Friday, March 1, 2013

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The administration's brief in support of same-sex marriage
Washington Post
IN A BRIEF FILED Thursday with the Supreme Court, the Obama administration didn't quite argue that the Constitution's equal-protection clause guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry. But Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. came awfully close.
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Poll Finds Record Support for Same-Sex Marriage in California
New York Times (blog)
The same week the Obama administration filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to strike down California's ban on same-sex marriage, a new Field Poll was released showing that support for same-sex marriage in the state has increased drastically since ...
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New York Times (blog)
Ask the taxgirl: Marriage License and Marital Status
Forbes
Without engaging in a chicken or egg type argument, it's clear that the license – whether obtained before or after the ceremony – is a part of the bona fide requirements for a valid marriage. If you didn't get the license until 2013, then you didn't ...
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The president and the nation have evolved on same-sex marriage
CNN
Washington (CNN) -- The nation's growing acceptance of same-sex marriage has happened in slow and painstaking moves, eventually building into a momentum that is sweeping even the most unlikely of converts. Even though he said in 2008 that he could ...
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Obama says his changed views on gay marriage prompted Proposition 8 filing
Washington Post
"I felt it was important for us to articulate what I believe and what this administration stands for," Obama said a day after the Justice Department filed a court brief arguing that Proposition 8 — a voter initiative that limits marriage to a man and ...
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What's Behind Obama's Latest Evolution on Gay Marriage
TIME
From the Supreme Court Thursday came President Barack Obama's latest evolution on gay marriage. Obama's Solicitor General Donald Verrilli submitted an amicus brief to the court urging the justices to guarantee marriage rights to gays in the eight ...
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TIME
Obama: I would rule against all gay marriage bans
USA TODAY
Obama said the issue before the court later this month on California's Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage is whether the state had a good reason to impose it. His own answer, he said, is that it "doesn't provide any rationale for discriminating against ...
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Obama: could not avoid weighing in on gay marriage court case
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he felt compelled to weigh in on a California same-sex marriage case before the Supreme Court because of his and society's "profoundly positive" evolution on gay rights. Obama's ...
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Obama: 'Important for us to articulate' gay marriage views to Supreme Court
NBCNews.com (blog)
By Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC News. A day after his administration formally weighed in on an upcoming Supreme Court case on gay marriage, President Barack Obama said he felt the issue required a response that reflected "what I believe." ...
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Al Qaeda Hits Obama for Supporting Marriage Equality | Mother Jones
By Adam Serwer
Al Qaeda says the United States has another crime to add to its litany of atrocities: support for same-sex marriage. In the latest issue of Inspire, the Al Qaeda-produced English-language magazine that teaches readers how to cause traffic ...
Political Mojo | Mother Jones
Obama: My 'Evolution' on Gay Marriage Is the Same as the Rest of ...
By Madeleine Morgenstern
President Barack Obama said Friday he thinks his "evolution" on gay marriage has mirrored the shift in public opinion in the country as a whole. "We cannot discriminate against same-sex couples when it comes to marriage," Obama said.
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'There's no good reason' to ban same-sex marriage — MSNBC
By Emma Margolin
Jane Abbott Lighty, left, and Pete-e Petersen embrace after receiving the first same-sex marriage license in Washington state at the King County Recorder's Office. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images). Amid a barrage of questions focused on ...
MSNBC
The Court's five options in the California marriage case : SCOTUSblog
By Marty Lederman
All of the amicus briefs have now been filed in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the California same-sex marriage case. In light of the parties' opening briefs and a preliminary review of some of those amicus briefs, including the landmark filing by the ...
SCOTUSblog
Supreme Court will soon consider marriage cases; USCCB requests ...
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has asked Catholics to offer their fasting and abstinence from meat on March 1 "for the justices of the Supreme Court, that when they consider two marriage-related cases later this ...
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