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Poll: N.J. voters want gay marriage on the ballot so they can vote ‘yes’
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J – A new polls finds that a majority of New Jersey voters say they want the opportunity to vote on same-sex marriage, and given the choice, they’d vote yes.
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NZ Parliament plans third and final vote tonight to legalize same-sex marriage
New Zealand is expected to become the 13th country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage as a bill to amend the current marriage law comes before the country’s Parliament for its third and final reading later tonight.
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Westboro Baptist Church blames Boston Marathon bombing on ‘fag marriage’
The Westboro Baptist Church, home of the anti-gay extremists behind the “Gods Hate Fags” and “God hates the World” fundamentalist movement, took to Twitter on Monday evening to blame a bombing attack at the Boston Marathon on the effects of same-sex marriage.
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Okla. state Senate approves anti-gay marriage resolution
OKLAHOMA CITY — A nonbinding resolution to reaffirm marriage as a union between a man and a woman and support the federal Defense of Marriage Act has been approved in the Oklahoma Senate.
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French police arrest dozens of anti-gay activists outside National Assembly
PARIS — French police arrested dozens of anti-gay marriage protestors on Monday after they tried to set up a campsite outside the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, in advance of next week’s planned final vote on the country’s marriage equality law.
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Ireland will hold referendum aimed at legalizing same-sex marriage
DUBLIN — Ireland will hold a referendum aimed at legalizing same-sex marriage after a the Irish Constitutional Convention on Sunday voted overwhelmingly in favor of extending marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples.
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Binational couples among those awaiting Supreme Court ruling on DOMA
Jason Kirchick and Christian Pinillos of Stowe, Vt., are worried not only about their future working at a struggling ski lodge but also about their marriage. Now that the lodge has fallen on hard times, the men’s jobs are in jeopardy and with his job, so is Pinillos’ immigration status.
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Latest poll finds uptick in both support, opposition to same-sex marriage
Just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court took up the issue of same-sex marriage in two highly publicized cases, a majority of Americans continue to say they support same-sex marriage, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released this week.
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French anti-gay activist suggests violence in reaction to marriage bill
PARIS — Anti-gay marriage activists in France went on the attack Friday, firing off violent rhetoric following passage of a marriage equality bill in the French Senate.
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Ill. GOP chair who supports gay marriage, survives latest ouster attempt
TINLEY PARK, Ill. — Tensions flared Saturday over who should lead an Illinois Republican Party grappling with internal divisions and fallout from a dismal showing in the 2012 elections.