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| Gay marriage foes ask Supreme Court to uphold California ban Reuters LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gay marriage opponents asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold a California ban on same-sex matrimony that was struck down by two lower courts as a violation of the Constitution. The request from backers of Proposition ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gay-marriage issue could have lasting electoral effects The Hill (blog) In one of the most important years ever in the battle for gay rights, it would be remiss to overlook the electoral effects of the issue on the 2012 presidential race. Earlier this year, President Obama reversed himself to become the first president to back gay ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gay-Marriage Foes Seek High Court Review Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—Opponents of same-sex marriage asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to hear their case for reinstating California's Proposition 8, a voter initiative limiting marriage to heterosexuals that was ruled unconstitutional by lower courts. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Pew poll shows rising support for gay marriage Washington Post (blog) Republicans, African Americans and white evangelical Protestants are not. It bursts the popular storyline (that I willfully engaged in) that President Obama's public declaration of support for marriage-equality markedly changed hearts and minds among African ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gay marriage ban backers seek Supreme Court review Fox News SAN FRANCISCO – Backers of California's ban on same-sex marriages asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to overrule a federal appeals court that struck down the measure as unconstitutional, a move that means the bitter, four-year court fight over ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Same-sex marriage gains support San Francisco Chronicle The partisan gap over same-sex marriage continues to widen, with 65 percent of Democrats now supporting it compared with 24 percent of Republicans, according to poll released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. The poll found an increase in support ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama's gay marriage support fails to sway Americans Washington Post (blog) Americans remain just as divided on gay marriage as they were before President Obama's announcement in early May he now publicly supported it. The Pew Research Center poll shows views of gay marriage remain basically unchanged since April, right ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Black pastors group launches anti-Obama campaign around gay marriage CNN (blog) By Dan Merica, CNN. Washington (CNN) – A group of conservative black pastors are responding to President Barack Obama's support of same-sex marriage with what they say will be a national campaign aimed at rallying black Americans to rethink their ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Dems to Embrace Gay Marriage in Platform By Steve Kornacki, Salon The Washington Blade first broke the news this morning, with Rep. Barney Frank telling the paper that the 15-member platform drafting committee had unanimously approved a marriage equality plank over the weekend. It's still unclear what ... RealClearPolitics - Homepage | ||
| DOMA Unconstitutional: Federal Judge In Connecticut Says ... By The Huffington Post News Editors A federal judge in Connecticut has ruled that part of a federal law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman and denies federal benefits to married gay couples is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford ... The Huffington Post | Full News Feed | ||
| Why Democrats Backed Gay Marriage By Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast That's what happened in Minneapolis on Sunday, when all 15 members of the Democratic platform drafting committee voiced their assent to the party's first-ever plank endorsing same-sex marriage. "It wasn't even an issue,"says a source in ... RealClearPolitics - Homepage | ||
| Cubs Fan's Scoreboard Marriage Proposal Runs While His - Deadspin By Barry Petchesky Poor Greg. All that money, time and emotional torture that went in to taking out a scoreboard message at yesterday's Cubs game asking his girlfriend to marry him. And then, after a half-hour long bottom of the fifth, just as the proposal was set ... Deadspin | ||
| Same sex marriage opponents appeal Prop 8 case to Supreme ... By Agence France-Presse "The profoundly important question, whether the ancient and vital institution of marriage should be fundamentally redefined to include same-sex couples is currently a matter of great debate in our nation," read the appeal, of which AFP ... The Raw Story |
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