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Maryland delegates flip and flop over support for marriage equality bill
What the hell is in the water in Maryland? Democratic Delegate Sam Arora announced Friday he is once again supporting Maryland’s marriage equality bill. Arora spent the last 24 hours backtracking on his support for the bill […]
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Maryland delegates ready to vote on gay marriage bill; NOM mailers spread fear
Two Maryland delegates holding out on a gay marriage vote are now back on board, but the 48 hour delay has opened a window for gay marriage opponents to launch a new campaign aimed at weakening other Democrats from supporting the bill.
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Bill banning recognition of gay unions rejected in Wyoming Senate
The Wyoming Senate late Wednesday voted to reject House Bill 74, which would have banned out-of-state gay marriage from being recognized. The bill is now dead for the remainder of this year’s legislative session.
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Gillibrand to House GOP: Don’t waste taxpayer money defending DOMA
Just one day after House GOP leadership announced they would take action to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is urging Republican leaders not to waste taxpayer resources to defend the unconstitutional law.
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U.S. Supreme Court in favor of anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church
The Westboro Baptist Church won a significant victory Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of its right to promote what its church members call a “broad-based message” on public matters such as wars.
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California Supreme Court won’t expedite ruling on key issue in Prop 8 case
The California Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request by the attorneys fighting Proposition 8 to expedite the time line for deciding a key legal question of standing.
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DOJ – DOMA aftermath: Swell or tsunami?
Political decisions are a lot like oceanic earthquakes. First, there’s the quake, and then there’s the wave. So it is with the decision by the Obama Department of Justice to call the Defense of Marriage Act — or DOMA — unconstitutional.
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Baltimore delegates delay key vote on passage of Maryland gay marriage bill
Two Democrats blocked a critical vote on the Civil Marriage Protection Act in the Maryland House of Delegate’s Judiciary Committee late Tuesday afternoon, stalling the measure from advancing to the full House as quickly as previously expected.
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Wyoming House committee passes bill to invalidate out-of-state gay marriages
In the final minutes of the day, a House committee voted 4-2 on Tuesday to approve a bill which would invalidate same-sex marriages performed out-of-state. The bill has until Thursday to pass both the House and the Senate.
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House GOP leaders working on plan to defend DOMA
In response to the Obama administration’s decision to stop defending the unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act in court, House Republicans are now saying they are looking to have a plan in place by late this week to defend the law themselves.
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California AG asks federal appeals court to lift stay on gay marriage ruling
California’s attorney general on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to lift a stay and permit same-sex unions to resume while it considers whether to overturn the state’s ban on gay marriage.
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School bans all non-academic clubs to avoid approving gay-straight alliance
A Texas school district has banned all non-academic clubs from meeting on campus to ensure it’s complying with federal law after refusing to allow a student to start a gay-straight alliance.
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Anti-gay pastor arrested for masturbating near children’s playground
A conservative, anti-gay pastor who has staged protests against New Orleans’ Southern Decadence Festival, calling the predominantly gay event “perversion,” has been arrested for allegedly masturbating in a park adjacent to a children’s playground.
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Maryland House committee set to vote on marriage equality bill
A House committee could vote as early as Tuesday on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland. The bill needs the support of 22 delegates to pass the committee — sponsors of the bill hold 12 of the committee’s 22 seats.
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Wyoming anti-gay marriage bill dies in state legislature
A proposed amendment to the Wyoming Constitution that would have banned recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other states, expired Friday when it missed a procedural deadline set in the state House.
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Catholic college fires priest after learning he is gay
PHILADELPHIA — Chestnut Hill College, a Catholic institution, has fired a part-time professor after learning the cleric was gay. The college said that the Reverend’s conduct was “contrary to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church.”
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Democrats poised to introduce legislation to repeal ‘Defense of Marriage Act’
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has announced plans to introduce a bill in the U.S. Congress that would repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the law that defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman for purposes of all federal laws.
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Poll: Iowans less interested in gay marriage than legislators think
Marriage equality has been an intensely debated social issue in Iowa ever since the state Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2009, but a new poll suggests many Iowans are either conflicted or just aren’t interested in the debate.
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Commentary
Mike Huckabee: no equality for the LGBT ‘experiment’
In case anyone ever wondered why I’m so emphatic about equal rights… here you go. This man — Mike Huckabee — who ran for president, does not want gays to marry, raise kids or serve their country.
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Jury awards $3.15 million to gay couple bashed at Burger King
UNION CITY, N.J. — A jury has awarded a gay couple in Union City $3.15 million after they were chased and beaten following a dispute over their order at a local Burger King restaurant.