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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...

Televised Gay Marriage Hearing Draws Wide Audience

SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 6) -- The legal fight over California's gay marriage ban went before a federal appeals court Monday in a hearing that reached a nationwide TV audience anxious for a final decision on whether the measure violates the U.S. Constitution. The hearing before a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court...

After a Dissent, Mormon Leaders Reaffirm Stance Against Gay Marriage

(Oct. 4) -- Last month, a senior leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apologized for the Mormon church's involvement in California's campaign in favor of Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that outlaws gay marriage. "On the morning of Sunday, September 19, about ninety members of the Oakland,...

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Gay Former Bush Campaign Official: 'I Am Sorry' For '04 Anti-Gay Marriage Push

Ken Mehlman, the former Republican National Committee chairman and President George W. Bush re-election campaign manager who came out as gay in August 2010, said that he regrets his role in the campaign's anti-gay marriage push 2004.

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06/03/12 Target sells T-Shirts to support gay marriage group Source: Gant Daily - Clearfield PA Two years ago, Target Corp. infuriated gay marriage supporters with a political donation that benefited a controversial gay marriage opponent seeking the governor's office in Minnesota.
02/08/12 Wisconsin group encouraged by gay marriage ruling Source: Wisconsin Radio Network A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that California's ban on gay marriage violates the civil rights of gay people, and a Wisconsin group is encouraged by the news.
03/04/11 Calif. AG latest to seek resumption of gay unions Source: Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas NV The state's top attorney has dealt another setback for seekers of gay marriage bans with her request to allow the unions to resume immediately in California, the latest in a string of about-faces siding with same-sex couples.
03/02/11 Calif. AG Calls for Gay Marriages to Resume Source: ABC News The state's top attorney has dealt another setback for seekers of gay marriage bans with her request to allow the unions to resume immediately in California, the latest in a string of about-faces siding with same-sex couples.
08/17/10 California Reinstates Gay Marriage Ban Source: Sky News Same-sex weddings in California have been put on hold while a court considers whether the state's gay marriage ban is constitutional.