Thursday, February 28, 2013

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US to Urge Justices to End California Gay Marriage Ban
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will throw its support behind a broad claim for marriage equality, urging the Supreme Court to rule that voters in California were not entitled to ban same-sex marriage there, according to an administration official.
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White House takes stance against state gay-marriage ban
USA TODAY
The brief marks the first time the administration has weighed in on the constitutionality of any state ban on gay marriage. Although it was aimed at the voter initiative passed in California in 2008, it put the administration squarely against other ...
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Clint Eastwood to Supreme Court: Drop California's ban on same-sex marriage
NBCNews.com (blog)
Clint Eastwood has joined about 130 self-described moderate and conservative Republicans in signing a brief to the Supreme Court arguing against California's Proposition 8, which bans marriage for same-sex couples. Former Bush administration officials, ...
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson wearing a bowtie for marriage equality
MSNBC
A prominent gay rights advocate, Ferguson discussed the added support from President Obama's administration urging the Supreme Court to overturn California's gay marriage ban, or Prop 8. The Obama administration filed a legal brief on Thursday, ...
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Obama urges court to overturn California same-sex marriage ban
CNN
Washington (CNN) -- In a bold political and legal move, the Obama administration formally expressed its support for same-sex marriage in California, setting up a high stakes political and constitutional showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court over a fast ...
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Obama urges court to overturn gay marriage ban
Fox News
California is one of eight states that give gay couples all the benefits of marriage through civil unions or domestic partnership, but don't allow them to wed. The brief argues that in granting same-sex couples those rights, California has already ...
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Clint Eastwood Bucks GOP, Backs Gay...
ABC News
A growing split in the Republican Party deepened today when Clint Eastwood, the movie star who rocked the GOP convention by interviewing an invisible President Obama, joined the ranks of Republicans who are in favor of legalizing gay marriage.
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ABC News
Federal Gay Marriage Ban Hurts The Bottom Line, Businesses Argue
NPR (blog)
After years of legal wrangling, the Defense of Marriage Act — the law that prevents the federal government from recognizing marriage as anything but a "legal union between one man and one woman" — comes before the Supreme Court next month. Among ...
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NPR (blog)
Obama Administration Said to Urge Supreme Court on Gay Marriage
Bloomberg
The designation of marriage "confers a special validation of the relationship between two individuals and conveys a message to society that domestic partnerships or civil unions cannot match," U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli argued. The ...
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Bloomberg

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U.S. endorses limited gay marriage right : SCOTUSblog
By Lyle Denniston
The Obama administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to rule in the case of California's Proposition 8 that same-sex marriage should be required in eight more states, beyond the nine that already permit it, although it stopped short ...
SCOTUSblog
'Record majority' in California backs same-sex marriage, poll finds ...
By Shelby Grad
As state officials make their case for gay marriage, a new Field Poll showed record support in California for same sex unions. "By a nearly two-to-one margin (61% to 32%), California voters approve of allowing same-sex couples to marry," ...
L.A. NOW
Clint Eastwood to Supreme Court: Drop California's ban on same ...
By Miranda Leitsinger
Clint Eastwood has joined more than 100 Republicans in arguing that gays and lesbians should be allowed to legally wed, the advocacy group waging the legal battle against California's ban on same-sex marriage said Thursday. Manny ...
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Obama's same-sex marriage decision expected – This Just In - CNN ...
By jasonhanna
President Barack Obama faces a monumental choice today over whether to put the force of his office behind the idea that gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry.
This Just In
Brown Poll: 60% in RI support same-sex marriage; Taveras most ...
By By Ted Nesi, WPRI.com Reporter
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - More than half of Rhode Island voters support allowing same-sex marriage in the state, while many opponents of the idea say it conflicts with their religious beliefs, according to a new poll released Thursday by ...
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