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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: Democratic Party, Government, Marriage, Don Lee, Politics
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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: Washington, DC, John McCain, Marriage, Defense of Marriage Act, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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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: Christianity, Boy Scouts of America, Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, Civil Rights
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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: Lindsey O. Graham, Democratic Party, Jimmy Carter, Media Industry, Politics
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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: Laws, Justice System, Marriage, Defense of Marriage Act, Proposition 8 (California, 2010)
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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: Justice System, Marriage, University of California, Los Angeles, Internal Revenue Service, Politics
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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: Same-Sex Marriage, U.S. Supreme Court, Minority Groups, Science and Technology, Marriage
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Tribal same-sex bill OK'd, male couple marries
HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich. (AP) — With an exchange of rings and a kiss, two men became spouses Friday during a ceremony at a northern Michigan Indian reservation after the tribal chairman signed a measure approving same-sex marriage in a state where it's...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Social Issues, Marriage
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Mich. tribal chairman to OK same-sex marriage, wed 2 men
HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich. (AP) — The chairman of a northern Michigan Indian tribe says he'll sign a same-sex marriage bill Friday, then preside at the wedding of two men. The legislative body of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians voted 5-4...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Marriage, Family
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Gay couples could see windfalls from court action
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Accountants and tax lawyers are encouraging married same-sex couples to apply now for tax refunds, Social Security benefits and other financial perks of marriage they may have been denied under the federal law that prohibits the...Tags: Social Security, U.S. Supreme Court
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Illinois GOP didn't have votes to oust chairman who supported gay marriage
CHICAGO (AP) — A member of the Illinois Republican Party's central committee says a meeting was canceled partly because there weren't enough votes to fire party chairman Pat Brady. Some committeemen wanted to oust Brady, largely because he...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Mark Kirk, Politics, Republican Party, Dave Syverson
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Council of Michigan Indian tribe OKs gay marriage
HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich. (AP) — A northern Michigan Indian tribal council has voted to recognize gay marriage. The Petoskey News-Review (http://bit.ly/15wepWl ) reports that the legislative body of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Politics, Elections, Family
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