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Gay marriage losing support in New Jersey: poll
Newark :: NJ :: USA | 2 days ago
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New Jersey voters are split on whether to legalize gay marriage, but more people now oppose it than support it, a poll found on Wednesday. The Quinnipiac University survey found 49 percent of voters oppose a law allowing same-sex couples to marry, while...
Tags: gay marriage, New Jersey, Newark, Civil union, Same-sex marriage, Politics, Social Issues, Same-sex marriage in the United States, Public opinion of same-sex marriage in the United States, LGBT rights in the United States, Recognition of same-sex unions in New Jersey, Marriage law, Jon Corzine, Evan Wolfson, Family law, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-sex unions in the United States
Unmaking a bad federal law
Doma :: Nigeria | 2 days ago
Credibility It's been a depressing stretch for supporters of marriage equality. Earlier this month, Maine had a chance to become the first state to back same-sex marriage with a popular vote; instead, Maine's same-sex-marriage law was narrowly repealed.
Tags: Judge Joseph Tauro, summary judgment, Nigeria, Doma, Judgment, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Same-sex marriage, Joseph Tauro, Same-sex marriage in the United States, Defense of Marriage Act, United States federal legislation, Law Crime
Judge to feds: She's our employee, stay out of it
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility For the second time in two days, a federal judge has ruled that the government can't refuse to authorize health coverage for the same-sex spouse of a court employee...Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski said Thursday that the U.S. Office...
Tags: San Francisco, Insurance, Stephen Reinhardt, Health insurance, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Same-sex marriage in the United States, Defense of Marriage Act, Social Issues, Law Crime, Labor
News: Mary Cheney, Lutherans, DOMA, Mariah Carey, Detroit
Doma :: Nigeria | 7 days ago
Credibility There needs to be more money targets at the crisis areas." David Vitter won't comment on the Louisiana justice who refused to marry an interracial couple because he isn't familiar with Loving v. Virginia , the Supreme Court case which lifted the ban...
Tags: DOMA, Nigeria, Necktie, Same-sex marriage in the United States, David Vitter, Defense of Marriage Act, Social Issues
Catholics to hear renewed push on heterosexual union
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Despite their battles over same-sex marriage, the nation's Catholic bishops say their greatest challenge is convincing faithful Catholics that only a vowed, lifelong commitment between a man and a woman can be called marriage. "When questions such as,...
Tags: sex marriage, Joseph Kurtz, Baltimore, Defense of Marriage Act, Status of same-sex marriage, Blessing of same-sex unions in Christian churches, Same-sex marriage in the United States, Marriage, Same-sex marriage, Religion Belief, Social Issues
Judge rules same-sex couple must be repaid after denial of benefits
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Circuit Court of Appeals, also reminded the bureaucracy that he decreed nine months ago in the same case that withholding benefits based on sexual orientation violates the U.S. Constitution's due process guarantee and the circuit's employment dispute...
Tags: Los Angeles, Stephen Reinhardt, Same-sex marriage, Public defender, Sears, Same-sex marriage in the United States, Defense of Marriage Act, United States federal legislation, Social Issues, Law Crime, Labor, Health insurance
Buenos Aires grants first marriage license to gays
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | 10 days ago
Credibility Argentina (AP) Two men were granted a marriage license in Argentina 's capital on Monday, breaking ground in a country and region where laws ban gay marriage. Foundation and Di Bello, 41, an executive with the Argentine Red Cross, sued after being denied...
Tags: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-sex marriage in the United States, United States federal legislation, Social Issues, Law Crime, Labor, Mauricio Macri, Status of same-sex marriage, LGBT rights in Argentina, LGBT rights, Same-sex marriage, Civil union
America, Did We Not Fight For Freedom All Ready?
Homosexual marriage is the big issue on the floor for debate and it has been for the past 8 years. The definition of marriage has been defined by the government according to the Bible;however is there not supposed to be a separation of church and...
Tags: homosexuals, same-sex marriages, Obama, government, defense of marriage act
DOJ moves to dismiss first fed gay marriage case
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Justice Department has moved to dismiss the first gay marriage case filed in federal court, saying it is not the right venue to tackle legal questions raised by a couple already married in California...It's a different case from a recent federal lawsuit...
Tags: Obama, Defense of Marriage Act, marriage case, Justice Department, gays marriage, California
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