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Video Op-Ed: Fighting for gay marriage and immigration reform
The Supreme Court has the fate of same-sex couples in its hands. Will the court stand with equality and rule that marriage, and the benefits that come with it, should be available to all couples regardless of sexuality? Or will it uphold the federal...Tags: Marriage, Minority Groups, Social Issues, Immigration, Defense of Marriage Act
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Delaware OKs same-sex marriage, showdowns loom in two states
This post has been updated, as indicated below.A year ago, when Vice President Joe Biden revealed in a television interview that he supported same-sex marriage, such unions were legal in six states. Tuesday, the Legislature in Biden’s home state, Delaware, voted to become the 11th such state,...Tags: Jack Markell, Elections, Executive Branch, Government, Regional Authority
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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: Mark Kirk, Ron Paul, Reince Priebus, Elections, Barack Obama
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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: Religion and Belief, Elections, Politics, Family, Gays and Lesbians
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He wasn't the marrying kind
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: Marriage, Shrimp, Same-Sex Marriage, Family, Matthew Shepard
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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: Teaching and Learning, Dianne Feinstein, Elections, Executive Branch, Labor Legislation
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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: Judges, Justice System, Clarence Thomas, Anthony Kennedy, Defense of Marriage Act
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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: Justice System, Elections, Kamala D. Harris, Politics, Family
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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: Reince Priebus, Elections, Barack Obama, Migration, White House
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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: Mormonism, Religion and Belief, Minority Groups, Rituals, Roman Catholicism
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California courts familiar with gay parent issues
SAN FRANCISCO -- When the California Supreme Court struck down a same-sex marriage ban in 2008, the majority ruling reflected a series of decisions the court had already reached in disputes involving gay parents. Gay rights lawyers said this week...
Tags: Twins, Social Issues, Kamala D. Harris, Same-Sex Marriage, Family
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Three justices' concern over gay parenting surprises experts
WASHINGTON — During last week's Supreme Court arguments on gay marriage, Justice Antonin Scalia asserted that "there's considerable disagreement" among experts over whether "raising a child in a single-sex family is harmful or not." Two other...
Tags: Medical Research, Trials, American Academy of Pediatrics, Family, Gays and Lesbians
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Original site for Proposition 8 (California, 2010) topic gallery.