same-sex marriage

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 …

Justice Kagan’s 55+ Curveball

Posted on 03/26/2013 by | News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Politics | RelationshipsThe surprise entrance of an older couple caused quite a stir at the U.S. Supreme Court’s first day of arguments about same-sex marriage. Justice Elena Kagan summoned the pair from her imagination, and it seems safe to say that Charles J. Cooper, the lawyer representing proponents of limiting marriage, never saw them coming. Here’s how Kagan described them: They’re both over 55 years old, apparently heterosexual and they want to get married. Oh, and she’s past her childbearing years, though …

VA Grants Burial Rights for Same-Sex Oregon Couple

Posted on 02/15/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Home & Family | PoliticsBy Steven Dubois of The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs has decided to allow the same-sex spouse of a member of the military to be buried in a U.S. national cemetery. VA Secretary Eric Shinseki used his discretionary authority to allow the burial of Nancy Lynchild’s ashes, the agency said Thursday. U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), who called Shinseki last month to lobby for the action, said the Oregon couple will become the first …

Same-Sex Marriage: Parsing Changed Attitudes

Posted on 12/10/2012 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | Politics | Your LifeGeorge Will may have put it indelicately, but polls back up his contention that the issue of same-sex marriage provokes very different responses by generation. “There is something like an emerging consensus,” the conservative commentator said Dec. 8 on ABC News This Week. “Quite literally, the opposition to gay marriage is dying. It’s old people.” Three states recently approved gay marriage by popular vote. And now the Supreme Court (there’s an older demographic) announced it will take up two cases …

The Takeaway: Taking Aspirin? Don’t Stop; Longevity Study; Prehistoric Grandparents

Posted on 07/25/2011 by | The Takeaway | Comments

News RoundupsAspirin wards off heart attack–just don’t stop taking it, study warns. Researchers tracked people ages 50 to 84 and found patients with a history of heart disease who had recently stopped low-dose aspirin were 63 percent more likely to have a heart attack. “Even stopping aspirin for 15 days was associated with the short-term risk.”