marriage
A Woman Was Denied a Marriage License Because of Her Fiancé's Disability
Colette Purifoy has been with her partner John Morris for 38 years now. They have children together and have been seeking a marriage license for many, many months. What's stopping them? In the eyes of the law, John is unable to give his consent due to...
Philadelphia Is the Scariest Place to Do Comedy
As a stand-up, as a storyteller, as an improviser, I’ve done thousands of shows. After I tell people I do hundreds of shows a year, they often ask, “What’s the worst show you’ve ever done?” And I always tell them, “It’s debatable, but I guarantee you...
Don't Celebrate the Gay Marriage Victory with a Wedding of Your Own
To all my homosexual brothers and sisters: I am cheering with you today. But just because we can get married, doesn't mean that we should. Gay culture is new to legal recognition, so, like our first time getting drunk at a high school...
We Took an Anti Gay Marriage Priest to see a Gay Married Priest
He didn't change his mind on the issue.
Street Battles Rage in France Over Gay Marriage
A gay marriage bill came up in the National Assembly in October and will be voted on soon. Sensing that the bill will easily pass, La Manif and VITA Alliance are staging their mass protests and demanding that the issue be put to a nationwide referendum...
Shiva’s Wedding
We’d been in India for a month, and it looked like the wedding wasn't going to happen. The last two times I’d been married my brides had been enthusiastic—they were insistent, even. Now I was getting married for a third time to a woman who didn’t want...
What Animal Would You Marry?
Cory Bernadi compared same-sex marriage to bestiality, we thought bestiality marriages sounded kind of cool.
The Poet
The less the poet wrote, the more books he bought. He was building a library for the person he wished he was. Or so he told himself.
Begging in the Street for Love
There's a man standing at a market in London waiting for you to propose to him.
No More Numtees
I am originally from Vatersay, which is a small island not far from Barra. The population is about 80 people. My husband Ian is from Barra, although I always thought I’d never get married to a Barra guy.