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Attorneys in historic same-sex marriage case sign book deal
NEW YORK — The bipartisan legal team leading the fight for same-sex marriage has a book deal. Democrat David Boies and Republican Theodore B. Olson have signed with Viking for “A Just Cause: Law, Love, and the Case for Marriage Equality.”
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Obama: U.S. is experiencing an evolution on same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Friday there was no way he could avoid urging the Supreme Court to overturn the state of California’s ban on gay marriage.
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State of California weighs in on U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Proposition 8
The state of California on Thursday filed its own amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Proposition 8, the state’s voter approved ban on same-sex marriage.
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Obama brief seeks broad Supreme Court ruling overturning Calif. gay marriage ban
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage and take a skeptical view of similar bans elsewhere, making a historic argument for gay rights.
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ASA brief: Parents’ sexual orientation has no bearing on children’s well-being
The American Sociological Association (ASA) has weighed in on the same-sex marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, filing an amicus brief Thursday outlining social science research that shows “children fare just as well” when raised by same-sex or heterosexual parents.
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Eric Holder: Marriage equality ‘really the latest civil rights issue’
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that marriage equality for gays and lesbians is the next big civil rights issue.
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Obama expected to urge Supreme Court to strike down Calif. gay marriage ban
The next phase of President Barack Obama’s evolving position on gay marriage may come Thursday, the deadline for his administration to weigh in on a landmark Supreme Court case that could determine whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed.
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Big push to support same-sex marriage at U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Prominent Republicans, retired military leaders and U.S. businesses are among the factions ready to ask the Supreme Court to support marriage equality in two cases up for argument next month.
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Major U.S. corporations call on Supreme Court to strike down gay marriage bans
More than 60 U.S. corporations — including Apple, eBay, Facebook, Intel, Nike and Morgan Stanley — have signed on to an amicus brief in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Proposition 8, California’s voter approved ban on same-sex marriage.
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Meg Whitman, former Prop 8 supporter, now an advocate for same-sex marriage
Meg Whitman, the president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard, who, as a GOP candidate for Governor of California in 2010 supported Proposition 8, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, is now one of more than 75 prominent Republicans to publicly support marriage equality for gays and lesbians.