Last August, singer and actress Miley Cyrus added some new ink to her body: a small “equals” sign on her middle finger, in support of same-sex marriage. The 19-year-old, who has become an activist for gay rights in recent months, has penned a piece for Glamour magazine that explains why she decided to tattoo the cause to her [...]
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue, a Democrat, signaled on Friday that she’ll oppose passage of a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, according to the AP. “My top priority is creating jobs,” said Perdue in a statement. “Too many people are out of work and I’ve heard from several business leaders who’ve told me that the proposed [...]
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue, a Democrat, signaled on Friday that she’ll oppose passage of a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, according to the AP. “My top priority is creating jobs,” said Perdue in a statement. “Too many people are out of work and I’ve heard from several business leaders who’ve told me that [...]
WASHINGTON — President Obama forcefully called for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act on Saturday night at the annual Human Rights Campaign fundraising dinner, but he did not come out in support of marriage equality, as some hoped he would do. The 3,000 attendees at the dinner, which took place at the Washington [...]
Former House Speaker and struggling presidential candidate Newt Gingrich sure has a way with words. During a campaign event in Iowa Friday, Gingrich dismissed same-sex marriage as a “temporary aberration,” reports Jason Clayworth for The Des Moines Register. That choice of words could also perhaps be used to describe Gingrich’s bid for the Republican presidential [...]
WASHINGTON — Increasingly visible, the number of gay Americans telling the U.S. census they’re living with same-sex partners nearly doubled in the past decade, to about 650,000 couples. And more than 130,000 recorded partners as husband or wife. Census figures released Tuesday provide a rare snapshot of married and unmarried same-sex couples in the U.S. [...]
DUXBURY, Vt. — Just as the formal repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy took effect, Navy Lt. Gary Ross and his partner were married before a small group of family and friends. The two men, who’d been together 11 years, decided to marry in Vermont in part because the state is in [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge decided Monday to unseal video recordings of last year’s landmark trial on the constitutionality of California’s same-sex marriage ban. Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware agreed with lawyers for two same-sex couples who sued to overturn Proposition 8 and with a collection of news outlets – including The Associated [...]
A formal consultation on extending civil marriage to same sex couples will begin in 2012. The public consultation “to consider how to make civil marriage available” will begin in March, and has been cautiously welcomed by gay rights activists. The website Pink News quoted a Downing Street source who claimed David Cameron had “personally intervened” to [...]
WASHINGTON — A town clerk in Ledyard, N.Y., is standing in the way of letting a same-sex couple tie the knot, even though the state legalized marriage equality in June. Rose Marie Belforti, the town clerk for the small town of Ledyard, has publicly stated that she will not sign marriage licenses for same-sex couples [...]
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