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Wash.— Washington voters have approved the state's new "everything but marriage" law, expanding rights for domestic partners and marking the first time any state's voters have approved a gay equality measure at the ballot box. With about 72 percent of the expected vote counted Thursday in unofficial...
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- News Source: The Boston Globe | 28 days agoWash.— Washington voters have approved the state's new "everything but marriage" law, expanding rights for domestic partners and marking the first time any state's voters have approved a gay equality measure at the ballot box. With about 72...
- News Source: Seattle Times | 28 days agoWashington state voters have approved Referendum 71, keeping a law that expands state benefits for registered same-sex and some senior domestic partners. The tally Thursday afternoon saw the vote to approve R-71 widening its lead 52.5 percent to 47.5...
- News Source: Star Tribune | 28 days agoWashington state voters have approved the state's new "everything but marriage" law, marking a significant expansion of rights for gay couples who are registered as domestic partners. National gay-rights groups say the passage of Referendum 71 marks...
- News Source: News Press | 28 days ago39 P.M. — As the number of states banning same-sex marriage increases, this doesn�t take away from the point that this type of prohibition is still discriminatory. A majority of people may not agree with so-called �gay marriage� � as...
- News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | 28 days agoBallot counts Wednesday showed Washington's same-sex partnership law passing with twice the margin of victory it had on election night, and one key leader in the movement declared victory. A large count from King County and other jurisdictions such...
- News Source: San Francisco Chronicle | 29 days agoSame sex marriage advocates in Maine seemed to have the elements in place for victory Tuesday. On Wednesday, supporters who want to put the issue back on the ballot in California learned a big lesson from their defeat: Advocates have not convinced...
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- Blog Source: lornakismet.wordpress.comMaine narrowly rejected same-sex marriage. In Washington, a majority of voters were approving partnership benefits for same-sex couples.. By affirming rights for same-sex couples, Washington made history for the second time in the long ...
- Blog Source: gay-rights-law.suite101.comBuoyed by the repeal of the same-sex marriage law in Maine, anti-gay groups look to defeat bills in New Hampshire and Washington, DC Gay advocates vow to fight on.
- Blog Source: blog.taragana.comIn New Jersey, the election Tuesday of Republican Chris Christie as governor puts extra pressure on gay rights supporters to win passage of a pending same-sex marriage bill before the legislative session ends in January. ...
- Blog Source: www.politicsdaily.comThe repeal of Maine's gay marriage law by voters Tuesday is forcing gay rights advocates to regroup and recalibrate their strategy. Legal experts say.
- Blog Source: www.capitolhillblue.comGay-rights activists have been planning to go back to the ballot in California, either in 2010 or 2012, in another attempt to legalize gay marriage. But the Maine result was not the victory they had been hoping for to fire up their ...
- Blog Source: www.politicsdaily.com"If they [gay rights advocates] can't win there, it really does tell you the majority of Americans are not on board with this gay marriage thing," Maggie Gallagher, president of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), ...
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@contessabrewer @anotherlab Please! Show me the "anti gay rhetoric." That's utterly ridiculous.
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@contessabrewer My lead story Wednesday about gay marriage, for those who missed it. http://bit.ly/1BLJwq
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@PElliottAP OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Voters approve Washington state's "everything but marriage" law for gay couples.
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@contessabrewer @JessPollak One of my straight friends in Maine suggested the same thing. "Marriage" only for those who married in a church!
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@poniewozik In other indoctrination news, Iron Chef will visit Michelle Obama's garden to promote communist gay veganism. http://bit.ly/1LKjY4
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@andreastonez http://ow.ly/zwgf @PoliticsDaily Moral of Maine's Gay Marriage Rejection: An Issue Headed for the Supreme Court? http://bit.ly/1k7sNE
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@andreastonez http://ow.ly/zleE @spherenews Maine Voters' Rejection of Gay Marriage Will Delay Activists' Day in Court
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@latimestot LATimestot: Gay rights slip in Maine, advance in Kalamazoo: Gay rights advocates were cheered by result.. http://bit.ly/40EzvZ #politics #tcot #p2
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