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Cancer-stricken soldier fights for her life, family’s equality
Freedom to Marry and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) on Wednesday released a new online video featuring Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) Charlie Morgan and her wife, Karen, spotlighting the inequalities forced upon gay and lesbian service members by the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
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Reversing course: Prop 8 star witness now supports marriage equality
WASHINGTON – In a stunning reversal, the star witness against same-sex marriage at the Proposition 8 trial in California has come out in support of marriage equality.
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Advocacy groups decry study that suggests negative outcomes for kids of gay parents
WASHINGTON — Leading LGBT advocacy organizations on Monday widely criticized a study released by right-wing conservative author Mark Regnerus of the Department of Sociology and Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, that made several claims of negative outcomes for children raised by gay and lesbian parents.
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Obama affirms LGBT support during Barnard commencement address
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama reaffirmed his support of LGBT rights during Barnard College’s commencement address on Monday.
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MSNBC holds FRC President Tony Perkins accountable
There are some people whose views are so intractable that they will never – as the President put it – “evolve” on this issue. But those folks really are few and far between. To tell the full story on marriage equality, the media needs to talk to folks who have changed their minds on the issue and explore the changes that are happening in our culture that has led to a majority of Americans now supporting marriage equality. It also needs to expose the true roots of the views of people like FRC President Tony Perkins, so that Americans know who he is when he shows up in these debate segments…
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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.”