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News10 new results for marriage
 
2 out of 30: How Queensland MPs voted on gay marriage
Brisbane Times
Just two of the 30 Queensland MPs voted in support of same-sex marriage when Australia's House of Representatives comprehensively rejected the proposal yesterday. About 12.30pm yesterday, the House of Representatives voted 98-42 against the bill to ...
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Ginsburg predicts gay marriage before Supreme Court within year
Fox News
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Wednesday that she believes the Defense of Marriage Act will likely go to the U.S. Supreme Court within the next year. Ginsburg spoke at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She was asked a student-submitted question ...
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Reports: Chick-fil-A to stop funding anti-gay groups
USA TODAY
Two months after its president voiced the fast-food giant's opposition to same-sex marriage, Chick-fil-A has pledged to stop giving money to anti-gay groups and to not engage in social or political debates, a Chicago rights lobby says. The Atlanta ...
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Governor and Mayor Are Upset That 2 Backers of Gay Marriage May Fall
New York Times
Mr. Cuomo and Mr. Bloomberg both lobbied to win Republican votes for same-sex marriage last year — Mr. Cuomo through one-on-one meetings in the governor's office, Mr. Bloomberg with multiple trips to the State Capitol. Most Republicans voted against ...
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Papyrus Scrap Ignites Marriage Debate
Voice of America (blog)
... a language of ancient Egyptian Christians, and the context of the words is unclear, as they appear on a scrap only a little larger than a business card. King says the words do not prove Jesus was married, only that some early Christians may have ...
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Lib senator breaks ranks for gay marriage
Sydney Morning Herald
Debate on a same-sex marriage bill has resumed in the Senate and is expected to come to a vote on Thursday evening, despite attempts by the Australian Greens to delay an outcome. Senator Boyce is yet to decide whether she will defy coalition policy by ...
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Gay couple review their marriage vows
The Australian
AS a gay woman involved for years with a transgender partner, Labor senator Louise Pratt bared her heart this week as she argued for a marriage equality bill of which she is a signatory, suggesting she wants the right to marry if she so chooses. Her ...
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Marriage on the decline in Hamilton; number of same-sex couples up
Hamilton Spectator
OTTAWA The percentage of married couples in the Hamilton area has decreased, although it is still higher than the national rate, according to new census data that offers fresh insight into the complex composition of modern-day Canadian families. The ...
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Indiana gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence backs marriage to curb poverty
The Courier-Journal
FILE - In a May 12, 2012, file photo, Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence speaks during the Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors spring meeting in Indianapolis. Pence is remaining tight-lipped about how he would run the state if elected ...
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Marriage amendment supporters accuse other side of 'stalking'
Minneapolis Star Tribune
In a Facebook post, Minnesotans United campaign manager Richard Carlbom asked: "Which of your Facebook friends are planning to vote YES on the hurtful marriage amendment? … This new tool is linked up to a list of our targeted voters. If they are on ...
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Blogs5 new results for marriage
 
Marriage Equality Update - By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
By Andrew Sullivan
It looks likely that same-sex marriage is going to be approved at the ballot box for the first time, on a state-by-state basis. The only cautionary note I would add is that same-sex marriage opposition has performed 7 percentage points better at ...
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Daily Kos: 2012, the year marriage equality romps in the polls
By rss@dailykos.com (kos)
The anti-marriage equality National Organization for Marriage brags that it has won something like 30 anti-gay ballot initiatives in a row. In reality, Arizona defeated one such measure in 2006, but then passed a similar one in 2008. So yeah, in ...
Daily Kos
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Gay Marriage Likely To Go Before Supreme ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
BOULDER, Colo. -- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Wednesday that she believes the Defense of Marriage Act will likely go to the U.S. Supreme Court within the next year. Ginsburg spoke at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Online same-sex marriage symposium: Working to block the ...
By Bill Olson and Herb Titus
The Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA") was signed into law by President Clinton on September 21, 1996, and has taken fully sixteen years to wind its way to the Court. Hundreds if not thousands of pro-family organizations are hoping that ...
SCOTUSblog
Same-sex marriage symposium: Justice Scalia's constitutional case ...
By Dale Carpenter
The following contribution to our same-sex marriage symposium comes from Dale Carpenter, Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Flagrant Conduct: The Story of ...
SCOTUSblog


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