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Wide range of potential outcomes possible in same-sex marriage cases
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court can choose from a wide array of outcomes in ruling on California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage and the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
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Lesbian couple at center of Prop 8 dispute discusses Supreme Court case
BERKELEY, Calif. — Big change is coming to the lives of the lesbian couple at the center of the fight for same-sex marriage in California no matter how the Supreme Court decides their case.
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Rove: ‘I Could’ imagine a GOP presidential candidate supporting gay marriage
Fox News contributor and former Bush deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, appearing Sunday on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” said that he can imagine the next Republican nominee for the White House supporting marriage equality for gays and lesbians.
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Hundreds of thousands protest French marriage equality, adoption bill
PARIS — Paris riot police fought back crowds who pushed their way onto Paris’ landmark Champs-Elysees avenue as part of a huge protest against a draft law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.
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Evan Wolfson: ‘Gay people are not going to use up all the marriage licenses’
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments this week in two historic same-sex marriage cases — one challenging California’s ban on gay marriage, and the other challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act — supporters and opponents of marriage equality are stepping up their cases in the court of public opinion.
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Paraguay gay couple demands legal recognition as spouses
ASUNCION, Paraguay – A Paraguayan married, gay couple are demanding to be recognized as spouses under the law.
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Standing: How the Supreme Court could avoid ruling in either gay marriage case
It is hard to overstate the potential impact of the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court cases concerning marriage for same-sex couples. The primary questions posed by the two cases – Hollingsworth v. Perry involving Proposition 8. and U.S. v. Windsor, involving the Defense of Marriage Act— could lead to rulings that dramatically advance the equality of LGBT people under the law. But the Supreme Court may end up issuing no ruling in either case.
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SF Archbishop: Children will suffer for generations as a result of gay marriage
San Francisco Catholic Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone explains that a U.S.Supreme Court ruling granting same-sex couples the freedom to marry would have horrible consequences “for generations to come.”
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Hopeful observers line up outside Supreme Court to witness same-sex marriage cases
WASHINGTON — A line has begun forming outside the U.S. Supreme Court for people who want to attend next week’s arguments in two same-sex marriage cases.
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National TV ad showcases broad public support for marriage equality
The Respect for Marriage Coalition on Friday unveiled the latest in a series of national television ads aimed at showcasing the broad public support for the freedom to marry.