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Obama evolves… President says he supports full marriage equality
President Obama ended his 19-month long evolution on the issue of extending marriage rights to gay couples on Wednesday when he voiced support for marriage equality.
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N.C. voters approve constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
North Carolina voters on Tuesday approved Amendment One, a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, the Associated Press has reported.
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Joe Biden: ‘I am absolutely comfortable’ with same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON — U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden on Sunday said he he doesn’t think that there should be any legal barriers to same sex marriage.
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Eleven state Democratic Party chairs support marriage equality plank in national platform
WASHINGTON – Eleven state Democratic Party chairs from across the country have joined in support of a marriage equality plank in the party’s national platform.
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Baldwin calls for marriage equality plank in Democratic party platform
U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin has joined the chorus of those calling for an endorsement of marriage equality in the Democratic Party platform, saying the inclusion of such language would be a “statement of values.”
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Obama edging closer to marriage equality endorsement, source claims
The odds are improving that President Obama will endorse marriage equality before the November election, according to an informed source. The chances that Obama will make such an announcement before the election are looking better than in previous months as the issue receives growing media attention.
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EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Warren pledges to lead on LGBT rights
Elizabeth Warren, who is running to unseat U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), pledged to support a series of pro-LGBT initiatives and called on President Obama to endorse marriage equality in an exclusive interview with the Washington Blade on Tuesday.
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New Jersey governor vetoes marriage equality bill, as expected
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie on Friday afternoon vetoed a bill approved by the state legislature that would legalize same-sex marriage — just six hours after it reached his desk.
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Freedom to Marry vs. NOM on who should decide who gets married
Jeremy Hooper at Good As You calls our attention to Sunday’s televised “debate” on same-sex marriage between Freedom to Marry President Evan Wolfson and National Organization for Marriage President Brian Brown.
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Broad coalition launched to repeal federal ‘Defense of Marriage Act’
WASHINGTON – A broad coalition of more than 50 civil rights, labor, progressive, faith, student, health, legal, women’s, and LGBT organizations on Thursday announced support of the Respect for Marriage Act– the bill to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that withholds federal protections for legally married gay and lesbian couples. The group, […]