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Catholic Church spent $2 million fighting marriage equality this election cycle
The Roman Catholic Church hierarchy funneled $2 million into entirely unsuccessful efforts to advance discrimination against LGBT people in the four marriage ballot states of Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington this election cycle, according to a report by the Human Rights Campaign.
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Supreme Court reschedules conference to review DOMA, Prop 8 cases
WASHINGTON — The United States Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it has rescheduled the private conference to review the legal appeals relating to California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act.
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NOM wants pro-gay companies to pay a ‘price’ in countries hostile to gay rights
Fresh from its stinging loss in five states in last week’s election, the National Organization for Marriage has pledged to continue efforts to create backlash against companies that support marriage equality, by ensuring they pay a “price” in Middle Eastern countries that are hostile to gay rights.
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Harnessing momentum from a historic election
Without a doubt, election night was a landslide victory for equality. Watching the historic results roll in on issues and candidates that matter to the progress of civil rights for LGBT people was truly a snapshot of just how much, and how quickly, this country has changed on social issues. … Election night also saw the end of a long pattern of losses for state-level marriage equality at the ballot box…
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Perkins: If Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage, it could lead to ‘revolution’
While discussing the string of election night victories for marriage equality on Thursday, Tony Perkins declared that if the Supreme Court legalizes it Christian conservatives will never accept it because, like abortion, they know that “it’s unnatural for two men to be married.”
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Autopsy on an election: Ten things we learned in 2012
The culture war is over. For real. GOP strategist Karl Rove needs to tear that chapter from his playbook and burn it in the nearest fireplace. The tired old tactics of the Far Right to demonize LGBT Americans and minorities no longer work. Just look at the ballot box on Nov. 6 for proof…
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A monumental day for love in Maryland, my Marry-land…
Maryland, my Marry-land. Through the hard work of LGBT activists and allies, and by the understanding of its residents that love affirmed only betters society, you my beloved state, have now entered the small and growing ranks of those states that have legalized same-sex marriage.
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France approves draft law to legalize same-sex marriage, gay adoptions
PARIS — The Socialist majority French government on Wednesday approved a draft law to that would legalize same-sex marriage and gay adoption, despite fierce opposition from the Roman Catholic Church and its right wing supporters in the Senate and the National Assembly.
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Obama’s victory and the aftermath of ‘Please de-friend me’
This election was close — much closer than it should have been. For those of us committed to progressive causes, it was a reminder that we need to work even harder to ensure future such races contain a message which is clear, relevant, and compelling, connecting the dots between the issues we care about and fiscal responsibility.
And even in the election’s wake, I find myself contemplating the cost of lost friendships, as well as our best path forward… -
Washington state makes it a sweep as voters approve same-sex marriage law
In a sweep of election night victories for marriage equality, voters in Washington state approved Referendum 74, affirming the state’s same-sex marriage law, and granting gay and lesbian couples the freedom to marry.