This coming Sunday's New York Times Magazine cover is emblazoned with a shadowy picture of Barack and Michelle Obama on a dusty stage, smiling at each other and touching, about to embrace.  Superimposed over the photo is text: "The First Marriage...]]> Louisiana Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell has refused to grant a marriage license to an interracial couple over supposed concerns as to the difficulties the couple's future children might face due to their parents' differing ethnicity. Bardwell, w...]]> Forced marriages of women are not a new concept in Saudi Arabia. In fact, a woman is required to obtain the consent of her father, who is considered her guardian, before being allowed to marry. Just as easily as a father (or any male guardian) can ch...]]> Thursday saw oral arguments start in the case to dismiss Proposition 8, as the California Supreme Court investigated the validity of the measure, passed by ballot vote in November 2008, that redefined gay people out of a right to marry under Californi...]]> Plans for legislature to extend the rights afforded by marriage to same-sex couples have been unveiled in Washington this past week which would strike a decisive victory for LGBT people who have long campaigned for equality. However, this action would...]]> Zorro vengefully humiliated his enemies with one well practiced and graceful slash of his sword.  Those who dared oppose him painfully had the letter Z sliced into their flesh.  On January 20, 2009, Pastor Rick Warren, who has vengefully hum...]]>   Many of us are deeply motivated to fight for the causes we believe in.  Our motivations lead us to take different types of action; some sign petitions, others donate money and still others protest in the streets.  Civil disobedience ...]]> Probably one of the most dramatic civil rights stories of the recent election was the passage of Proposition 8 in California taking away the right of gay and lesbian couples in the state to marry. It was a sad, angry day for many Californians. And as ...]]>