Who’s to judge an expert on marriage? (Blankenhorn’s CV padding)

Such CV padding — permitted by a too-credulous media — is bad news for the public understanding of social science research, and should be called out by social scientists.

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National Organization for Marriage: delusional and hateful?

I pose the title as a question, and leave it to the reader to judge (naturally). The evidence today is from Alvin McEwen at Firedoglake, who links to a strategy document from the National Organization for Marriage that has come out as part of that organization’s legal battle to keep its donor list secret. The [...]

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Marriage rights, writ wrong

With the big decision striking down California’s Proposition 8 — which banned homogamous marriage — the terminology used is not today’s lead story. But it is a good time to reflect on it. So, here are the results of last’s weeks Family Inequality reader poll, which asked two questions: When the state permits marriage between [...]

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Poll: What do you call homogamous marriage?

Try to answer with the language you actually use, not what you think is best.

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Maryland’s marriage rights bottleneck

Barring a dramatic turn of events, all the evidence points toward popular support for marriage rights becoming a solid majority in Maryland in the next few years.

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High marks for Census

Bureaucratic culture shift.

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No family-caregiver-citizenship for you

More ways to wreck lives and punish innocent people.

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Civil rights bonanza (demographic fiasco)

Not to take away from the celebrations, but this demographic data situation is all messed up.

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Marriage Equality Action

New York State gets the language right.

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No family for you

Images from a week in the world of family denial.

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