There’s a Reason Gay Marriage Is Winning, While Abortion Rights Are Losing

Are these two CULTURE wars” issues really that similar? Katha Pollitt Why are reproductive rights losing while gay rights are winning? Indiana’s attempt to enshrine opposition to gay marriage under the guise of religious freedom provoked an immediate nationwide backlash. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has allowed religious employers to refuse insurance coverage for birth control—not …

Lesbian couple marries after 72 years together

Ninety-year-old gay couple marries in Iowa after 72 years together Vivian Boyack and Alice ‘Nonie’ Dubes, 91 and 90, met in hometown of Yale, Iowa, while growing up More than seven decades after beginning their relationship, Vivian Boyack and Alice “Nonie” Dubes got married. Boyack, 91, and Dubes, 90, sat next to each other during …