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Prop 8 defendant asks to be released from suit, citing personal threats
An outspoken gay marriage opponent, and one of five defendants in the case challenging California’s Proposition 8, has asked to be removed from the lawsuit over fear the trial publicity that would endanger him and his family. Hak-Shing William Tam was one of five people who formally intervened to defend the state from a federal […]
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Portugal parliament votes in favor of gay marriage, rejects gay adoption
Portugal’s parliament Friday approved plans to legalize gay marriage, less than three decades after revoking the country’s ban on homosexuality, but rejected proposals to allow same sex couples to adopt. The bill passed with limited public controversy in what has traditionally been one of Europe’s most socially conservative countries. Reports AFP: After less than three […]
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New Jersey state senate rejects gay marriage measure
The New Jersey state Senate rejected a same-sex marriage bill today, leaving it unlikely the state will have a gay marriage law in the very near future. The vote was a major victory for opponents who contend the measure would infringe on religious freedom and is not needed because the state already permits civil unions. […]
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Federal judge rules to allow internet broadcast of Prop 8 trial
Next week’s trial in San Francisco of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8, won’t be televised live, but it will be videotaped for delayed internet release on YouTube, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. “This certainly is a case that has sparked widespread interest,” U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn R. Walker said at a […]
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NJ senate leader to call for gay marriage vote on Thursday
There will be a vote on gay marriage in the lame duck session of the New Jersey state legislature, reports WNBC-TV. “We’re gonna post the bill and see what happens,” Senate President Dick Codey told us. Codey, and even sponsors of same sex marriage legislation are skeptical if there are enough votes to pass in […]
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NJ gay marriage bill tossed back to Senate, vote possible Thursday
A bill to legalize gay marriage in New Jersey was left in limbo this week when the state Assembly speaker tossed it back to the Senate on Thursday, while supporters and opponents watch time run out for it to become law. Speaker Joseph Roberts said he would call a vote on the measure only if […]
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Iowa senate leader: No vote on gay marriage ban this session
There will be no vote on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage during the 2010 legislative session, Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal has told The Iowa Independent. Republicans may try to force a vote on an amendment, the Democrat from Council Bluffs said, but he will not allow any bill banning same-sex marriage to come […]
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Gay couples exchange vows on capital steps as NH legalizes same-sex marriage
Gay and lesbian couples rushed to marry in New Hampshire on Friday when at the stroke of midnight it became the fifth U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage, reversing some setbacks for the polarizing national movement.
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Lesbian sister of Prop 8 mastermind a candidate for CA judge
The lesbian sister of Proposition 8 mastermind Frank Schubert has announced her candidacy for Sacramento County Superior Court judge, according to the Bay Area Reporter. At her campaign Web site, Anne Marie Schubert, a deputy district attorney for Sacramento County, promotes herself as a law and order and victim’s rights candidate with several endorsements from […]
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Malawi couple may be subjected to medical exam to prove sexual relations
The first gay couple to marry in Malawi face a humiliating medical examination aimed at proving they have had sexual relations, reports the Guardian. Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza could be sentenced to 14 years in prison if found guilty of “unnatural practices between males”. Gay rights campaigners reacted angrily to the men’s treatment and […]