Gay-Marriage Votes Test if Views Have Shifted
By GEOFFREY A. FOWLER. Americans weighed in on gay marriage in four states Tuesday, in a test of whether attitudes have changed on the divisive issue.online.wsj.com
Minnesota Gay Marriage Ban Amendment Supported By College Students ...
Minnesota voters will decide whether to reiterate the ban on same-sex marriage in the state's constitution on Nov. 6 -- but a group of Northwestern College students is already voicing their opposition in a series of photographs.www.huffingtonpost.com
France same-sex marriage law losing traction
A plan to legalize same-sex marriage and allow gay couples to adopt children was a liberal cornerstone of Francois Hollande's election manifesto earlier this year.www.sfgate.com
Potential Election Day Firsts: Races To Watch
Maine is holding a simple up-or-down vote on whether to grant the marriage right; Maryland and Washington voters will decide whether to override or uphold state laws that have legalized same-sex marriage. Minnesotans will also vote on gay marriage, but ...www.npr.org
On gay marriage, Jesus would have dissented from church law
While visiting friends in the Baltimore area, I saw Dan Rodricks' column "A priest speaks up for same-sex marriage" (Nov. 4). As a Catholic priest myself, I am dismayed by Archbishop William E. Lori's assertion that "preaching ... requires ...www.baltimoresun.com
Legal marijuana, same-sex marriage on ballots before US voters
Legalizing recreational use of marijuana in Washington, allowing same-sex marriage in Maine and permitting physician-assisted death in Massachusetts top a list of ballot measures in 38 states today.www.concordmonitor.com
Minneapolis Realtors defend same-sex marriage
Citing its potential to have a detrimental effect on housing markets and economy as a whole. a Minnesota-based Realtor association has taken a public stance against a proposal to amend the state's constitution to recognize only marriages of opposite ...www.inman.com
Gay marriage in Maryland: A state divided
Ezekiel Jackson is black and his wife is white. As Jackson campaigns to legalize gay marriage in Maryland, he likens the plight of same-sex couples to that of interracial couples, who were banned from marrying in the state until 1967.www.csmonitor.com
Catholics oppose French gay marriage bill
Hollande is expected to introduce legislation legalizing same-sex marriages at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, but parliamentary debate initially thought to be a formality has been put off until January amid rising opposition.www.upi.com
Fate of Maryland Same-Sex Marriage Ballot Measure Is Uncertain
Supporters of Maryland's same-sex marriage law hope to parlay the backing of Mr. Obama, who is expected to win the state, into a victory.thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
French gay marriage plans 'a sham that will smash foundations of society'
President Francois Hollande pledged in his manifesto to legalise gay marriage. While a majority of French people approve the change, support has dropped to 58 per cent according to the latest poll - down five points since last year - while the French ...www.telegraph.co.uk
School incident used against Maine same-sex marriage
A group opposing Question 1 on Tuesday's ballot is citing an incident at Gorham Middle School last month to make its case in the referendum on legalizing same-sex marriage in Maine. On Saturday, three days before the vote, Protect Marriage Maine issued ...www.kjonline.com
Gay People Are Too Promiscuous To Deserve Equality Says Group Fighting ...
In a hail mary play orchestrated to coincide with voters going to the polls, Preserve Marriage Maine's Ed Allebest tells his sheeple that gays have too many notches carved into the bedpost to deserve equality under the law.instinctmagazine.com
Election 2012: Live from the Polls in Silver Spring and Burtonsville
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Sun reports that they're opposing same-sex marriage (Question 6), the Dream Act (Question 4) and the congressional redistricting map (Question 5).silverspring.patch.com
Gay marriage on ballot in 4 states
Gay marriage has been a subtext of the 2012 presidential campaign for the last six months, after President Barack Obama's hand was forced on the issue by his vice president getting "ahead of his skis" on a Sunday morning talk show and declaring his own ...www.politico.com
Ex-Gov. Pataki slams rabbi-rousing over same sex marriage
Pataki called on fellow Republican Neil DiCarlo - who is running on the Conservative Party line for a state Senate seat from the Hudson Valley - to denounce the remarks of Rabbi Noson Leiter.www.nydailynews.com
USD Blacklisting Speaker Over Gay Marriage Support Creates Fallout
Above: Tina Beattie, a professor of theology & religion at the University of Roehampton in London, whose speaking appearance at USD was canceled for her support of same-sex marriage, talks to KPBS. And Larry Hinman, a USD professor, shares reaction ...www.kpbs.org
Gay marriage may hang on Mainers who reconsidered
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Benjamin Hubley opposed the 2009 statewide referendum seeking to legalize same-sex marriage in Maine.www.southfloridagaynews.com
Letter: Same-sex marriage and the weather
"The mighty God even the Lord, hath spoken" (Psalms 50:1) "God is jealous and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth and is furious, the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.thedailynewsonline.com
Could Maryland be the first state to pass same-sex marriage initiative?
Thomas Roberts talks to Md. Gov. Martin O'Malley about the same-sex marriage initiative on his state's ballot, and Maryland's chance to become the first state in the country whose voters could pass such an initiative.video.msnbc.msn.com
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