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British Prime Minister urges Conservative Party to back same-sex marriage
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday urged reluctant Tory members of Parliament, as well as the Tory party regulars, to support same-sex marriage.
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Anti-gay marriage groups fight MN campaign disclosure rules
The Minnesota Campaign Finance Board on Tuesday approved definitions and guidance on rules affecting campaign disclosure for ballot initiatives, and immediately drew criticism from anti-gay marriage groups because of implications the new rules have on the campaign seeking to ban same-sex marriage.
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Incoming NOM Chairman calls marriage equality advocates ‘evil’
The new Chairman of the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage has some thoughts on marriage equality advocates: “Evil will always be with us.”
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Boehner triples cost cap for defending ‘Defense of Marriage Act’ in court
The U.S. House has tripled the cost cap for the legal expenses of hiring a private attorney to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court to reach a potential total sum of $1.5 million.
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Maryland Governor launches campaign for marriage equality legislation
Governor Martin O’Malley is a Marylander for marriage equality. The Democratic Governor on Monday released a video in which he called for balancing religious freedom with the freedom to marry.
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Obama addresses HRC, anti-gay NC Senator is a liar, RI and Maine Senators on DOMA
President Obama’s doing everything right for the LGBT community — except marriage. An anti-gay senator from North Carolina is things up again. And Senators in Rhode Island and Maine need to hear from you. This week’s Marriage News Watch is here…
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NOM billboards aimed at intimidating pro-gay marriage lawmakers
The National Organization for Marriage is erecting more billboards aimed at intimidating pro-marriage equality legislators, and gloating that it was their efforts that cost David Weprin a seat in the U.S. House.
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Obama addresses annual HRC dinner; calls for repeal of DOMA, rebukes GOP candidates (Video)
President Barack Obama on Saturday evening delivered the keynote address a gathering of more than 3,000 LGBT rights advocates at the Human Rights Campaign’s 15th Annual HRC National Dinner, and called for repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act and issued a sharp rebuke to GOP presidential hopefuls for not supporting gay troops.
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Pentagon gives military chaplains approval to perform same-sex weddings
The U.S. Department of Defense on Friday announced Friday that the Chaplain Corps of the armed forces are authorized to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies for same-sex military couples in states where same-sex marriage is legal.
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GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich: Gay marriage is ‘a temporary aberration’
FORT DODGE, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Friday called same-sex marriage “a temporary aberration that will dissipate.”