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Australian Prime Minister defends same-sex marriage
BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, appearing Monday on an Australian national political program “Questions & Answers,” defended his support for marriage equality in a spirited exchange in which he went toe-to-toe with a local pastor on the Biblical definition of marriage.
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Gay couple sues over S.C. ban on same-sex marriage
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A legally married gay couple living in South Carolina is suing to have the state’s ban on gay marriage overturned.
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Marriage equality initiative in Arizona goes dormant
PHOENIX — An initiative campaign to have Arizona voters decide next year whether to legalize gay marriage has been put on hold amid reluctance by national and local advocacy groups to back the measure.
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Los Alamos latest NM county ordered to issue marriage licenses to gay couples
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — The clerk in New Mexico’s Los Alamos County said she will decide on Tuesday whether to join six other counties and begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Lance Bass proposes to partner Michael Turchin: ‘He said yes’
Entertainer and former ‘N Sync band member Lance Bass and his partner Michael Turchin, an aspiring actor and model, are engaged.
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Landmark same-sex marriage hearing approaches in Pa.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — For two months, an elected court clerk in the Philadelphia suburbs has been giving something to same-sex couples they have not been able to get anywhere else: a Pennsylvania marriage license.
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Elizabeth Cheney does not believe in her lesbian sister’s right to marry
“I believe the issue of marriage must be decided by the states, and by the people in the states, not by judges and not even by legislators, but by the people themselves.”
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Republican lawmakers file suit to stop same-sex marriages in N.M.
SANTA FE, N.M. — A group of Republican legislators has brought the first lawsuit to try to block gay marriage in New Mexico since six counties began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in the past week.
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Ginsburg first Supreme Court Justice to officiate same-sex wedding
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is performing a same-sex wedding this weekend in what is believed to be a first for a member of the nation’s highest court.
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Illinois’ marriage equality advocates plan new campaign strategy
CHICAGO — After their efforts to legalize gay marriage fizzled in Illinois this year, advocates gave their campaign a serious makeover: They called on unions, focused longer-term and recalibrated their message by using personal stories instead of civil rights comparisons.