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• Gay Marriage Watch: Gay Marriage Events List 11/29/09

  
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  Gay Marriage Watch Events List: We now publish a weekly recap of all the upcoming gay marriage events we can find. Know about something thats not on this list? Email us the information at info@purpleunions.com . You can also now find us on Facebook - just search for Gay Marriage Watch (youll see our b/w ...
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• NJ: Catholic Bishops Praying Against Proposed Gay Marriage Law

  
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  Roman Catholics throughout New Jersey are being asked to pray that state lawmakers dont allow same-sex marriage. Its part of a continuing campaign by church leaders, who anticipate a possible legislative vote before Republican Gov.-elect Chris Christie takes office Jan. 19. The ...
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• Argentina: Gay Couple’s Wedding Tuesday Divides South America

  
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  The Beruti register office in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires will never have witnessed a marriage like it. On Tuesday, Alex Freyre and José María Di Bello, who met three years ago at a conference on HIV, will make history and divide a continent as they become Latin Americas first gay married couple. ...
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• Dutch Father Writes Children’s Book About Gay Family

  
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  A father, a second father, and two children. Not exactly the standard family setting for a children’s book. But it’s all part of everyday life for Arwen and Wolf, the adopted children of a gay couple in the Dutch town of Dordrecht. One of their fathers decided to write a children’s book based on his own family ...
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• Argentina: Former Deputy Mayor of Buenos Airies Would Have Appealed Gay Marriage Decision

  
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  Former City deputy mayor Gabriela Michetti (PRO) today said she "would not have authorized" same-sex marriage in the City of Buenos Aires, criticizing the decision of Mayor Mauricio Macri not to appeal against the ruling of a court allowing a gay couple to marry. Michetti told reporters that "homosexual ...
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• Administration’s Highest Ranking Gay Employee Ordered to Deny Gay/Lesbian Partner Benefits?

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Back in February I posted about a ruling by a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judge regarding the offering of health benefits to the spouse of a lesbian employee in a decision it appeared would directly challenge DOMA. Michelangelo Signorile points out some troubling activity on this case which was just written up in ...
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• Interview With a Signer of the Anti Gay Marriage “Manhattan Declaration”

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  This week, 150 Christian religious leaders unveiled the Manhattan Declaration: A Call to Christian Conscience, named after our very own borough. Its a manifesto signed by prominent Christian leaders that calls for staunch opposition to things like abortion, gay marriage, and other satatanic liberal agendas. Runnin ...
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• DC: Gay Marriage Vote Expected Next Week

  
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  The District of Columbia Council is expected to vote next week to legalize same-sex marriage in the nations capital. While Congress could use its power to overturn the law, local and national factors appeared to be aligned against any effort to do so. Ten of the councils 13 members have co-sponsored the ...
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• Australia: Thousands Gather at Gay Marriage Rallies in Six Cities

  
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  Crowds have gathered in Australian cities calling for marriage equality after a bill to endorse gay unions was rejected by the Senate. A Senate inquiry into same-sex marriage on Friday dismissed the Greens marriage equality bill, while the ACT government this week struck a deal with the federal government to accept a ...
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• RI: Profile of New Gay Rights Group Queer Action

  
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  Gov. Don Carcieri is a staunch social conservative who headlined a fundraiser for an anti-gay marriage group and says same-sex couples have no civil right to marriage. So it surprised even some of Carcieri’s toughest critics when the Republican sat down this month for a tense but polite meeting with six ...
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• New Zealand: “Gay Panic” Defense in Hate Crimes Abolished

  
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  As a consequence of parliamentary urgency, the archaic "provocation defence" (Section 169 of the Crimes Act) was finally abolished last night. The rejection of NZs Partial Defence of Provocation yesterday has to be the most rapid LGBT-related legislative reform to date, as well as the least contested - apart from some ...
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• Same Sex Benefits Expanding Around the US

  
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  With public attention focused largely on battles over whether gay couples should be able to marry, a less-noticed movement to grant health and other benefits to same-sex partners is gaining significant ground across the country in courtrooms, in legislatures and at the ballot box. In New York last week, ...
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• Korea: Transsexual Model Steps Up to Fight Ignorance

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  When it comes to sex, whether it refers to gender or sexual intercourse, Korea, built upon Confucianist ideals, has stayed very conservative. But the strictness on sexual relations has become radically relaxed in recent years to the level that people believe women who keep their virginity until marriage are virtually ...
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• Uganda: “The Family” Involved in Effort to Criminalize Gays, Push Death Penalty for Homosexual Behavior

  
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  The C Street home housing the Christian power broker group The Family, where Nevada Sen. John Ensign and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford sought refuge and advice — is also notable for its involvement in another realm of anti-gay legislation: Ugandas bill criminalizing homosexuality. We already ...
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• CA: Prop 8 Sponsors Appeal Campaign Record Decision to 9th Circuit

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  A federal appeals court has agreed to consider whether the sponsors of Californias gay marriage ban must turn over some internal campaign records as part of a lawsuit against Proposition 8. Protect Marriage, the coalition of religious and social conservative groups behind Prop. 8, wants to safeguard its private ...
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• Cinemark to Offer Domestic Partner Benefits to Employees

  
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  A year after CEO Alan Stock’s contribution to Yes on 8 prompted gay-rights protests and boycotts, Cinemark Theatres is reportedly set to begin offering domestic partner benefits to employees.  A spokesman for Plano-based Cinemark, the world’s third-largest movie theater chain, didn’t return phone calls seeking ...
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• Australia: Committee Recommends Against Gay Marriage

  
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  Gay marriage advocates’ hopes were deflated today with the long-awaited Committee of Inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill report recommending against same-sex marriage. “The Committee recommends that the Bill not be passed,” the report stated. The Committee said it believes the ...
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• Australia: Rudd Government Backs Off, Allows ACT Civil Unions to Stand

  
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  The Australian federal government has opted not to quash laws allowing legally-binding civil union ceremonies for gay couples in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). After discussions, the government agreed that the ceremonies could remain, although some minor changes have been made. The legislation was passed ...
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• Australia: Senator Compares Gay Marriage to Incest

  
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  FAMILY First senator Steve Fielding has compared same-sex marriages to incest, as a Senate inquiry yesterday recommended against allowing gay marriage in Australia. A day after the first legally recognised same-sex civil ceremony in Canberra, Senator Fielding spoke out against allowing gay couples to wed. ...
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• SC: Charleston Passes Nondiscrimination Laws

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  The city of Charleston, South Carolina has passed two ordinances prohibiting housing and employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender expression, according to The Advocate. The passage of the laws is a sign of real progress in a mostly anti-gay rights state. Charleston is the second ...
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