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  • Breaking News: Same-Sex Marriage in Connecticut!


    It's official: Same-sex couples can now enter legally recognized marriages in three American states—Massachusetts, California, and Connecticut. (Countries include Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, South Africa, and Spain ... I don't think I've missed Read More...
  • California Dreaming


    Today at 5:01 p.m. PT, same-sex couples will begin to marry. I send them love and congratulations. And I send my profound hope that every single newlywed couple—the ones who have been together for 30 years ago or for 3 months ago—may be happy together Read More...
  • Not Her Mother's Feminism


    Two things bother me about the Rebecca Walker essay (which last week stirred up a hot intergenerational discussion on a feminist listserv I'm on). First is her conflation of her mother and feminism. I'm sorry, but when did Alice Walker become the spokesperson Read More...
  • Huge. Big. Deal.


    EJ . What a tremendous post. Thank you. And yes, you are right, the decision to treat the same-sex plaintiffs in this case as a suspect class, warranting “strict scrutiny”—the most rigorous and unforgiving type of constitutional review—is a huge big deal Read More...
  • California: Girl + Girl = Marriage


    About a year ago, I was visiting friends in Los Angeles. They had a small dinner party in my honor. All of us were lesbians, all relatively political. One couple had been together nearly 30 years, since they met in law school; another couple was raising Read More...
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