Friday, June 22, 2012

Gay marriage

  • WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obamas endorsement of gay marriage did little to shift the nations views on the subject, with a new poll finding that the public remains evenly split on the issue.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • The debate over the rights of same sex couples to marry most often uses the legal language of equal rights. Religious voices, when they included, are largely culled from the conservative corner.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • These are proposals about when and how to open up civil marriage to gay and lesbian couples. Its not a matter of if anymore.
  • (Presstv)
  • CHICAGO -- A Cook County Circuit Court judge has agreed to combine two lawsuits claiming that Illinois ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.
  • (Sacramento Bee)
  • French leftists won big in the last legislative elections. The Socialist Party, along with the French Communist Party and the left-leaning Green party, scored 343 seats combined in the 577-seat national assembly.
  • (policymic.com)
  • An Illinois law firm that opposes gay marriage is asking states attorneys and clerks from Illinois counties to band together to defend a state law that allows civil unions but doesnt recognize same-sex unions.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Carrie Underwood is all about the music, not politics. Yet the 29-year-old country music star has found herself in a media storm after voicing support for gay marriage.
  • (Burlington County Times)
  • (Reuters) - Washington state residents are leaning toward allowing same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana for recreational use ahead of November elections that will put those decisions directly to the states voters, a poll showed.
  • (CNBC)
  • NEW ORLEANS, June 21 (UPI) -- The Southern Baptist Convention, meeting in New Orleans, has approved a resolution that declares same-sex marriage is not a civil right. The resolution also denounces any form of gay-bashing.
  • (United Press International)

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