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• Opinionator | The Stone: The Meaning of Same-Sex Marriage

  
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  When opponents of same-sex marriage emphasize the social meaning of the institution, they undermine their own position.
  2 days ago

• Brazil Senate Committee OKs Gay Civil Unions

  
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  http://abcnews.go.com Brazil Senate Committee OKs Gay Civil Unions Brazil Senate committee OKs gay civil unions, first legislative step for the issue published date:Thu, 24 May 2012 15:18:40 -0400
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• Brazil Senate committee OKs gay civil unions, first legislative step for the issue

  
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  A measure allowing same-sex civil unions passed its first legislative step in Brazils Congress, where it has lingered for 16 years. The human rights committee in Brazils Senate approved a measure Thursday that would change law to say a civil union is between two people, without specifying gender. It ...
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• Frank Brunis Blog: Blacks and Marriage Equality: An Update

  
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  With Obama and the N.A.A.C.P. on board, a significant shift is under way.
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• Bigfooting, boozing, tweeting: A progressive Colorado legislative scorecard

  
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  DENVER — Colorado’s 2012 Legislature may not have achieved greatness. It may not have risen above partisan divide to solve complex problems and unify a state. It may not have addressed the state’s economic malaise or found a way to reliably fund education for the long term. But no one can say House Speaker ...
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• Op-Ed Contributor: A Way Out of the Same-Sex Marriage Mess

  
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  The Supreme Court should hold that while states may refuse to authorize same-sex marriages, they may not void those marriages lawfully conducted in other states.
  3 days ago

• For Same-Sex Brides, Choosing Between Gown and Suit

  
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  Duffy, on the left, and Kathy Tucker both went the suit route.
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• LISTEN: AFTAH Interviews North Carolina’s Patrick Wooden on Passage of North Carolina Marriage Amendment, Part One

  
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  Says Obama has come full circle by returning to early support of homosexual “marriage” Patrick Wooden spoke across the state of North Carolina in support of the Marriage Amendment, which passed by 61-39 on May 8, 2012. This is the first of a two-part interview with Raleigh pastor Patrick Wooden on the ...
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• Session notes: Colorado moved ahead or stayed even on education, gay rights, abortion

  
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  Colorado legislative debate this year on education, gay rights and women’s health policies reflected larger well-worn national political back-and-forths, where showy speeches on immigration “illegals,” “traditional marriage” and religious freedom often sidetrack efforts to serve the public good. ...
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• Croatia To Consider Same-Sex Domestic Partnerships

  
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  Croatian Prime Minister Zora Milanovic has announced that he intends to advance legislation that would allow same-sex couples to form domestic partnerships . It’s likely this would also open the door to recognizing same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. Croatia’s conservative right, the Croatian Democratic ...
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• More from Marriage News Watch

  
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  It’s Monday again, and you know what that means. More from Matt Baume with Marriage News Watch. “A leaked memo urges an about-face for anti-equality Republicans. A civil unions bill dies in Colorado, for now. But access to marriage expands in Rhode Island, and more new surveys confirm the ever-growing public ...
  5 days ago

• "They controlled the governor’s mansion and both chambers of the legislature for four years. Why..."

  
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  “They controlled the governor’s mansion and both chambers of the legislature for four years. Why didn’t they pass it then. Why did they wait until we had a divided legislature?” - Colorado Representative Don Coram • Explaining his decision to vote against a bill, meant to overturn a 2006 ban on gay ...
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• IHT Rendezvous: A Female President Demands Equal Rights for Africa’s Gays

  
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  http://www.nytimes.com/ IHT Rendezvous: A Female President Demands Equal Rights for Africa’s Gays It could have been Obama’s change of heart, or the entreaties of a pair of African elder statesmen, or David Cameron’s threats — but whatever the reason, Joyce Banda seeks to change Malawai’s ...
  6 days ago

• IHT Rendezvous: A Female President Demands Equal Rights for Africas Gays

  
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  It could have been Obamas change of heart, or the entreaties of a pair of African elder statesmen, or David Camerons threats -- but whatever the reason, Joyce Banda seeks to change Malawais anti-gay laws. Could she change Africa too?
  6 days ago

• Lost Loves: Why Marriage Equality Is Important

  
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  Civil Unions are not legally adequate. There are multiple inequalities faced by people who cannot marry within Federal law. Here is one lost love story. read more
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• Lost Loves: Why Marriage Equality Is Important

  
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  Civil Unions are not legally adequate. There are multiple inequalities faced by people who cannot marry within Federal law. Here is one lost love story. read more
  1 week ago

• N.A.A.C.P. Endorses Same-Sex Marriage

  
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  The board vote put the weight of the country’s most prominent civil rights group behind a cause that has long divided some quarters of the black community.
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• Christine Quinn, New York City Council Speaker, Marries Longtime Partner

  
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  Christine C. Quinn, right, the speaker of the New York City Council, married her longtime partner, Kim M. Catullo.
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• The Caucus: N.A.A.C.P. Endorses Same-Sex Marriage

  
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  The largely symbolic move puts the N.A.A.C.P. in line with President Obama, who endorsed gay marriage a little over a week ago
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• Orthodox Churches in Britain and Ireland Respond to Government’s ‘Same-Sex Marriage’ Consultatio

  
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  The Pan-­‐Orthodox Episcopal Assembly for the British Isles and Ireland has considered the Governments proposed changes to the law relating to civil marriage and welcomes the opportunity to respond to the public ...
  1 week ago

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