal benefits long enjoyed by heterosexuals. The ruling, which won’t be enforced before the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in, has particular importance for older gay and lesbian couples. Many …