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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.
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Poll: Battle over Minnesota gay marriage ban ‘too close to call’
ST. PAUL, Minn. — With less than three weeks from Election Day, the battle over Minnesota’s proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage is too close to call.
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Bloomberg’s Super PAC will support marriage equality initiatives
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced the creation of his own “super PAC” to direct millions of dollars in donations to elect candidates from both parties who he believes will “focus on problem solving” and support policy issues such as legalizing same-sex marriage.
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Federal appeals court: DOMA discriminates against married, same-sex couples
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that the federal “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA) unconstitutionally discriminates against married same-sex couples.
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Catholic Church, NOM responsible for 60 percent of anti-gay marriage funding in ballot states
The Catholic Church is funneling unprecedented dollar amounts into the four states where marriage equality is on the ballot this fall – Minnesota, Maryland, Maine and Washington – and in many cases, parishioners may not even be aware that their dollars are being used to fund discrimination, according to a new report by the Human Rights Campaign.
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Let’s keep discrimination out of Minnesota’s constitution
I want them to remember us not as the last generation to attack our fellow citizens’ individual and religious freedoms, but rather as the first one to defend the right to marry — for everyone. And, as a Minnesotan, I want future generations to remember my state not as the latest to pass an anti-marriage amendment to its constitution, but rather as the first to defeat such a hurtful measure…
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Boehner maxes out $1.5 million cost cap for DOMA defense
The House Republican-led panel that has taken up defense of the Defense of Marriage Act in court has maxed out the $1.5 million cost cap set to hire private attorneys to advocate for the anti-gay law, according to a report from Democratic lawmakers.
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Chris Kluwe’s campaign for marriage equality: ‘This is an issue about freedom’
Minnesota Vikings’ punter Chris Kluwe, an outspoken advocate for marriage equality, appears in a new video for Minnesotans United for All Families, the official campaign working to defeat Minnesota’s proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
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Same-sex marriage does not obstruct your religious liberty
What is up for vote in four states this November is civil marriage. A civil marriage is a legal contract within a state; it is not a religious marriage. Pastors will still be able to perform, or not, ceremonies at their will. No pastor will be forced to marry anyone. Period. It is true today and, no matter what the vote is on Nov. 6, it will be true then as well…
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HRC commits additional $1 million to marriage equality campaigns
The Human Rights Campaign on Friday announced it was committing an additional $1 million to the marriage equality campaigns in the four states with ballot initiatives this November.