Friday, January 29, 2010
The Indiana Senate revived a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages Thursday, approving the measure and sending it to the Democratic-controlled House, where it's likely to meet a quick death. The 38-10 vote marked the fourth [...]
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Friday, January 29, 2010
Defense Secretary Robert Gates will unveil the Pentagon's plan to prepare for repealing the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" law regarding gay soldiers at a committee hearing Tuesday, according to CNN. "The Defense Department leadership [...]
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Florida's outdated gay adoption ban took another hit after a Miami judge approved the adoption by a lesbian couple. [caption id="attachment_5671" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="Alenier, right, and Leon, with their adopted son.(Miami Herald photo) "][/caption] Vanessa [...]
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Pennsylvania State Sen. John H. Eichelberger Jr., has introduced a bill to institute a ban on same-sex marriage in the state constitution, making good on a promise announced last year, reports the Philadelphia Gay News. [...]
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Mexican federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will try to overturn Mexico City's gay marriage law on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. A statement from the federal Attorney General's Office said the law "violates [...]
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Testimony concluded Wednesday in the landmark case against California's Proposition 8, with attorneys for the two same-sex couples who mounted the challenge confident, and Prop 8 defenders hopeful that the gay marriage ban will prevail. [...]
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
A Utah congressman on Wednesday introduced a disapproval resolution designed to reverse a D.C. City Council ruling that would permit gay marriage in the nation's capital. Freshman lawmaker, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said that the measure [...]
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Opponents of same-sex marriage in California rolled out their star witness Tuesday, an author and advocate who, at first, predicted that allowing gays and lesbians to wed would discourage heterosexual marriage and might lead to [...]
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Monday, January 25, 2010
The defense team opened their case in federal court Monday in the challenge against Proposition 8, arguing that gays and lesbians are a politically powerful force, with strong allies in high office, unions, corporations and [...]
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Monday, January 25, 2010
Filmmaker Reed Cowan received two sustained standing ovations Sunday for his documentary “8: The Mormon Proposition,” a file which harshly criticizes the Mormon Church for campaigning in favor or California’s ban on same-sex marriage [...]
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
The plaintiffs in the legal challenge over California's Proposition 8 called their final witness Friday, who testified that homosexuality is an inherent characteristic of gays and lesbians, not a social choice. Gregory Herek, a University [...]
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Friday, January 22, 2010
A leading proponent of California's Proposition 8, whose whose writings linked homosexuality to pedophilia and prostitution, was called to the stand as a "hostile witness" Thursday by plaintiff's attorneys, aimed at showing that hostility and [...]
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Cindy McCain, wife of the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), is the latest high-profile public figure to come out in support of gay marriage, posing for the NOH8 Campaign, a campaign protest [...]
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
The federal case challenging California's Proposition 8 wrapped up it's seventh day Wednesday, with plaintiff's attorneys producing documents showing close ties between the Mormon church and the Prop. 8 campaign, and one expert witness asserting [...]
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Three weeks after New Hampshire legalized same-sex marriage, opponents are asking the House to repeal the law and let voters amend the constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman. [caption id="attachment_5207" [...]
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