Gay Marriage Will Make France ‘A Land of Homos,’ Says Senator

A French senator has decided to offer his opinion on France’s attempt to legalize same-sex marriage and gay adoption, and it’s hilariously apocalyptic.
Senator Serge Dassault, Speaking to France Culture radio, is quoted as saying that gay marriage would mean there would be no people having babies, which in turn would lead to France’s downfall:

“We’ll have a land of homos. And then in 10 years there will be no-one left. It’s stupid,” the 87-year-old told France Culture radio.

He said homosexuality was one of the causes of decadence in ancient Greece.

“Total decadence, of course. It’s the end of the family, it’s the end of the children’s development, it’s the end of education. It’s a danger for the entire nation,” said Dassault.

In campaigning to become France’s president, Francois Hollande appealed to the progressive agenda saying that he would back legalizing same-sex marriage and greater equality in how France’s adoption laws treat gay couples, who currently are unable to adopt.
And, following through on that promise, the French cabinet this week passed a draft bill that would be the first step in doing just that.
The draft law would amend current statutes to define marriage as a union “contracted between two persons of different sex or of the same sex.” The bill would also allow married gay couples to adopt children.
There were some concessions in the proposed legislation however. For instance, the bill does not include state aid for artificial insemination and other forms of medical assistance for gay couples looking to have children. This is despite such aid being readily available for heterosexual married couples.
The legislation is expected to be taken up by Parliament by relatively early next year. Hollande’s socialist party enjoys a strong majority in both chambers and as such the legislation is expected to pass.
That’s not to say that religious conservatives are not doing all they can to campaign against the move.
Most recently France’s top Catholic prelate, Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, weighed in on the debate saying the government should be focusing on the economy rather than on “secondary” matters:

“We regret that the government’s choice focuses public attention so much on an issue that’s actually secondary,” Vingt-Trois told the closing session of a conference of French bishops in the southwestern pilgrimage town of Lourdes.

“The priority concerns plaguing our fellow citizens (are) the consequences of the economic and financial crisis – factory closings, rising unemployment, growing insecurity of the poorest families,” he said.

This as though to suggest that lawmakers are only able to take action on one item at a time, something that is, thankfully, demonstrably false. The cardinal has also called the bill a “deception” and “fraud” saying that gay marriage risked harming children and that it would be “the marriage of a few imposed on everyone.”
High-profiled Muslim clerics and Protestant and Orthodox Christians have also joined the Catholic Church in opposing the plans.
The BBC reports that more than 1,000 of France’s mayors have signed a petition against the proposed changes. It notes that there have also been protests in 75 towns and cities.
Even so, polls currently suggest that marriage equality is favored by a majority of French people (around 60 percent), though they remain more cautious of same-sex parent child rearing which hovers at the 50 percent threshold.
As much as we may enjoy the doom-mongering of our friends Cardinal Vingt-Trois and Senator Dessault we should also point out that legalizing gay marriage does not also have the immediate effect of either converting all straight people to homosexuality or immediately rendering all men and women infertile.
We know this because France, were it to legalize same-sex marriage at the national level, would join eleven other nations including the Netherlands and Spain who have already taken that step to no ill effect amidst much celebration from those who support marriage equality.

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Measure B Passes: Condoms In Porn In LA County Will Now Be Mandated On Set

Despite strong outcry against it from the adult film industry, a measure requiring porn performers to wear condoms on set was passed by LA County voters Tuesday.
The "Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act'," or Measure B, passed 56 percent to 44 percent, with 100 percent of precincts reporting. In addition to mandating condoms, it will require porn producers to apply for a permit from the LA County Department of Public Health to shoot sex scenes. The fee will finance periodic inspections of porn filming, and violations will be subject to civil fines and criminal misdemeanor charges.

James Deen, a 26-year-old award-winning porn superstar, commented to The Huffington Post about the passage of Measure B. "I am disappointed. Not particularly about the law but about my community of adult entertainers being continually bullied and used by others," he wrote in an email.
"It will be interesting to see what happens next. People will most likely move production out of Los Angeles and take out tax money with us," Deen wrote. "Hopefully this measure passing will help us get more organized in the future and that, along with Los Angeles losing our business, will allow people in politics to start seeing us as an asset."
Christopher Ruth of Fine Ass Marketing, a PR firm specializing in adult films, also told HuffPost that he thinks some porn filming may relocate. "Now the adult film industry has some tough choices to make, including appeals and possible relocation, which will take thousands of jobs and tax revenue out of Los Angeles and California," Ruth said.
Measure B was spearheaded by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which says that STDs in the industry are a public health concern and that actors' safety is not being respected. Some porn actors, particularly those who have contracted HIV on set, agree.
However, many in the porn industry think that condoms are unnecessary because the industry already conducts regular STD checks. They also say that condoms would hurt their profit and drive the industry either out of LA or underground, creating even more unsafe conditions.
Perhaps most loudly, some adult film performers have said that Measure B infringes on their rights and freedom to do what they want with their bodies.
"We are much like the homosexual, minority or female populations," Deen told HuffPost. "We are a community of tax-paying and law-abiding voters who are currently being persecuted. But our opinions do matter, and I hope one day we get respect as these previously-stated groups and others have begun to receive."
UPDATE: The Free Speech Coalition sent a letter Wednesday to the LA County Board of Supervisors saying that they will challenge the law in court, according to adult film industry new source AVN. The group's CEO, Diane Duke, said that the law is "unconstitutional on the grounds of forced expression, but also falls within the jurisdiction of the state of California rather than local government." She asked the Supervisors to "suspend the implementation of the law until the courts have rendered their decision on the aforementioned issues."
Stuart Waldman, president of the Valley Industry and Commerce Association, which represents businesses in the San Fernando Valley, said to Bloomberg that now that the measure has passed, “A lot of producers will fly to Las Vegas and spend the day shooting there and come back after a day’s worth of work. It’s easy. Today, you don’t have to move truckloads of equipment.”

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Jerrold Nadler Lauds Gay Marriage Wins; Calls For End To DOMA

New York Congressman Jerrold Nadler on Thursday cheered gay rights victories on election night and challenged colleagues to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the 1996 law which forbids federal agencies from recognizing the legal marriages of gay and lesbian couples.

Nadler is the House sponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal DOMA.

While the Supreme Court is likely to hear a DOMA-related case this session, a ruling striking down the law would leave an uneven legal landscape for married couples. Provisions in the Respect for Marriage Act would allow the federal government to recognize such marriages even in the case where a couple lives in a state where marriage equality is not legal. For example, the federal government would recognize the Massachusetts marriage of a gay couple living in Ohio, where they are not allowed to marry.

“This week's progress in advancing the rights of LGBT Americans is undeniable,” Nadler said in a statement. “With victory for marriage equality initiatives in three states, the election of my friend Tammy Baldwin as the first openly gay U.S. Senator, the election of a record number of openly LGBT Members of the House, and the reelection of a President who supports the freedom of all Americans to legally marry whichever person they choose, we have made significant strides toward equality. I am elated by this progress and I look forward to returning to Congress with the knowledge that our nation is truly changing.”

“I also would like to take this profound moment in our national history to challenge my colleagues in Congress, Democrats and Republicans alike, governors and state legislators across the country, and people in positions of power everywhere to join our movement now. Now is the time for courageous leadership that will guide Americans toward a not-so-distant future when ALL Americans are truly equal. I urge you to join us now or you will become increasingly irrelevant, isolated, and ignored amidst an unmistakable reality. So, let us pass the Respect for Marriage Act to repeal DOMA, let us achieve marriage equality in each state, and let us declare that LGBT Americans have the same rights to love, happiness, family, and equality as all Americans – and let us do it NOW.”

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Puerto Rico Votes For Statehood

Puerto Ricans voted Tuesday to adjust the relationship between the territory and the United States and pursue statehood, advancing the quest of many on the island to become the nation's 51st state.
In a two-part referendum, voters supported abandoning the status quo and embracing statehood — the first time such an effort has received a majority.
President Barack Obama pledged in 2011 to respect “a clear decision” of the people of Puerto Rico on statehood. It is unclear if the 60 percent margin on Tuesday meets that test.
Under Article IV the Constitution, Congress would have to approve statehood for the territory — though it is not clear where congressional leaders stand on the issue.
A White House spokesperson, in addition to spokespeople for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House John Boehner, did not respond to a request for comment early Wednesday.

Gay Old Time In Washington

Six openly gay candidates were elected to Congress on Tuesday, with a seventh leading.

Senator-elect Tammy Baldwin won her Wisconsin race against former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson. She edged out her Republican competitor with a larger lead than expected, 51.5 to 45.9% with 99.6% of precincts reporting. Baldwin becomes the first openly gay U.S. senator.

Mark Pocan, a small business owner and a Wisconsin state representative, won his bid to fill the 2^nd Congressional seat being vacated by Baldwin. His Republican challenger, Chad Lee, ran an unsuccessful bid against Baldwin in 2010. The 48-year-old Pocan married his husband Phil in Canada in 2006.

Richard Tisei is the only upset so far among the 8 openly LGBT candidates. He lost his bid to become the House's first openly gay Republican. Massachusetts voters decided instead to return Representative John Tierney to Congress.

Mark Takano won his race against Republican John Tavaglione to become the first openly gay Asian-American in Congress. Takano's newly created 41^st Congressional District includes the Inland Empire, a region located east of Los Angeles.

In New York, Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton, derailed incumbent Nan Hayworth, a moderate Republican with a record of supporting gay rights. Maloney and his partner of 20 years, Randy Florke, are raising three children.

Two openly gay House members, David Cicilline of Rhode Island and Jared Polis of Colorado, will also return next year.

In Arizona, Kyrsten Sinema holds a narrow lead against her Republican rival, Vernon Parker. If elected, Sinema, 36, would become the first openly bisexual member of Congress.

Marriage Equality...A Step In The Right Direction

After years of heartbreak at the polls, gay marriage advocates are cheering marriage wins in as many as four states.

Voters in three states, Maine, Maryland and Minnesota, helped turn the tide on Tuesday.

Maine became the first state to legalize gay nuptials by referendum. Maryland voters upheld a marriage law approved by lawmakers. And Minnesotans rejected a constitutional amendment limiting marriage to heterosexual couples, though same-sex couples remain barred from marrying in the state due to state law.

In Washington state, a referendum upholding a marriage law approved by lawmakers was leading 52% to 48% with 52% of precincts reporting.

In a video message sent to supporters, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Chad Griffin called Tuesday's election the “most important and historic in the history of the LGBT movement.”

“After a 2-year effort, $20 million dollars raised and contributed, and HRC's largest mobilization effort in our history, we've won a landslide victory for equality at the ballot box. We've secured the first-ever electoral victories for marriage equality in Maine, Maryland and Minnesota, and we're optimistic about the results still to come in Washington,” Griffin said in the 2-minute video.

Election night also brought victories for 6 out of 8 openly LGBT Congressional candidates. A seventh, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, holds a narrow lead against her Republican rival.

Griffin said the victories are a reminder of the work left to do.

“We've got to seize the mantle and continue to push forward, because at a moment like this, when momentum is at our back, we don't slow down, we double down,” he said. (The video is embedded on this page. Visit our video library for more videos.)

GLAAD President Herndon Graddick echoed that sentiment.

“Visibility and progress for LGBT people have grown under President Obama and now that momentum must continue. LGBT people deserve full equality in every aspect of American life and President Obama, in his second term, should take every concrete step within his power to make it so.”

Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry, the nation's largest group advocating for marriage equality, said voters proved foes “wrong.”

“Our huge, happy, and historic wave of wins last night signaled irrefutable momentum for the freedom to marry, with voters joining courts, legislatures, and the reelected president of the United States in moving the country toward the right side of history. The anti-gay opposition kept moving the goalposts and had as their last talking point that we could not win a popular vote on the freedom to marry. Last night, voters in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and, all signs suggest, Washington proved them wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong.”

Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, a group which supports openly LGBT candidates, called Tuesday's results a “breathtaking leap forward” in an e-mail to supporters.

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Spains High Court Upholds Gay Marriage As Constitutional

In an 8-3 vote, the high courts in Spain uphold the constitutionality of gay marriage which was being opposed by the Popular Party deputies.
It was their assertion that the constitution of the country meant for marriage to be between one man and one woman.
It's nice to see, that at least on this issue, there is at least sanity somewhere in this world!

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Obama Responds to 10-Year-Old's Heartfelt Letter About Her Dads

By Jamie McGonnical:
Tomorrow, Election Day, we have an extraordinarily important decision to make. Many look at the economy and wish the recovery were happening more rapidly. Some would like to see a larger return on their stocks. And a select few look at their families and hope each day for the same protections that almost every other family in the country currently has.
You might remember a letter posted here last week from young Sophia Bailey Klugh. Ten-year-old Sophia penned a letter to President Barack Obama in which she told the president how happy she is that he agrees with her on the topic of marriage equality. You see, young Sophia has two dads. She went on to ask the president an important question:

I am so glad that you agree two men can love each other because I have two dads and they love each other, but at school kids think that it's gross and weird, but it really hurts my heart and feelings.... If you were me and you had two dads that loved each other and kids at school teased you about it, what would you do?

Well, lo and behold, in the middle of his fight to be reelected, the president took some of his important time to share a little advice with a little girl:

Dear Sophia,

Thank you for writing me such a thoughtful letter about your family. Reading it made me proud to be your president and even more hopeful about the future of our nation.

In America, no two families look the same. We celebrate this diversity. And we recognize that whether you have two dads or one mom what matters above all is the love we show one another. You are very fortunate to have two parents who care deeply for you. They are lucky to have such an exceptional daughter in you.

Our differences unite us. You and I are blessed to live in a country where we are born equal no matter what we look like on the outside, where we grow up, or who our parents are. A good rule is to treat others the way you hope they will treat you. Remind your friends at school about this rule if they say something that hurts your feelings.

Thanks again for taking the time to write me. I'm honored to have your support and inspired by your compassion. I'm sorry I couldn't make it to dinner, but I'll be sure to tell Sasha and Malia you say hello.

Sincerely,
Barack Obama

Gov. Mitt Romney's campaign recently stated that he believes that the ability of gay and lesbian families to visit one another in the hospital is a privilege, not a right. Additionally, he has spoken out against gay parents adopting children. Finally, the governor has pledged to write discrimination against LGBT people into the U.S. Constitution.
I hope that young Sophia wakes up Wednesday morning to find that there's someone in the White House who believes that her family should have the same protections as every other family in the country.

Catholic Church In France Criticized For Opposing Gay Marriage Bill

The Roman Catholic Church in France is being criticized for leading the opposition against a proposed gay marriage law.

At the church's annual plenary held in the town of Lourdes on Saturday, Paris Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois called on Catholics to oppose the measure, Reuters reported.

“The presidential and legislative elections did not give them carte blanche, especially not for reforms that very profoundly affect the equilibrium of our society,” said Vingt-Trois.

“It will not be 'marriage for all,' it will be the marriage of a few imposed on all,” he added, calling the proposed reform “a fraud.”

The bill is expected to be introduced to the French cabinet on Wednesday. The Socialist government has said they expect to pass the reform by mid-2013.

“I'm shocked by this attitude which I think is a kind of return to a fundamentalism that I find problematic,” Jean-Marie Le Guen, a Socialist senator from Paris, is quoted as saying by Reuters.

Party spokesman David Assouline also chided the church, saying it was not its role “to oppose the will of the legislature, especially concerning civil marriage in a secular republic.”

If approve, France would become the 12^th nation to legalize gay nuptials.