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Archie Comics’ gay pal Kevin Keller is getting married
Archie Comics’ gay pal Kevin Keller is getting married. In a first for mainstream comic books, gay marriage will be the storyline in the January edition of the “Life with Archie” series, as the characters of fictional Riverdale gather for the wedding between Kevin and his partner.
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Advocacy group will not lead ballot effort to overturn Proposition 8
California’s largest gay rights advocacy group on Wednesday announced it would not lead a ballot campaign to undo Proposition 8, the state’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.
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2010 Census count of gay couples is reduced
The U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday unveiled new data revealing that 131,729 married same-sex couples and 514,735 same-sex unmarried couples live in the United States. Based on information compiled as part of the 2010 Census — the first time ever data on gay couples was collected as part of the effort — the new figures […]
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Bipartisan pollsters report momentum in nationwide support for marriage equality
Leading Republican and Democratic pollsters on Wednesday released a new analysis of polling data spanning more than a decade that reveals a dramatic shift in public attitudes on the freedom to marry for same-sex couples.
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History unfolds in New York: A ‘watershed moment’ in the gay rights movement
At 12:01 a.m., July 24, 2011, New York became the sixth and most populous U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.
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Countdown to Midnight: New York same-sex couples prepare to say ‘I Do’
Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples in New York will say “I Do” on Sunday, as the state’s Marriage Equality Act takes effect in just one hour.
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Deportation proceedings dismissed in same-sex marriage immigration case
Another battle which is loosening the Jenga pieces is the bigoted piece of legislation known as DOMA — officials have canceled the deportation of a Venezuelan man in New Jersey who is married to an American man.
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Wolfson: New York marriage equality ‘a watershed moment for our country’
Winning the freedom to marry in New York is without a doubt a watershed moment for our country and our campaign.
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New York marriage equality coalition plans rally at state capitol in Albany
A New York state Senate vote on whether to legalize same-sex marriage has been pushed back at least another day as the debate continues over religious exemptions, while hundreds of demonstrators on Monday rallied for and against the measure at the state capitol in Albany.
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LUSH Cosmetics plans ‘Kiss & Tell,’ shops will become gay marriage ‘campaign centers’
LUSH Cosmetics has partnered with Freedom to Marry on a new campaign to support marriage equality, and will transform its North America shops into marriage equality “campaign centers.”