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Calif. officials, community leaders urge Archbishop not to attend anti-gay rally
SAN FRANCISCO – Top California and San Francisco officials, along with faith, LGBT and civil rights leaders, are calling on San Francisco Catholic Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone to cancel his participation in an upcoming march and rally against marriage equality for same-sex couples.
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Judge dismisses most of NOM lawsuit against IRS over disclosure to HRC
A federal district court judge has dismissed most of a lawsuit by the National Organization for Marriage that claimed an employee of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service deliberately leaked a confidential tax document from NOM to a political opponent, the Human Rights Campaign.
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U.S. Supreme Court refuses to put same-sex marriage on hold in Oregon
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is refusing to halt a federal judge’s order declaring Oregon’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional. The court issued an order Wednesday declining to block any new same-sex unions in the state while a federal appeals court considers whether an anti-gay marriage group can intervene in the case.
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Kennedy asks for briefs on NOM request to halt same-sex marriage in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. — A U.S. Supreme Court justice is asking for more information before any ruling on an effort by the National Organization for Marriage to halt same-sex marriages in Oregon.
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Maine Ethics Commission fines NOM, orders it to reveal campaign donors
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s ethics panel on Wednesday fined the National Organization for Marriage more than $50,000 and ordered it to file a campaign finance report that would reveal the donors behind the 2009 repeal of the state’s same-sex marriage law after finding that it violating Maine’s campaign finance laws.
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NOM asks U.S. Supreme Court to halt same-sex marriages in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. — The National Organization for Marriage says it is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block a federal judge’s order declaring Oregon’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional.
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Appeals court: Gay marriage opponents can’t keep campaign donors secret
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Same-sex marriage opponents can’t keep the identities of their campaign donors secret, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in upholding a lower court decision.
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Federal appeals court denies NOM request for stay in Ore. marriage ruling
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal appeals court’s ruling has cleared the way for same-sex marriages to begin immediately in Oregon if a judge’s ruling allows it.
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NOM asks appeals court for stay in Oregon same-sex marriage case
PORTLAND, Ore. — An anti-gay marriage group that sought to defend Oregon’s same-sex marriage ban is taking its case to a federal appeals court, just hours before a judge is expected to strike down the ban.
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National Organization for Marriage may face $50,000 fine in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine — The National Organization for Marriage, the anti-gay marriage group that helped defeat Maine’s same-sex marriage law in 2009 may be fined more than $50,000 and ordered to reveal its donors, after an ethics investigation released Monday found that it violated the state’s campaign finance law.