Film chronicles the birth of a group just for children with gay parents

COLAGE, the organization for "people with a lesbian gay bisexual transgender or queer parent," now has a staff of eight. But the film Family Time, which you can watch on the COLAGE website, chronicles the history of the group and shows that its founders did not even know eight people with an LGBTQ parent when they were growing up.The film shows how the fight for marriage equality made children

The NY Times should not be the last word on marriage and health

As soon as I saw the New York Times article on marriage and health I knew exactly where to turn next -- the blog of Bella DePaulo, a psychologist whose work most convincingly debunks the so-called health advantages of marriage. I was not disappointed; she had responded to the piece when it first appeared on line last week. Her response also refers back to her previous well-documented posts

Congratulations to Kenyon Farrow

Queers for Economic Justice has named Kenyon Farrow its new Executive Director. I met Kenyon when we were both part of the group that wrote the "Beyond Marriage" statement. Kenyon is a visionary. QEJ is the only LGBT organization with a mission dedicated solely to the well-being of those who are economically disadvantaged.I'll be making my annual contribution to QEJ in Kenyon's honor. I

New from the Alternatives to Marriage Project

It's always a good day to check out what's happening with the Alternatives to Marriage Project. They recently expanded their on-line resources with more facts, experts, reports, etc to counter the dominance of the "marriage movement" position that the decline of life long heterosexual marriage is responsible for all our social problems. They are also in the forefront of a growing movement to

SEIU resolution values all families

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has been reading my book, Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families under the LawHere is the full text of Resolution # 109 Adopted at the 2008 SEIU ConventionValuing All FamiliesMembers of SEIU work hard every day to provide for their families and build for them a better future. Our members’ love of and commitment to their families

NATIONAL UNMARRIED AND SINGLE AMERICANS WEEK

It's the last day of National Unmarried and Single Americans Week. There's been some media coverage, but I thought I'd take this opportunity to highlight one group whose needs remain unmet when marriage is at the center of public policy. Consider CoAbode, whose primary purpose is linking single mothers who want to pool their resources and live together.In a world in which marriage is privileged

INSPIRATION FROM THE COUNCIL ON CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Thank goodness for the Council on Contemporary Families -- a group of scholars, researchers, and clinicians who care about all families and who respond to the right-wing marriage movement's attacks on family diversity. One highlight of the just-concluded annual conference: A paper from RAND researcher Jui-Chung Alan Li reporting findings, using a large data base, that divorce does not cause

TAX TIME -- NOT A REASON TO SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALITY

There's much that's wrong with our income tax treatment of families. But when marriage equality advocates argue that same-sex couples face tax disadvantages because they can't marry, they don't tell the whole story. Marriage reduces taxes for couples that have one wage earner, or two wage earners who earn vastly different incomes. In other words, the "traditional" husband-as-wage-earner,