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Gay marriage vote may come to Michigan in 2016
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gay rights advocates are eyeing a 2016 ballot drive to overturn Michigan's constitutional ban on gay marriage. Recent polls show a majority of Michigan voters now support legalizing same-sex marriage. Statewide gay rights...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Family, Politics, Voting
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AP Interview: Snyder sidesteps gay marriage issue
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder showed no inclination Thursday to take a high-profile stand on gay marriage, even as the push to allow same-sex unions gains momentum nationwide and the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to make key rulings...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, U.S. Supreme Court, Executive Branch, Social Issues, Environmental Issues
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Officials seek property rights for gay couples
MASON, Mich. (AP) — Some Lansing-area officials have launched a campaign seeking to ensure equal property rights protections for gay couples in Michigan. Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope on Tuesday filed a marriage certificate and affidavit...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage
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Nigeria lawmakers pass anti-gay marriage bill
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Lawmakers in Nigeria have passed a bill banning gay marriage, setting prison terms of up to 14 years. Nigeria's House of Representatives passed the bill Thursday in a voice vote. The Senate previously passed the bill in...Tags: Nigeria, Same-Sex Marriage, Goodluck Jonathan, U.S. Senate, Abusive Behavior
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Senate panel approves immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly...
Tags: Chuck Schumer, Washington, DC, Migration, U.S. Senate, Labor Legislation
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Minn. governor to sign bill allowing gay marriage
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With marriages to be available for Minnesota's gay couples starting Aug. 1, Duluth residents Gary Anderson and Gary Boelhower are getting ready to do something that seemed impossible when they started dating three years ago:...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Executive Branch, Michele Bachmann, Democratic Party, Social Issues
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A risk including gay partners in immigration bill?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated at being left out of an immigration overhaul, gay rights groups are pushing to adjust a bipartisan Senate bill to include gay couples. But Democrats are treading carefully, wary of adding another divisive issue that...Tags: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC, Jay Carney, John McCain, U.S. Senate
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Boy Scouts proposing to lift gay ban for youth
NEW YORK (AP) — Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays — allowing them as youth members but continuing to bar them as adult leaders. The...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, United Way , Boy Scouts of America, Social Issues, Christianity
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Republicans debate message, battle bad messengers
ATLANTA (AP) — National Republican leaders made waves recently with a dim view of the party's future if it fails to expand its core support beyond white males and social conservatives. But weeks after GOP Chairman Reince Priebus unveiled the "Growth...
Tags: Bobby Jindal, Same-Sex Marriage, Reince Priebus, U.S. Congress, Migration
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Decisions in same-sex marriage cases anxiously awaited
South Bend TribuneLegal scholars and pundits learned last year that trying to predict how the Supreme Court will decide a case after hearing arguments is risky. However, activists on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate remain clear about the stakes riding on the...Tags: Judges, Same-Sex Marriage, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Social Issues
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Same-sex marriage: Which Supreme Court case is more important?
CBS NewsIn two different cases this week, the Supreme Court will consider the powerful question of what it means to be married. On Tuesday, the court will hear arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry -- a case considering the constitutionality of California's gay...Tags: Arts and Culture, Judges, Same-Sex Marriage, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), U.S. Congress
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Influential pediatricians group backs gay marriage
CHICAGO (AP) — The nation's most influential pediatrician's group has endorsed gay marriage, saying a stable relationship between parents regardless of sexual orientation contributes to a child's health and well-being. The American Academy of...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Same-Sex Marriage, American Medical Association, Science and Technology, Culture
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