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President Obama, marking the end of a prolonged “evolution” on the issue, now favors allowing homosexual couples to marry, he said in a television interview Wednesday. The announcement comes days after Vice President·Joe Biden’s comments that he was “absolutely comfortable” with gay marriage put new pressure on Obama to clarify his position on the issue. […]
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I don’t know what to say that I haven’t said before. I don’t know how to convince people if it didn’t work before. I don’t know how to hold back this tide of fear and hate that seems to be gaining tread in this country, in this world. But, being quiet doesn’t feel like an
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A constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in North Carolina, even though state law already forbids such unions, appears to have passed. Amendment 1 had the support of more than 59% of the nearly 1 million votes tallied about an hour after polls closed Tuesday night, according to figures from the State Board of
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Courtesy Metro Weekly… The White House today announced that President Obama is endorsing the Safe Schools Improvement Act (SSIA) and Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA), two bills pending in Congress to address bullying and discrimination faced by students across the nation. The SSIA would amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to include bullying-
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Courtesy Huffington Post … The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has gone public with a series of confidential documents which outline the National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) multi-year plan to thwart the national campaign for marriage equality. The documents reportedly emerged as part of an ongoing investigation by the state of Maine into NOM’s illegal campaign
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Rick Santorum, Republican Presidential hopeful, was recently asked what he would do if he ran into Dan Savage, who’s turned Santorum’s last name into a rather dirty joke on the internet… RCR: If you happen to run into Dan Savage, what would you say to him? RS: I would tell him that I’m praying for
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The Advocate reached out to all Presidential candidates, as well as the President, for a statement on LGBT accomplishments. President Obama was the only one who responded. His statement is below… Statement to The Advocate from President Barack Obama Our country grows stronger when all Americans have access to opportunity and are able to participate
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It’s official, Maryland now has legal same sex marriage. It is the eighth U.S. State to pass marriage equality. Courtesy Wikipedia … Same-sex marriage in the United States is not recognized by the federal government, but such marriages are recognized by some individual states. The lack of federal recognition was codified in 1996 by the
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On the heals of the Ninth Circuit Court’s ruling in favor of same sex marriage, a new poll shows gay marriage has arrived in California – in public opinion if not in state lawbooks. Golden State registered voters now favor same-sex unions by 59 percent to 34 percent, a 25-point gap that is the largest margin of
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