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Vietnam’s Communist government considers legalizing same-sex marriage
Vietnam’s Communist government is considering whether to legalize same-sex marriage, positioning the country to be the first in Asia to support marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples.
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What the Bible says — and doesn’t say — about marriage
There’s a lot of talk about the biblical definition of marriage and the family; however, I can’t find where those terms are explained anywhere in the bible. Nonetheless, a careful reading of the Good Book provides some basic guidelines that clearly warrant some discussion…
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Target promotes wedding registry for same-sex couples
MINNEAPOLIS — Just weeks after it announced it was selling greeting cards nationwide to celebrate same-sex unions, Target stores is now inviting gay and lesbian couples to set up wedding registries in their stores.
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Amazon founder, wife donate $2.5 million to support marriage equality
SEATTLE — Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, have donated $2.5 million to support the marriage equality coalition in Washington state.
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Principal architect of California’s Prop 8 named Archbishop of San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — Salvatore Cordileone, a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and one of California’s leading opponents of same-sex marriage, was named was named Archbishop of San Francisco by Pope Benedict XVI on Friday.
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Democratic platform committee hears marriage equality testimony
The fight to include a marriage equality plank in the 2012 Democratic Party platform is heating up as one LGBT advocate drew on support from Democratic governors and the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in testimony urging platform committee members to adopt such language.
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New York City latest to call on Supreme Court to overturn DOMA
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and lesbian New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn have joined the growing choir of individuals calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act.
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Massachusetts court rules Vermont ‘civil union’ equal to marriage in divorce proceeding
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court — the state’s highest appellate court — ruling in a case regarding divorce proceedings, said that a civil union in Vermont is “the equivalent of marriage in the Commonwealth.”
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Illinois lawmakers want to ‘reaffirm’ state’s same-sex marriage ban
Four Illinois lawmakers are pushing for a resolution introduced in the General Assembly last week that would “reaffirm” the state’s statute that prohibits the recognition of same-sex marriage.
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Outrage escalates into public relations debacle for anti-gay Chick-fil-A
The fallout over remarks made by Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy last week, stating his opposition to LGBT rights, and in particular same-sex marriage, has turned into a public relations debacle for the Atlanta-based fast food chain.