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CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada lawmakers made a strong statement Tuesday, passing a bill that says crimes motivated by hatred of transgender people will not be tolerated in the Silver State.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Governor Mark Dayton has signed the state’s marriage equality bill into law, making Minnesota the 12th U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — When Gov. Mark Dayton adds his signature to the bill legalizing gay marriage in Minnesota later Tuesday, its two main sponsors will stand triumphantly beside him admiring the fruits of their long and often demoralizing struggle for gay rights.

PHOENIX, Ariz. — After years of beating the drums against same-sex marriage, a majority of Arizonans now say they support marriage equality.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A couple filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state of South Carolina for what they say was an unnecessary sexual assignment surgery performed on a toddler they later adopted.

PRINCETON, N.J. — Fifty-three percent of Americans now support legalizing same-sex marriage, the third consecutive reading of 50 percent or above in Gallup polling over the past year.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — With marriages to be available for Minnesota’s gay couples starting Aug. 1, Duluth residents Gary Anderson and Gary Boelhower are getting ready to do something that seemed impossible when they started dating three years ago: plan a wedding.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday that if the Senate Judiciary Committee attached an amendment to include provisions for same-sex bi-national couples in the pending immigration reform bill, he’ll pull his support.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The city of St. Paul is ready to throw a party to celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in Minnesota.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Senate voted moments ago to legalize same-sex marriage, the last legislative step before Gov. Mark Dayton’s promised signature will make the state the 12th in the U.S. to do so.