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Maryland pastor declares LGBT people and supporters are ‘worthy of death’
A recent town hall meeting sponsored by the Maryland Family Alliance, a coalition working to defeat Maryland’s marriage equality law, has inflamed the gay marriage debate on news that a local pastor declared that LGBT people and their supporters are “worthy of death.”
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Nadler pushes DOMA repeal, despite recent court rulings
A New York Democrat leading the charge against the Defense of Marriage Act in Congress is stressing the need for legislative action against the anti-gay law despite a string of victories in the courts.
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N.Y. high court declines to hear appeal challenging same-sex marriage law
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York state Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal by the conservative group New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, who were seeking to have New York’s same-sex marriage law overturned.
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Gates’ donate additional $500,000 to Washington marriage equality campaign
Microsoft Chairman and co-founder Bill Gates, and his wife Melinda, have donated an additional $500,000 to the campaign to uphold Washington’s state’s marriage equality law
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Bloomberg pledges additional $500,000 to support marriage equality campaigns
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday that he’ll spend another $500,000 of his personal fortune to support marriage equality campaigns in Maine, Minnesota and Washington state in an effort to help the campaigns raise an equal amount.
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Minister describes gays as ‘predators’ during Maryland marriage rally
BALTIMORE — A California pastor referred to gays as as “predators” during an event against same-sex marriage at a local black church on Sunday.
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Vermont couple who lost discrimination suit films anti-gay marriage ad in Maine
A Vermont couple who agreed to pay $30,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of a lesbian couple from New York who claimed that their Inn refused to host their wedding reception because they were a same-sex couple, appear in a new ad advocating against same-sex marriage in neighboring Maine.
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France delays plans to debate same-sex marriage
France has delayed plans to move forward with legislation to legalize same-sex marriage amid growing opposition led by religious organizations and the majority Roman Catholic Church.
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NOM mastermind Frank Schubert makes millions selling LGBT discrimination
National Organization for Marriage (NOM) strategist Frank Schubert has made nearly $3 million selling anti-LGBT discrimination in just the past year, according to NOM Exposed, a project of the Human Rights Campaign.
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Marriage equality advocate Chris Kluwe to debate an empty chair
Borrowing from Clint Eastwood’s much maligned appearance at the Republican National Convention in August, Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe said he will debate an empty chair on the issue of marriage equality.