Category Archives: Same-sex Marriage

DEMOCRATS WOO REPUBLICAN CAITLYN JENNER

CaptureWASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles ) – It is common knowledge that the former Bruce Jenner was a Republican.  It is therefore not a surprise that among the first to welcome Caitlyn into their fold was the Log Cabin Republicans.

Log Cabin Republicans is the nation’s original and largest organization representing gay conservatives and allies who support fairness, freedom, and equality for all Americans, and who believe in electing Republicans into office.  Just this year, the California chapter officially gave charter status to the group, giving it a vote in state Republican party matters and policies.

Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has reportedly reached out to Caitlyn in the hope that she will switch party affiliation.

The committee is confident that it can win over Caitlyn, citing the fact that there are more Democrats who support her and who support key LGBT issues like same-sex marriage.

“While Bruce was Republican, Caitlyn is an entirely new person and that new person is more aligned with the Democratic ideology, especially as it relates to LGBT equality,” a DNC spokesperson said.

The DNC cited the fact that all declared Republican presidential candidates believe that marriage should only be between a man and a woman, and that most are lukewarm to giving equal federal rights to LGBTs.

The ball is now in Caitlyn’s court.

NEWLY-CROWNED MISS PHILIPPINES WOWS JUDGES WITH ANSWER TO FINAL QUESTION ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

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Ong, center, is the new Miss Philippines-Earth

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Philippines crowned yet another beauty queen last night when it named Angelia Gabrena Ong, 24, of Manila, the 2015 Miss Philippines-Earth. She will represent the country in the Miss Earth pageant later this year.

Rarely do beauty pageant judges get totally impressed by contestants’ answers to the final question but this time they absolutely did. The moment Ong began to speak into the microphone to answer her final question, the panel of judges knew it had a winner.

Ong’s question from celebrity judge Zsa Zsa Padilla was the most difficult one that evening: “Do you believe in same-sex marriage?”

Her answer:

“I think it really depends on the person if he or she believes in sex marriage but as for me, if the person feels that he or she needs to be married to show his or her love the I don’t mind having sex marriage.”

The Adobo Chronicles could not reach Ong to ask her if, by her answer, she meant ‘same-sex marriage,’ ‘sex before marriage,’ or ‘marriage for the sole purpose of sex.’

Watch the video clip of that defining moment in the pageant:

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IN LUXEMBOURG, GAY MEN RULE!

L-R: Luxembourg's Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and First Man?
L-R: Luxembourg’s Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and First Gentleman?

LUXEMBOURG CITY, Luxembourg (The Adobo Chronicles) – Luxembourg is a small European country with a population of just 550,000. It is a founding member of the European Union, NATO and the United Nations. The city of Luxembourg, which is the capital and largest city, is the seat of several institutions and agencies of the EU.

In June of last year, Luxembourg’s Parliament  legalized same-sex marriage by a landslide vote of 56-4. The new law went into effect last January.

That is not what’s amazing about the country. Rather, it is the fact that it is now ruled by gay men. Its prime minister, Xavier Bettel, is openly gay and so is its deputy prime minister, Etienne Schneider.

Luxembourg’s gayness will even be more prominent when Bettel marries his same-sex partner, architect Gauthier Destenay, this week.  The couple has been civil partners since 2010.

It hasn’t been decided how Destenay will be called.

Could it be First Gentleman? First Man? First Spouse?