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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel pledges support for marriage equality bill
CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel pledged his support for a new bill introduced in the General Assembly last week that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois. Emanuel’s support for the bill comes nearly a day after Gov. Pat Quinn suggested that he was unsure about his stance on same-sex marriage, despite having signed the civil unions bill into law last year.
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Chris Christie ignores Chris Gregoire’s outreach on marriage equality
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) hopes to put the politically delicate question of same-sex marriage behind him and is prepared to swiftly veto a bill extending marriage rights to gays and lesbians, even if it means ignoring the arguments of proponents.
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Gay couple sets record for longest kiss, Google sends a Valentine to gays
Valentine’s Day 2012 was marked with more progress on marriage equality front, this time in Maryland; also a gay couple set a new world record for the longest kiss, and a Google doodle sends a Valentine to gay couples. Here’s “The Wrap” for February 14, 2012…
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Opponents of Washington marriage equality law launch repeal effort
OLYMPIA, WASH. — Within hours of Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire signing a marriage equality bill into law, opponents filed the paperwork necessary to collect signatures for a referendum to overturn the law.
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Clay Aiken: Proposed NC anti-gay marriage amendment ‘goes too far’
RALEIGH, N.C. — Singer Clay Aiken, a North Carolina native, said he loves his home state but is deeply unhappy about proposed amendment to the state constitution that would ban same sex marriages. The former “American Idol” contestant spoke out about the amendment in a video posted to YouTube on Monday.
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Joint Maryland house panel votes to advance marriage equality bill
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A joint panel of two committees in the Maryland state legislature on Tuesday approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
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Protesters shout down Santorum as he speaks against marriage equality in Washington state
Occupy Wall Street protesters nearly drowned out Rick Santorum for 44 minutes as he tried to deliver remarks at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Washington on Monday night. Speaking from a balcony, Santorum sought to condemn the state’s newly-enacted same-sex marriage law and the Ninth Circuit’s ruling against Proposition 8, but was repeatedly interrupted by protesters yelling, “we are the 99 percent.”
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Efforts to put Proposition 8 initiative on 2012 ballot have ceased
LOS ANGELES — The efforts to collect signatures to qualify an initiative to repeal California’s Proposition 8 law, which bans same-sex marriage, have ceased, following last week’s victory in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Marriage equality moves forward in Washington, New Jersey
Marriage equality took center stage again on Monday, with progress on both coasts — in Washington out west, and in the east, New Jersey.
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Santorum: Washington’s approval of gay marriage is ‘not the final word’
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, well known for his opposition to same-sex marriage, visited Washington state on Monday within an hour of Gov. Chris Gregoire signing the state’s same-sex marriage bill into law.