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• City Room: In Video, Sharpton Shows Support for Gay Marriage

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 862
  Turning their sights beyond New York, advocates for the legalization of same-sex marriage have enlisted the Rev. Al Sharpton to help promote their cause in other states, particularly among black lawmakers and clergy.
  2 days ago

• ANGLICAN PRIESTS REBEL OVER GAY MARRIAGE: AFP

  
  MARRIAGEDEBATE.COM--MAIN BLOG — Authority: 116
  reports: THE Church of England faced a rebellion yesterday from clergy over a ban on gay civil ceremonies on its premises. Nearly 100 clergy from the London diocese, which has 470 stipendiary priests, signed a letter to The Times newspaper urging that priests be allowed to follow their individual conscience on ...
  1 week ago

• National Briefing | West: California: Reversal on Same-Sex Marriage Trial Tapes

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 862
  A federal appeals court refused Thursday to release videotapes of the trial challenging the constitutionality of California’s same-sex marriage ban.
  1 week ago

• National Briefing | Northwest: Washington: Foes of Gay Marriage Vow to Fight Law

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 862
  As supporters of a law to legalize same-sex marriage celebrated over the Senate’s passing the measure, religious groups promised to start collecting referendum signatures as soon as the measure was signed into law.
  1 week ago

• Getting Married in Hawaii, Part 4: Photos Again? Taking it Up!

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 434
  Certainly on every Hawaiian wedding day there will be images of all the essential moments–the couple greeting one another, the declaration of vows, the exchange of rings, hands entwined atop a mound of flowers, the kiss (oh, the kiss!), the celebratory HUZZAH! at the presentation of the couple for the first time as ...
  1 week ago

• New Hampshire Republicans Fight Over How To Take Marriage Away From Gays

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 736
  The New Hampshire legislature is gearing up for a fight over whether to repeal the states marriage equality law, but the fate of the bill will come down to how the divided Republican caucus dukes it out. In November, a bill was introduced to repeal the 2009 law that legalized gay marriage in the state. Instead, the ...
  1 week ago

• Washington State Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 862
  Washington appeared almost certain to become the seventh state to allow same-sex marriage after the state Senate voted late Wednesday for a measure that would allow gay and lesbian couples to marry beginning this summer.
  1 week ago

• DE: State May Reach 1,000 Civil Unions By Year’s End

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 434
  Since civil unions became legal in the state on Jan. 1, there have been 138 civil union licenses issued statewide. Based on these numbers, Delawarel could reach 1,000 civil unions this year — 400 more than projected, said Ken Boulden, clerk of the peace for New Castle County. The county issued 70 civil union ...
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• Illinois Lawmaker: Discriminating Against Gay And Lesbian Parents Is ‘Common Sense’

  
  Wonk Room — Authority: 134
  Illinois Rep. Dwight Kay (R) When Illinois legalized civil unions in June, the state insisted that government-funded programs “must allow same-sex couples into their foster and adoptive programs, or lose their state contracts” and any additional state funding. Catholic Charities, decided not to recognize gays and ...
  1 week ago

• Will Cuba Surge Ahead of the USA on Equality for LGBT Citizens?

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 476
  I note frequently about the emptiness of the USA claim to be the land of the free and the home of religious freedom. Now, it yet another underscoring of the USAs lie to the world and its citizens, Cuba may be about to surge ahead of America in the manner in which it affords near full equality under the civil laws ...
  3 weeks ago

• COLORADO: Catholic Church Hands Out Pledge Cards Against Civil Unions

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 694
  Colorados Catholic churches are handing parishioners a pledge card in which those that sign vow to oppose the pending civil unions bill. Bishop Conley [left] urged people to participate in the campaign because “it allows each of us to speak the truth – to ask the government to respect the plan for marriage ...
  3 weeks ago

• Colorado Catholics Ask Church Goers To Oppose Civil Unions

  
  Wonk Room — Authority: 134
  The Colorado Catholic Conference is urging parishioners to oppose the state’s pending civil unions bill, the Denver Post reports , and is distributing flyers during mass asking church goers to pressure lawmakers into defeating the measure. “The key flaw with civil unions legislation is that it creates an ...
  3 weeks ago

• Cuba To Consider Civil Unions

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 694
  Cuba continues its unexpected march towards equality. Cuba’s first daughter says island lawmakers will consider legalizing same-sex civil unions this year. Mariela Castro is the daughter of President Raul Castro and a prominent gay rights activist. She says a preliminary proposal to modify the country’s ...
  3 weeks ago

• Money Flows to G.O.P. Backers of Gay Marriage in New York

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 862
  Four Republican state senators who provided crucial votes for New York’s same-sex marriage law have been marked for defeat by conservatives.
  3 weeks ago

• Civil unions bill could fail again unless Republican supporters step up

  
  The Latest Word — Authority: 612
  Pat Steadman.​Last March, Senator Pat Steadman told us he believed the civil unions bill he sponsored would pass the Colorado House, as it had the state senate, if not blocked by extremists. In
  3 weeks ago

• Cuba to Consider Civil Unions

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 434
  Cuba’s National Assembly this year will take up the issue of civil unions for same-sex couples, as part of the Communist government’s bid to end discrimination, the president’s daughter said on Monday. ‘According to the Justice Minister (Maria Esther Reus) … it is going to be discussed in the assembly, and ...
  3 weeks ago

• With Bill, Washington State Shifts Its Views on Same-Sex Marriage

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 862
  Some lawmakers who once opposed same-sex marriage are now sponsoring a bill that would make Washington the seventh state where same-sex couples are allowed to marry.
  3 weeks ago

• Press Conf.: Black Pastors Confront Southern Poverty Law Center for Smearing as ‘Hate Groups’ Pro-Family Organizations Opposed to Homosexual Agenda

  
  Americans For Truth — Authority: 545
  Americans For Truth Press Release January 16, 2012 Contact: Peter LaBarbera; americansfortruth@gmail.com Raleigh pastor Dr. Patrick Wooden rejects the comparison of black civil rights to sinful and unnatural homosexual behavior. MONTGOMERY, Alabama – A coalition of African American pastors and ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Caucus: In Heated Primary Fight, Romney Keeps Focus on Obama

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 862
  Hours before a debate, Mitt Romney suggests some themes he may hit later.
  3 weeks ago

• LISTEN: AFTAH Interviews Dr. Patrick Wooden – Part One

  
  Americans For Truth — Authority: 545
  NC pastor to lead press conference condemning SPLC’s smear campaign against Christian pro-family organizations as “hate groups” Dr. Patrick Wooden, Sr., says the Southern Poverty Law Center is losing credibility by smearing pro-family groups opposed to the homosexual activist movement as "hate groups." ...
  3 weeks ago

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