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German court rules gay couples in civil unions deserve marriage tax breaks
BERLIN — Gay rights campaigners won a victory over the German government Thursday as the country’s top court ruled that same-sex couples in civil unions should receive the same tax benefits as heterosexual married couples.
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Church of England concedes defeat on UK’s plan to legalize same-sex marriage
LONDON — The Church of England on Wednesday signaled it would no longer fight against the government’s plans to legalize same-sex marriage in England and Wales.
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Gay marriage advocates to wait until 2014 to put issue before Ohio voters
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The group collecting signatures for a referendum on marriage equality in Ohio says it will wait until 2014 to put the issue before voters.
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Savage talks marriage, Supreme Court decisons, Santorum in 2016
Dan Savage, author of the new book, “American Savage: Insights, Slights and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love and Politics,” speaks about his new book, as well as the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, the 2008 voter-approve ban on same-sex marriage.
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Ariz. town approves local law allowing civil unions for same-sex couples
BISBEE, Ariz. — The Bisbee, Ariz., city council has approved a revised version of a proposed local law allowing civil unions for same-sex couples.
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Britain’s House of Lords advances same-sex marriage bill
LONDON — The upper chamber of the British parliament, the House of Lords, voted Tuesday to back the government plans to legalize same-sex marriage in England and Wales.
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15 Ill. lawmakers who backed marriage bill apologize to gay marriage advocates
CHICAGO — Backers of a measure that would’ve legalized same-sex marriage in Illinois have written a letter to advocates saying it’s not the time for them “to splinter.”
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‘He said yes!’ – Happily ever after for gay marine whose homecoming went viral
When U.S. Marine Sgt. Brandon Morgan returned home home last year following a six-month deployment in Afghanistan, he never expected that a homecoming kiss with his boyfriend Dalan Wells would take the internet by storm and become the symbol for openly gay service members in the post-”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” era…
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Ill. House speaker extends marriage bill deadline for possible summer session
The Illinois same-sex marriage bill had its deadline date for approval extended into the summer. House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) acted quietly on Friday night before the House adjourned to extend the bill’s deadline for approval until August 31.
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State legislatures buck Catholic Church on same-sex marriage
Frank Ferri made peace with God years ago. Last month, Ferri defeated the Roman Catholic Church. The openly gay state representative led the fight to legalize same-sex marriage in what may be the most Catholic state in the nation’s most Catholic region.