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Cook County State’s Attorney: Illinois gay marriage ban unconstitutional
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez held a press conference with County Clerk David Orr, the defendant in two lawsuits seeking marriage equality, both advising that same-sex marriage should be legal in Illinois. Alvarez filed a motion in support of the lawsuits Thursday, admitting that the state’s ban is unconstitutional.
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Los Angeles mayor Villaraigosa joins campaign for marriage equality
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is an “American for Marriage Equality.” The mayor of the nation’s second most populous city, said in a video released by the HRC on Thursday, that “gays and lesbians should be afforded the same fundamental rights as all Americans, to love whomever they choose, and to proclaim that love with marriage.”
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Marriage equality opponents qualify for ballot referendum in Washington
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state will be one of three states to put marriage equality to a popular vote this November.
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Obama met with ovations, donations since supporting marriage equality
President Obama has been greeted with thunderous ovations and thousands of dollars in LGBT contributions since his May 9 announcement that he supports allowing same-sex couples to marry.
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Catholic school teacher asked to resign over views on same-sex marriage
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A elementary school teacher at a Catholic school in Moorhead, Minn., said Friday that she was asked not to return for the fall semester because she had questioned the Catholic Church’s position on same-sex marriage.
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Election officials find 1,000 phony signatures on anti-gay marriage petitions
Election officials in Washington state said late last week they had identified approximately 1,000 fraudulent signatures submitted on petitions seeking a ballot referendum to overturn the state’s new marriage equality law.
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Edith Windsor vs. the United States: Edie 4, U.S. 0
It seemed an intimate a moment as Edie drifted off to her memories. It was so sweet and it touched the depth of me. I was listening to a woman who fell in love at first sight and never stopped loving her partner of 44 years. “Did getting married after 42 years make a difference, Edie?”, I wondered. “Oh, Y E S ! It felt like we were finally recognized by friends and family and people around us. It felt wonderful!”
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An open letter to the anti-gay Home Depot employee: ‘This is a family’
Dear Randy … When you said gays were ruining marriage, I wanted to ask you to clarify. HOW are gays ruining YOUR marriage? Does your wife want to leave you for a woman? Are you going to leave her for a gay man? Are you addicted to gay porn or something? I mean, how exactly, is me being in love with my girlfriend, a bother – at all – to your marriage?
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Denmark’s legislature approves same-sex marriage
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Danish parliament on Thursday approved legislation that legalizes same-sex marriage in the Scandinavian country. The vote was 85 to 24.
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NAACP conference leader resigns over group’s support of marriage equality
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Rev. Keith Ratliff, president of the Iowa and Nebraska conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), has resigned over the group’s national board resolution in support of same-sex marriage.