All posts tagged "marriage equality"
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Next GOP generation pushing marriage-equality platform
Change was afoot in the Nevada desert Saturday. It was there, at the South Point Hotel in Las Vegas, that the Nevada Republican Party did...
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Federal judge grants partial stay in Ohio marriage-ban ruling
A federal judge who struck down Ohio’s ban on recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states put his ruling on hold Wednesday pending appeal, but...
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Michigan sued for suspending recognition of married same-sex couples
Eight same-sex couples who were married in Michigan before a federal judge’s decision striking down the state’s same-sex marriage ban was put on hold filed...
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Federal judge orders Ohio to recognize married same-sex couples
A federal judge ordered Ohio officials to recognize same-sex couples legally married in other states in a ruling handed down Monday. U.S. District Court Judge...
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Obama ties LBJ’s civil rights legacy to LGBT Americans
President Barack Obama embraced Lyndon B. Johnson’s civil rights legacy Thursday in a speech that credited the former president with helping to open the doors...
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Utah distances itself from anti-gay-marriage academic
Hours before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments in a case challenging Utah’s same-sex-marriage ban, defenders of the ban filed...
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Former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson stars in gay-marriage ad
“Live and let live. It is very simple,” says former Sen. Alan Simpson, a Republican from Wyoming, in a new national television ad supporting same-sex...
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Courts nationwide poised for next round in marriage-equality fight
For the first time since the challenge to California’s Proposition 8, starting one week from today numerous federal appeals courts will begin to hear oral...
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Mississippi lawmakers approve ‘religious freedom’ legislation
Mississippi lawmakers approved “religious freedom” legislation Tuesday that advocates warn could allow discrimination based on religious objections against any group of people, including the LGBT...
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Poll shows majority of Virginians support same-sex marriage
A new poll by Quinnipiac University finds that half of all Virginian voters support allowing same-sex couples to marry, with marriage equality supporters leading opponents...
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Obama administration will recognize Michigan’s legally married same-sex couples
Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday that the Obama administration will recognize the more than 300 same-sex couples legally married in Michigan before the intervention...
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Michigan suspends recognition of legally married same-sex couples
Same-sex couples legally married in Michigan, prior to the intervention of a federal appeals court, had any rights associated with their nuptials suspended Wednesday. According...
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Federal appeals court orders halt to same-sex marriages in Michigan
Same-sex marriages were placed on hold indefinitely in Michigan by a federal appeals court Tuesday. In a 2-1 decision, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals...
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Federal court strikes down Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban
A federal judge struck down Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Bernard Friedman found a state constitutional amendment approved by...
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Gay GOP House candidate urges party to embrace marriage equality
A gay Republican running for Congress warned that his party must evolve on LGBT-rights or face extinction. Richard Tisei, who is again seeking to unseat...
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