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Discussing gay marriage on the second date
From the well-lighted Argentine restaurant — my suggestion via Yelp — to the 70-degree night, all is well on this second date. As Dylan tactfully yanks shrimp from their shells, he tells me about his Japanese father, who strictly regulated all...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Shrimp, Marriage, Matthew Shepard, Same-Sex Marriage
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Republicans pledge to change tone, not positions
With an eye on the White House in 2016, Republicans spent this week in Hollywood mapping a path to a resurgence — determining how to streamline the primary process and close their deficit with Democrats among key voter blocs such as single women and...
Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Immigration, Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Reince Priebus
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California Democrats blast efforts to overhaul schools
SACRAMENTO — California Democrats on Sunday condemned efforts led by members of their own party to overhaul the nation's schools, arguing that groups such as StudentsFirst and Democrats for Education Reform are fronts for Republicans and corporate...
Tags: Marriage, Tom Torlakson, Kevin Johnson, Government, Dianne Feinstein
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GOP rejects gay marriage, asks Supreme Court to uphold Prop. 8
Republican leaders unanimously approved a resolution Friday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Proposition 8, the measure under court review that forbids same-sex marriage in California. The Republican National Committee “affirms its...
Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Gays and Lesbians, Ron Paul, Marriage, Mark Kirk
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Antonin Scalia's anti-gay words are poison; so I confronted him
It seems these days as if everyone is speculating about how Justice Anthony M. Kennedy will approach the two same-sex marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. But I haven't heard anyone wondering which side Antonin Scalia will be on. He has made...
Tags: Antonin Scalia, Defense of Marriage Act, Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Judges
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Harris and Newsom highlight opposition to Prop. 8
SACRAMENTO -- California’s top prosecutor used her refusal to defend Proposition 8, a voter-passed initiative that bans same-sex marriage in California, as an example of Democratic values as she spoke to party activists on Saturday. “When I...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Gavin Newsom, Same-Sex Marriage, Elections
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1993 ruling paved way for shifting views on marriage equality, former justice says
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserAs a younger member of the Hawaii Supreme Court at age 46, Steven Levinson wrote the landmark opinion issued nearly 20 years ago that launched the debate over same-sex marriage that still reverberates today across the country and in the nation's highest...Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Marriage, Minority Groups, Government, Neil A. Abercrombie
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California, late to the gay marriage altar
California finds itself in an unaccustomed place these days: behind the curve. Another state, Rhode Island, and two more countries, France and New Zealand, were just added to the steadily growing list of places where same-sex marriage will receive full...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Washington, DC, Minority Groups, Voting
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Mormonism and the discussion of a woman's place
The newer, smaller and more centrally organized a religion is, the less prone it is to reformed versions breaking away. It also helps if the religion's followers form an insular group, to one extent or another, away from the tug of societal trends....
Tags: Jesus Christ, Mormonism, Religious Events, Minority Groups, Roman Catholicism
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Seeking marriage equality
Between now and July, the Supreme Court is expected to rule on two cases dealing with same-sex marriage: one testing the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, the other involving the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage for federal...
Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Minority Groups, Judges
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Momentous decisions
Pity the Supremes. Not Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson but Alito, Breyer, Roberts, Thomas, Sotomayor, Ginsburg, Kagan, Kennedy and Scalia. After two days of testimony last week on two separate issues of gay rights -- or as we should think of...Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Civil Rights, Hunting
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McManus: SCOTUS-induced chaos on gay marriage?
If the Supreme Court decides the two gay marriage cases it heard last week the way most court watchers believe it will, expect legal and political chaos. The court seems ready to strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, while ruling quite...
Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Rand Paul, Minority Groups
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Original site for Proposition 8 (California, 2010) topic gallery.
