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Report: Chick-fil-A donated nearly $2 million to anti-gay causes in 2009
New IRS 990 forms reveal that fast-food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A donated nearly $2 million to anti-gay groups in 2009, reports Equality Matters.
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Washington voters would support same-sex marriage law, new poll finds
SEATTLE — A new statewide poll by the University of Washington Center for Survey Research found most Washington state voters would support marriage equality for same-sex couples if approved by the state legislature, reported the Seattle Times.
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NC lawmaker, chief sponsor of anti-gay marriage amendment, dies
GASTONIA, N.C. — Anti-gay state Sen. James Forrester (R-Gaston) passed away at Gaston Memorial Hospital on Monday. The 11-term state senator and retired Air Force brigadier general was 74.
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Countdown to next Prop 8 ruling, stepping up the assault on DOMA
We’re counting down to the next ruling in the Prop 8 case. A Republican-backed bill in New Hampshire would replace marriage with civil unions for everyone — including siblings. Get ready for a showdown on the Defense of Marriage Act, and things are heating up in Ohio.
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Grass-roots coalition vows to fight repeal of NH same-sex marriage law
CONCORD, N.H. — A bipartisan coalition of business, civic, community leaders, and residents who support marriage equality have launched a grass-roots campaign to stop lawmakers from repealing New Hampshire’s same-sex marriage law.
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Rick Perry tells New Hampshire conservatives: Repeal gay marriage
CONCORD, N.H. — Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, campaigning in New Hampshire on Friday, told a conservative advocacy group he applauds the GOP legislators in the state for their efforts to to repeal the state’s same-sex marriage law.
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SLDN: Pentagon announcement of military benefits is ‘not new, not equal’
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Friday identified a total of 14 benefits where members may designate beneficiaries of their choosing, regardless of sexual orientation, but the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) said the announcement does nothing “to move the ball forward” in providing equal benefits for legally married gay and lesbian couples.
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Rep. Trent Franks: Marriage equality a ‘threat to the nation’s survival’
Today on Washington Watch Weekly with Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, U.S. Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) claimed that marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples is “a threat to the nation’s survival.”
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SLDN files suit on behalf of married gay, lesbian service members, veterans
Service Members Legal Defense Network on Thursday launched a federal lawsuit in U. S. District Court in Boston on behalf of current and former service members seeking equal recognition, benefits and family support for equal sacrifice and service in the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Lawmaker: gay marriage is ‘an active effort to desecrate a sacrament of the church’
Less than a month after his speech to the Values Voter Summit, in which he claimed that marriage equality was an “assault” by the left to destroy America’s foundations, U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) equated legalizing marriage for same-sex couples to desecrating the Eucharist. Speaking with Bishop William Lori at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing […]