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Washington couple files suit against florist for anti-gay discrimination
KENNEWICK, Wash. — The ACLU on Thursday filed a lawsuit on behalf of a gay couple in Kennewick, Wash,, against a florist that discriminated against them because of their sexual orientation.
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Binational couples among those awaiting Supreme Court ruling on DOMA
Jason Kirchick and Christian Pinillos of Stowe, Vt., are worried not only about their future working at a struggling ski lodge but also about their marriage. Now that the lodge has fallen on hard times, the men’s jobs are in jeopardy and with his job, so is Pinillos’ immigration status.
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Okla. state House approves resolution opposing same-sex marriage
OKLAHOMA CITY — Weighing in on the recently energized debate around gay marriage, the Oklahoma House approved a resolution without opposition Monday to reaffirm marriage as a union between a man and a woman and support the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
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Letterman: Opposing gay marriage in the name of religion is ‘absolute stupidity’
NEW YORK — David Letterman, playing host to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on “The Late Show” on CBS Wednesday night, had a few remarks directed at opponents of same-sex marriage.
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Former S.C. Governor Mark Sanford: No gays on the Appalachian Trail
Mark Sanford perfectly encapsulates the particular sanctimony the Right reserves for homosexuality. Republican politicians perfected this selective intolerance back when gay people were a convenient political punching bag – an unfamiliar other with whom the majority could not immediately identify. Since then, gay people have come out of the closet in droves and most Americans have come to embrace gay rights. But the GOP is sticking with its reflex condemnation of gay people. Does it trouble Mark Sanford or give him any pause at all as he goes from being the ambassador of international love back to his embrace of a position that is now laughingly hypocritical?
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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey: ‘I can no longer in good conscience’ oppose gay marriage
HARRISBURG, Pa. — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey says he now supports gay marriage, becoming the latest lawmaker to change positions on an issue now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court inaction would likely return marriage equality to California
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Supreme Court seems reluctant to use the legal battle over California’s same-sex marriage ban to rule that all gay Americans have a constitutional right to wed, but that doesn’t mean gay marriage will not be returning to the state.
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DOMA is doomed
So it’s over. Two days that are now part of LGBT history. Two back-to-back arguments at the United States Supreme Court, with most of the country paying attention—hearing about our lives, our relationships, and how discriminatory government policies and voter initiatives mark us as inferior, unequal, and vulnerable. In Wednesday’s case, the issue was section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which withholds federal protection and recognition from same-sex spouses. Once again, the Justices were not only engaged, but talked about us in terms we have rarely heard in these hallowed halls…
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Democrats criticize GOP support of Defense of Marriage Act
WASHINGTON — The cost to taxpayers for a House Republican decision to fund the legal team supporting the Defense of Marriage Act has climbed from $500,000 to as much as $3 million, Democrats say in questioning the GOP stance on the gay marriage issue now before the Supreme Court.
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However the Supreme Court rules, gay marriage debate is far from over
However the Supreme Court rules after its landmark hearings on same-sex marriage, the issue seems certain to divide Americans and states for many years to come.