Saturday, December 12, 2009
Gay marriage supporters challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8 lost their bid Friday to see the internal communications of those who supported the initiative when an appeals court ruled that disclosure would violate the 1st [...]
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Adding his voice to the debate on gay marriage, native New Jersey resident Bruce Springsteen has called for lawmakers in his state to pass the measure. "I've long believed in and have always spoken [...]
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
[caption id="attachment_3861" align="alignleft" width="346" caption="via the Star-Ledger"][/caption] In a last-minute move, the New Jersey state senate today called off Thursday’s planned vote on the gay marriage bill, as supporters scrambling for votes said the controversial [...]
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Gay marriage advocates and opponents in New Jersey are looking forward to Thursday, where the matter is expected to be taken up by the full state Senate following committee approval late Monday night. After seven [...]
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Monday, December 7, 2009
TRENTON -- Legislation to allow same-sex marriage in New Jersey cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee tonight after more than seven hours of emotional debate and testimony, setting the stage for a showdown in the full [...]
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Monday, December 7, 2009
TRENTON -- New Jersey lawmakers prodded each other over issues of legal equality and religious freedom as the debate over same-sex marriage neared the three-hour mark today in the Senate Judiciary Committee, reports the NJ [...]
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
Portia de Rossi appeared on The View this week, discussing being married to Ellen Degeneres, Proposition 8, and civil unions vs. marriage. De Rossi schools the hosts on why the legality of gay marriage is [...]
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
TRENTON -- The New Jersey gay marriage proposal will be considered Monday by a Senate committee and could be posted for a full senate vote later in the week, reports the New Jersey Star-Ledger. [caption [...]
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
ALBANY — The New York State Senate defeated a bill on Wednesday that would legalize same-sex marriage, after an emotional debate that touched on civil rights, family and history, the New York Times reports. The [...]
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
The D.C. City Council on Tuesday voted 11-2 to give preliminary approval to a bill that would allow same-sex marriages to be performed in the city, reports DC Agenda. [caption id="attachment_3423" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="David Catania, [...]
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Monday, November 30, 2009
A spokesperson for State Senator Dale Volker says the controversial same sex marriage bill could be voted on Tuesday in the senate, reports WGRZ-TV. The bill remains a priority of Governor David Paterson, who has [...]
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way. In a movement that seems ripped from the pages of Comedy Channel writers, John [...]
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Latin America's first same-sex marriage, set to be held in Argentina on Tuesday, appeared derailed after a judge filed a last-minute injunction to stop the union until the issue can be reviewed further, CNN reports. [...]
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Monday, November 30, 2009
The effort to put gay marriage back on the California ballot in 2010 suffered a setback Monday, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Rick Jacbos, the leader of the 700,000-member Courage Campaign said that after spending [...]
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
The D.C. City Council drew national attention this week as it made final preparations for the first of two votes on a same-sex marriage bill Tuesday that observers say was expected to pass by a [...]
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