Click pic to enlarge view A long-time friend of mine married his terminally ill boyfriend last year. Since they lived in Las Vegas, they traveled to California for the legal ceremony and…
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Idaho: No “en banc” hearing at 9th Circuit Court for same-sex marriage ban challenge
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has turned down Idaho’s request to hear Latta v. Otter, the challenge to the state’s same-sex marriage ban, with a panel of eleven judges. The state…
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Pennsylvania bakery refuses to make wedding cake for lesbian wedding
A Schuylkill County bakery is getting some unwanted attention after refusing to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple, Bethanny and Jennifer Petrich. “I loved the work they did and it…
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Florida gets fourth ruling against banning same-sex marriage
Today, a Palm Beach County Circuit judge ruled in a probate case that Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. From the Palm Beach Post: Circuit Judge Diana Lewis’ opinion was tied…
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Virginia announces marriage equality appeal to SCOTUS
Just hours after Utah announced it’s intention to ask the US Supreme Court to rule on the recent overturn of that state’s ban on same-sex marriage, Virginia’s Attorney General has followed suit:…
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Australia Parliament looks for “conscience vote” on marriage equality this spring
As support for marriage equality hits 72% (Crosby Textor poll) across Australia, elected officials in the country’s Parliament are looking towards a vote where MPs can vote their conscience as opposed to…
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Anti-gay Rick Santorum says marriage equality “devalues” marriage
Former US Senator Rick Santorum Right Wing Watch is reporting on a recent interview on the Eagle Forum Live radio show wherein former US senator and forever anti-gay Rick Santorum said that…
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Mark Joseph Stern gets to the root of same-sex marriage opposition
Over at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has written a disarmingly direct essay on the truth behind same-sex marriage opposition, and it goes something like this: We just don’t like the idea of…
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Colorado Supreme Court orders Boulder County Clerk to cease issuance of same-sex marriage licenses
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Boulder County Clerk Hillary Hall to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples after more than a month of doing so. In that time, at…
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott uses failed “procreation” tactic in 5th Circuit Court appeal
Despite the fact that two federal appeals courts have rejected procreation as a legal reason to deny same-sex couples the right to marry, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has chosen to use…