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Obama calls for support of state marriage equality ballot initiatives
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his support for marriage equality, and called on Americans to support the freedom to marry when they vote on ballot measures in Maine, Maryland and Washington.
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Will Obama, Romney talk marriage in upcoming debate?
This week’s presidential debate could mark the first opportunity for President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to face off on marriage in a race in which LGBT issues have figured less prominently than previous elections.
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Freedom to Marry changes course, launches Maryland marriage PAC
The Washington Blade has learned that Freedom to Marry has formed a political action committee that will allow it to raise money to defend Maryland’s same-sex marriage law, a change of course from earlier this year when the organization declined to join the coalition of groups defending the law.
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White House staying out of Proposition 8 litigation
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney declined to directly answer a question about whether the Obama administration wants the U.S. Supreme Court to take up litigation challenging California’s Proposition 8 or allow a lower court ruling striking down the same-sex marriage ban to stand.
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Advocacy groups launch effort to support state marriage campaigns
A group of LGBT advocacy organizations on Thursday launched the “United for Marriage” campaign, a national effort to recruit volunteers for the state marriage campaigns.
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Democrats vote to adopt party platform endorsing ‘freedom to marry’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Democratic Party on Tuesday voted to support the freedom to marry as an official plank in the Party’s platform, putting the party on record as the first major political party in U.S. history in favor of marriage equality for same-sex couples. Official language of the platform, released Monday evening, also calls […]
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2012 election is crucial to LGBT Americans, women and minorities
For many LGBT voters, the re-election of Barack Obama will mean that the slow progress toward full equality will continue and the direction of the country will continue to trend toward progressive goals. However, the prospect of the election of a Republican president sends chills up many spines, especially to those voters — LGBT, women, minorities, progressives, liberals and moderates — who have read about at the proposed Republican platform and are aware that the next president will likely shape the U.S. Supreme Court for decades to come.
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LGBT advocacy groups issue joint statement denoucing shooting at FRC
In a joint statement, the leaders of more than two dozen national and regional LGBT advocacy groups denounced the Wednesday morning shooting that occurred in the lobby of the headquarters of the Family Research Council, one of the nation’s leading anti-gay organizations. “We were saddened to hear news of the shooting this morning at the […]
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Democratic platform committee hears marriage equality testimony
The fight to include a marriage equality plank in the 2012 Democratic Party platform is heating up as one LGBT advocate drew on support from Democratic governors and the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in testimony urging platform committee members to adopt such language.
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Pressure builds on Democrats to include marriage equality in party platform
WASHINGTON — The Obama campaign released a statement Thursday reiterating the president’s support for marriage equality, but falling just short of endorsing a call for its inclusion in the official party platform.