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US Gay-Marriage Ban Under Assault, But Still Potent

NEW YORK -- These are frustrating, tantalizing days for many of the same-sex couples who seized the chance to marry in recent years. The law that prohibits federal recognition of their unions in under assault in the courts. The Obama administration has repudiated it and taken piecemeal steps to weaken its...

Zach Wahls' Iowa Speech for Gay Marriage Goes Viral [VIDEO]

The Iowa House of Representatives approved a resolution on Tuesday that proposes a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in the state. Hundreds of people packed the Iowa State House to debate the issue -- known as House Joint Resolution 6 -- which passed by a 62-37 vote. One of the individuals who spoke was...

Prop. 8 Arguments [LIVE VIDEO]

(Dec. 6) -- A three-judge panel representing San Francisco's 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing oral arguments on the California state ban on same-sex marriage today. California voters approved Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment limiting marriage to a man and a woman, in the 2008 elections. The...

Gay Candidates for Congress Draw Interest, Hope

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (Sept. 14) - Laure Rondeau, an 82-year-old Catholic, supports Providence Mayor David Cicilline for Congress because he wants to get the troops out of Afghanistan and says Washington is losing sight of what's happening to regular people. The sexual orientation of the openly gay mayor doesn't figure into...

California Gay Couples Lining Up for Marriage Licenses Ahead of Walker Ruling

(Aug. 12) -- In anticipation of U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling on whether gays and lesbians can immediately resume the practice of same-sex marriage, anticipated within hours, some couples have begun lining up to get a license at the first possible opportunity. Walker is expected to issue his ruling on...