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HBO Documentary – The Loving Story

Do NOT miss this amazing documentary documenting the struggle by the Lovings, an interracial couple in Virginia in the 1960’s, to overturn bans on interracial marriage. Listen to the case, the arguments and the eventual ruling, and notice how similar it all is to the struggle for LGBT marriage rights today. Preview – The Loving

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Maryland House Approves Same Sex Marriage

The wave continues…The Maryland House has just passed a bill legalizing same sex marriage. Next is the Senate, which appears to be a slam dunk and then the Governor, who has vocally supported the legislation. The Maryland House of Delegates needed 71 votes to pass the bill. Whether the chamber had the requisite votes was

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Obama Administration Refuses To Defend Biased Military Policy

Last year the Obama administration caused a controversy when they announced they would no longer defend certain parts of the Defense Of Marriage Act in federal court, saying to do so would be unconstitutional. Now, in a similar move, the administration has declared it will no longer defend in court, laws which deny legally married

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New Jersey Governor Vetoes Gay Marriage Bill

Just as he said he’d do, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has vetoed the state’s gay marriage bill. Christie has stated he believes this issue should be left up to the voters. The veto came a day after the state Assembly passed the bill. The state Senate had passed it on Monday. Christie, a Republican

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Fat Tuesday at The Express

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Marriage Quote by Mildred Loving

“Not a day goes by that I don’t think of Richard and our love, our right to marry, and how much it meant to me to have that freedom to marry the person precious to me, even if others thought he was the ’wrong kind of person’ for me to marry. I believe all Americans, no matter their