Goldman's Blankfein campaigns for gay marriage
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein, one of Wall Street's most powerful figures, has become the first major business leader to join a national media campaign in support of same-sex marriage.
February 6, 2012 18:08 PM
Va. House approves anti-gay adoption rule
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AP - Virginia legislators have passed a bill allowing private adoption agencies to deny placements that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, including opposition to homosexuality.
February 3, 2012 21:01 PM
Court won't release CA gay marriage trial videos
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 AP - A federal appeals court refused Thursday to unseal video recordings of a landmark trial on the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban but said it needed more time to decide if a lower court judge properly struck down the voter-approved ban.
February 2, 2012 23:51 PM
Applauding Washington State: The Next to Approve Gay Marriage
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | I'm proud to live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, and not just because of the spectacular scenery. Washington state is likely to become the seventh state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage. According to the Huffington Post , on Wednesday the state senate passed a bill that would allow gay and lesbian couples to wed.
February 2, 2012 21:32 PM
WA Senate approves bill to legalize gay marriage
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 AP - The Washington state Senate has passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, bringing the state a step closer to becoming the seventh to allow lesbian and gay couples to wed. But the threat of a ballot challenge looms.
February 2, 2012 12:23 PM
Same-Sex Unions Debate Opens in Maryland Senate
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ContributorNetwork - The numbers are looking good for Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's latest push to legalize same-sex marriage, with a majority in favor according to a poll. Meanwhile, activists for and against gay marriage spoke at a state Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee meeting on Tuesday to debate the merits and negatives surrounding the issue, the Washington Post reports.
February 2, 2012 0:58 AM
NJ GOP governor apologizes for civil rights remark
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AP - Gov. Chris Christie has apologized for a remark he made about civil rights but says he's not sorry for using a slang term to describe a lawmaker who compared him to segregationist Southern governors.
February 1, 2012 5:18 AM
Same-Sex Marriage Battle Heats Up in Maryland
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ContributorNetwork - Testimony will begin on Tuesday at the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee regarding proposed gay marriage legislation. On the eve of that testimony, the Washington Post is reporting foes intend to rally next to the State House in Annapolis tonight.
January 31, 2012 1:56 AM
Criticism of Chris Christie’s Gay Marriage Referendum Comments Misguided
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Democratic leaders in New Jersey are criticizing Governor Chris Christie for comments he made Wednesday proposing a ballot referendum on gay marriage, according to an article on nj.com. But this criticism is highly misguided in light of the fact that it comes at the same time Christie has made the first nomination ever of an openly gay candidate for the New Jersey State Supreme Court.
January 27, 2012 1:48 AM
Maine poised for 2nd public vote on gay marriage
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 AP - Gay rights activists in Maine, the only New England state that doesn't allow gay marriage or civil unions, moved Thursday toward forcing a second statewide vote on the marriage question, and their opponents say they'll be ready for a fight.
January 26, 2012 23:58 PM
Gay marriage returns to the political spotlight
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 AP - With a flurry of coast-to-coast developments this week, same-sex marriage is back in the political spotlight and likely to remain there through Election Day as a half-dozen states face potentially wrenching votes on the issue.
January 26, 2012 0:04 AM
Gay groups angry Kansas anti-sodomy law remains on books
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Reuters - Gay rights groups are outraged that a Kansas state law banning sex between people of the same gender was left off statutes Governor Sam Brownback wants to repeal, even though the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 ruled such a Texas law unconstitutional.
January 25, 2012 0:08 AM
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