Thursday, August 20, 2009
A federal judge on Wednesday set a January 11, 2010 date for the highly anticipated trial in the legal challenge to California’s voter-approved Proposition 8, a ban on same-sex marriage. The judge, Vaughn R. [...]
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
As we reported last night via Twitter, David Letterman went on record for gay marriage. Miss USA/Universe pageant proprietor Donald Trump appeared on Tuesday night's CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman," to promote the [...]
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
The debate over gay marriage took center stage Monday night at the Durham, North Carolina City Council meeting. After no debate and little public comment, the council unanimously passed a resolution supporting same-sex marriage. The [...]
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Monday, August 17, 2009
The Obama administration declared today that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) discriminates against gays and lesbians, while at the same time Justice Department lawyers moved in federal court to defend the law, and urged [...]
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Brad Pitt appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher Friday night, speaking out for gay marriage, his pro-marijuana agenda, and anti-religion crusade. "You know, I grew up in a religious family, in a religious community [...]
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
In what’s shaping up to be a heated race in Iowa's House District 90, Republican Stephen Burgmeier has received the endorsement of anti-gay rights organization Everyday America. The race between Burgmeier and Democrat Curt [...]
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
One of California's largest gay rights advocacy groups announced this week it will wait until 2012 to push for an amendment to the state Constitution permitting same-sex marriage, but other organizations with the same agenda [...]
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Friday, August 14, 2009
The NO H8 Campaign has released it’s second official public service announcement titled "I'm Coming Out" to help raise awareness about Propostion 8 and Marriage Equality...
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Tim Hortons, the Canadian based coffee and doughnut house, is distancing itself from an upcoming Rhode Island event designed to “take a stand” against same-sex marriage. Brochures for this Sunday’s “Celebrate Marriage and Family Day“ [...]
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Monday, August 10, 2009
More than 440 same sex couple applied for Wisconsin's domestic partnership registry in its first week. A spokeswoman for the Department of Health Services cautions the numbers are incomplete because only 58 out of 72 [...]
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Both the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Bar Association (ABA) have adopted resolutions backing full LGBT rights, including gay marriage. The ABA, a professional organization for lawyers, approved a resolution supporting the repeal [...]
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Saturday, August 8, 2009
The prominent lawyers leading the fight to legalize gay marriage in California on Friday formally told San Francisco officials and three other groups supportive of same-sex weddings "thanks, but no thanks" for trying to join [...]
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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Marriage equality organization Maine Freedom to Marry announced July 30 that 60,000 Mainers have signed pledges defending the state’s marriage equality bill. "Volunteers, ready and willing to go door to door and speak neighbor to [...]
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
The Census Bureau plans to release raw data from the 2010 Census about the number of same-sex marriages in the United States, according to new guidelines issued Monday. The announcement reverses an earlier decision made [...]
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Monday, August 3, 2009
Gay couples trickled into county clerk's offices in Wisconsin on Monday for their first chance to sign up for the state's new domestic partnership registry.
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