Black state senator receives positive response after 'coming out'

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - Nevada State Sen. Kelvin Atkinson (D - North Las Vegas) came out to fellow lawmakers Monday during a legislative debate on repealing the gay marriage ban from the state constitution...

Ben Carson withdraws as Johns Hopkins commencement speaker

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - The announcement came Wednesday in response to recent student petitions to have Carson replaced following his controversial statements about gay marriage...

Gay marriage divides black church in Illinois

Renita D. Young

theGRIO REPORT - Since the Illinois Senate passed its same-sex marriage bill on Valentine’s Day, proponents and opponents of the measure have amped up their arguments in hopes of drumming up more support to sway undecided congressmen...

Did GLAAD snub Obama for Clinton?

Michael Arceneaux

OPINION - Maybe Obama is playing politics, too, but in the end, he’s been more progressive on gay rights than any president before him...

Why Ben Carson wasn't ready for prime-time

Perry Bacon Jr.

ANALYSIS - Carson could have smoothly entered politics in a number of ways, from appearing on television shows to talk about health care to getting himself in position to be tapped for a post in a Republican administration if the GOP wins back the White House in 2016...

Dr. Ben Carson's anti-gay remarks land him in hot water

Erin Delmore, MSNBC.com

MSNBC - Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson told Andrea Mitchell Friday that he is prepared to refrain from speaking at the university’s School of Medicine commencement ceremony, after students and faculty petitioned over comments he made this week that were widely seen as anti-gay...

Don’t march backward on gay marriage

Clay Cane

OPINION - In August, we celebrate the 50th year of the March on Washington. I vote for us to march forward, not backward on marriage equality and all related issues that provide personal freedom...

Is Clarence Thomas a hypocrite on gay marriage?

James Braxton Peterson

OPINION - Some say that silence speaks volumes. And in the case of Justice Clarence Thomas, that cliché just might be more applicable than ever this week as the SCOTUS considers the meaning of marriage equality in the 21st century...

Black church ponders change during marriage equality fight

Mashaun D. Simon

theGRIO REPORT - While many across America are hopeful that the Supreme Court will react on the side of the LGBTQ community regarding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Proposition 8, there are some black church leaders who do not foresee much change occurring within the black church in terms of gay acceptance...

Gay marriage movement gains in and out of court

Perry Bacon Jr.

theGRIO REPORT - Advocates of gay marriage appear to have made gains both at the U.S. Supreme Court and in Congress this week, as the court's justices hinted in oral arguments in two different cases this week they would side with same-sex marriage advocates..

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