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Marriage equality bill clears first hurdle in New Mexico legislature
SANTA FE, N.M. — A proposed bill that would allow New Mexico voters decide if same-sex marriage should be legal in their state has cleared its first hurdle in the Legislature.
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Wyoming state Senate defeats LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination bill
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming State Senate on Thursday defeated a bill that would have banned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Poll: Majority of Rhode Islanders support legalizing same-sex marriage
A majority of Rhode Island voters say same-sex marriage should be legalized in the state, according to a new survey released Thursday by Public Policy Polling.
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Poll: Majority of Hawaii voters support legalizing same-sex marriage
HONOLULU — The results of a statewide survey among registered Hawaii voters show there is growing support for allowing same-sex couples to marry.
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Wyoming House defeats domestic partnership bill
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A bill that would have would have allowed same-sex couples in Wyoming to create domestic partnerships carrying most of the legal rights of marriage died Wednesday on a close vote in the state House of Representatives.
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Gay marriage opponents running out of cash ahead of Supreme Court hearing
SAN FRANCISCO — ProtectMarriage.com, the principal advocacy group backing California’s Proposition 8, a 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, is suffering serious fundraising shortfalls, according to their attorney, Andrew Pugno.
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Utah LGBT advocacy group to file amicus briefs in DOMA, Prop 8 cases
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Pride Center announced Wednesday that it will file an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the pending cases involving the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8. Utah Pride said it has retained a bipartisan team of prominent Utah attorneys to challenge Utah’s system of […]
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SF Archbishop: gay marriage a ‘natural impossibility’ — much like ‘male breastfeeding’
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, in a recent interview with the United Kingdom’s Catholic Herald, said the term gay marriage should be rarely used because it refers to a “natural impossibility” — much like “male breastfeeding.” Cordileone said that the struggle to protect “traditional marriage” is God’s “gift” to his generation. Archbishop Cordileone cautions against […]
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NOM’s Brian Brown earns $500K working to deny civil marriage rights to gays
Working to deny good, taxpaying LGBT citizens their right to civil marriage is a lucrative business for Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage. According to activist Fred Karger, founder of Rights Equal Rights, tax returns for the NOM reveal that Brown earned more than $500,000 in 2011. In a press release, Karger […]
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Poll: Support for marriage equality in Ireland increases to 75 percent
DUBLIN, Ireland — As the Constitutional Convention met in Dublin to discuss reforms to the Irish Republic’s constitution this past weekend, a 2012 year end poll showed increased support for the issue of same-sex marriage, one of the legal reforms being discussed by delegates.