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White House critical of anti-gay marriage efforts by North Carolina lawmakers
The White House late Tuesday issued a statement criticizing efforts by North Carolina lawmakers seeking a state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, and said the President opposes laws “designed to take rights away.”
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Clint Eastwood: ‘I don’t give a fuck who wants to get married to anybody else’
Clint Eastwood: “I don’t give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We’re making a big deal out of things we shouldn’t be making a deal out of … Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want.”
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It’s time for the ‘we need to protect marriage’ con to die
It’s time for this “we need to protect marriage” con to die. And it will. It could happen in North Carolina or Minnesota. Both states are facing anti-marriage equality votes next year. Or it could happen before then. But rest assured, it will happen.
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Former VP Dick Cheney, wife Lynne, reaffirm support for same-sex marriage
Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wie Lynne appeared on ABC’s “The View” on Tuesday, and eventually the conversation turned to same-sex marriage.
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NC House passes anti-LGBT amendment; bill now heads to state Senate
RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina House of Representatives passed today, 75-42, a proposed anti-LGBT state constitutional amendment that would ban marriage, civil unions, domestic partnerships and other relationship recognition for same-sex couples. The House took up the amendment after its rushed passage through the chamber’s Rules Committee earlier this afternoon. It came as another […]
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Proposition 8: Having ‘standing’ isn’t the same as winning a case
A legal skirmish in the Prop 8 case sets the stage for a big victory down the line. Meanwhile, A-list celebs come together to tell the story of the Prop 8 trial. Marriage debate is slated for Monday morning in North Carolina, and Minnesota’s newest anti-gay activist comes with some skeletons in his closet.
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Advocates say serious problems remain in new version of anti-LGBT amendment
Negative consequences of a far-reaching anti-LGBT state constitutional amendment remain very real possibilities, statewide equality advocates warned Saturday. Equality North Carolina Interim Executive Director Alex Miller said his group finds leaders’ newest efforts unnerving.
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National Organization for Marriage loses badly at Minnesota State Fair
If a poll at the Minnesota State Fair is a preview of things to come, then the National Organization for Marriage has a lot of work to do in its effort to completely ban marriage equality in the state.
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NC homophobes pulling religious, racial, and anatomy cards against marriage equality
The battle for or against marriage equality (whichever you prefer) in North Carolina is heating up as the following video shows. Folks who are pushing the anti-marriage equality amendment are pulling out all of the stops, i.e. the religious argument, the racial argument, and even the anatomy argument…
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Appeals court refuses to grant NOM rehearing in Maine campaign donor case
A federal appeals court in Boston on Wednesday denied a request by attorneys for the National Organization for Marriage to hold a rehearing on the court’s decision last month against the NOM.