Same-sex Marriage
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MAY 23: Mariela Castro Espin, daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro, shake hand with a support after speaking on the issues of same-sex marriage, HIV/AIDS prevention and LGBT rights in Cuba at the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center May 23, 2012 in San Francisco. The niece of former president Fidel Castro and director of Cuban National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) was granted a visa to attend the annual Latin American Studies Association conference in San Francisco, drawing support from gay rights groups but also sharp criticisms from politicians and anti-Castro activists.
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These couples and their children share a dream of being part of a married family. By excluding them from marriage, and relegating them to civil unions, our government has marked them as different and worth less than other Illinois families -- and that is exactly how others treat them
We’re gonna say, ‘Let’s be clear what he would do as president,’ ... Potentially abortion will be criminalized. Women will be denied contraceptive services. He’s far right on immigration. He supports efforts to amend the Constitution to ban gay marriage.
A civil union to me didn’t represent that [bond], a marriage represents that ... We contemplated getting a civil union just for our protection, for our children’s protection financially. But to me it did not represent a marriage and what I thought we were entitled to as citizens of this state and citizens of this country.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Court: Heart of gay marriage law unconstitutional
couples.The court didn't rule on the law's other politically combustible provision, which said states without same-sex marriage cannot be forced to recognize gay unions performed in states where it's legal. It also wasn't asked to address whether gay couples Read more »
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Page: Same-sex rites, 'a black thing' now?
to watch is Maryland, where voters will be asked in November to approve or repeal a new state law that legalizes same-sex marriage. A poll released Thursday by PPP finds 55 percent of black Maryland voters now say they will support the new law and only 36 Read more »
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Letter: No rational ban to gay marriage
is that marriage is for procreation and child-rearing, which requires a man and a woman. This argument is flawed. First, heterosexual couples are free to marry whether or not they wish to have children, whether or not they are able to bear children, or even Read more »
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Cuomo: Wage debate tougher than gay issue
ways is more of a personal judgment for people, on their personal values."Last June, demonstrators on either side of the same-sex marriage issue packed the halls of the Capitol for two weeks, and passage of the bill was international news.While Cuomo has repeatedly Read more »
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Deportation threat lifted for lesbian Vt. couple
same-sex marriage."It can't hurt," Herbert said. "I'm sure having the leader of the country come out and support same-sex marriage gives permission to other groups that maybe have been on the fence to say OK, we can do the same."A USCIS spokesman, Christopher Read more »
Around the web
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Minnesota United Methodist conference opposes marriage amendment
Minnesota United Methodists on Friday went on record against changing the state Constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. A total of 569 members voted on a resolution in opposition to the amendment at the group’s annual assemb 48 m ago from Minneapolis Star Tribune Read more »
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Iowa Student Challenges Boy Scouts' Anti-Gay Policy With Petition
A 20-year-old Eagle Scout is making national headlines after he delivered a petition with 275,000 signatures to the Boy Scouts of America that demands the organization to change its anti-gay policy, Reuters reported. Zach Wahls, an engineering student at 55 m ago from EDGE Boston Read more »
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PPP poll: 16 point shift on gay marriage in Michigan
Michigan voters have moved significantly on the issue of gay marriage since PPP polled on it last summer. They still think it should be illegal by a 4 point margin, 45/41, but that's a 16 point shift from last July when they thought it should be outlawed 12:18 PM from Michigan Liberal Read more »
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France PM: same-sex marriage, adoption laws to be introduced
[JURIST] Laws legalizing marriage and adoption for same-sex couples will soon be introduced in France, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told a French television station on Friday. Same-sex marriage [JURIST backgrounder] is currently banned by law in Fran 12:05 PM from JURIST Read more »
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Legislative Lowdown: Obama officially endorses corporate welfare
First same-sex marriage, now corporate welfare. What will President Obama come out in favor of next? This week, President Obama proudly signed into law legislation granting the Export-Import Bank an extension to 2014. The law will put taxpayers on the ho 12:01 PM from The Daily Caller Read more »
