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To Resolve Homosexual Marriage Conflict, Ban Marriage Between Homo Sapiens

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 05.23.2012

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Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.

I propose we ban marriage among Homo sapiens -- all members of the human species. This resolves the issue of homosexual marriage once and for all.

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North Carolina Matrimony

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.11.2012

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Jeff Danziger

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It Was Never Whether, But When President Obama Would Say Yes to Gay Marriage

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.10.2012

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Opposition to discrimination has always been a morally and politically right position for Obama, and that has included gender and sexual preference, not just racial discrimination. There was no doubt then that it was only a matter of time that Obama would finally say yes to gay marriage.

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Obama and Marriage: A Turning Point in Presidential Politics

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 05.10.2012

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Anthony D. Romero

Whatever led Obama to fully evolve, the fact that a sitting president proclaimed that we should be free to marry whomever we love and want to share our live with is a big deal worthy of celebration, but only to a point. The civil rights reality for gay couples remains mixed.

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WATCH: Gay Divide In America Explained In Taiwanese Animation

Posted 05.09.2012

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North Carolina passed the amendment one gay marriage ban on Tuesday as expected, and right on cue, Taiwanese animation house NMA released a cartoon ex...

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Brad Pitt Joins '8,' Dustin Lance Black's Prop. 8 Play

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 03.01.2012

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Dustin Lance Black's Prop. 8 play has been slowly picking up stars as it makes its way across the U.S., and the latest announcement is one of its bigg...

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Nigeria Moves To Ban, Criminalize Gay Marriage

AP | By YINKA IBUKUN | Posted 11.22.2011

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LAGOS, Nigeria -- When a gang of men ambushed Rashidi Williams and a male friend earlier this year, the 25-year-old gay Nigerian was too afraid to rep...

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Jennifer Bendery

Pelosi, House Democrats File Brief In Case Challenging DOMA

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 01.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House Democrats may not be in the majority, but they took action on Thursday to make it clear they don't agree with the decision by Hous...

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Jennifer Bendery

House Defends DOMA By Arguing Gay People Are Powerful

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Gay people have the political power to sway Congress to combat discrimination against them, so there's no need for a court to overturn t...

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Santorum Makes Eyebrow-Raising Pledges About Contraception, Gay Marriage

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 12.19.2011

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Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum recently pledged to "die on that hill" fighting against same-sex marriage, and made a similar vow to rep...

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Lesbian Couple Of 30 Years Arrested After Impromptu Gay Marriage Sit In Protest In North Carolina

Posted 12.17.2011

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Southern Equality's WE DO campaign has unveiled another video (see above) designed to draw attention to the battle for legalizing gay marriage in Nort...

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Heartbreaking Video Shows Gay North Carolina Citizens Being Rejected For Marriage Licenses

Posted 12.14.2011

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The Campaign for Southern Equality recently launched the WE DO Campaign by asking LGBT couples to request marriage licenses in Asheville, North Caroli...

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Tyler Kingkade

North Carolina To Vote On Gay Marriage Ban In May 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- North Carolina residents will vote whether to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage in May 2012, after the state Senate ...

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Tyler Kingkade

North Carolina Advances Gay Marriage Ban Without Public Notice

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A constitutional ban on same-sex marriage moved a step closer to becoming a reality on Monday in North Carolina. The state House of Repr...

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Gay Marriage Battle Heats Up in North Carolina -- and Gets Personal

Wes Isley | Posted 11.01.2011

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Wes Isley

When I hear religious leaders with whom I have a personal connection screaming about my "perverted lifestyle" from their pulpits and over the airwaves, as a gay man in a 17-year relationship, it's personal.

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Prop 8 Returns To Court

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 10.29.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — The legal sparring over California's same-sex marriage ban returned to a federal courtroom Monday with a judge hearing arguments...

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Gay Marriage: A Boon for Small Business?

Reuters | Posted 10.11.2011

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(By Cynthia Hsu at FindLaw.com) Can legalizing gay marriage increase business? With gay marriage statutes passing in certain states across the U.S., i...

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Gay Weddings: Is There A New Etiquette?

Marlo Thomas | Posted 09.27.2011

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Marlo Thomas

You know that moment we all look forward to at a wedding when the bride comes down the aisle and, for the first time, we get to see that beautiful white dress? Well, it's even more magical when there are two white dresses.

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LGBT Bus Tour To Travel To States Banning Gay Marriage

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 09.27.2011

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As hundreds of jubilant gay couples became newlyweds in New York over the weekend, their well-wishers included many far-flung gays wistfully aware tha...

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Obama Throws Weight Behind Repeal Of Federal Gay Marriage Ban

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.18.2011

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President Barack Obama is throwing his support behind a bill that would repeal the federal government's ban on same-sex marriage. The president has...

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On Gay Marriage, American Values of Fairness Trump Conservative Hypocrisy

Nancy L. Cohen | Posted 07.21.2011

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Nancy L. Cohen

This week will go down in history as the tipping point on gay marriage. Not only because a solid majority of Americans now support legal gay marriage, but also because the opponents of gay marriage have thoroughly discredited themselves.

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National Organization for Marriage Recycling Old Lies Against Gay Marriage in New York

Alvin McEwen | Posted 07.12.2011

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Alvin McEwen

NOM is fighting against the possibility of same-sex marriage in the state of New York by running a commercial that claims of "dire consequences" if same-sex marriage is approved in New York.

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Newt Gingrich Cements Ties To Religious Leaders

The Center for Public Integrity | Peter H. Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Peter H. Stone The Center for Public Integrity The political unit of a religious conservative group called Renewing American Leadership, whose ...

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Proposition 8 Supporters Dismiss Obama's DOMA Stand

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Lawyers for sponsors of California's gay marriage ban say the Obama administration's refusal to defend a federal law prohibiting gove...

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Dan Froomkin

Gay Rights Advocates Applaud Obama's DOMA Turnaround

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gay rights groups celebrated President Obama's decision on Wednesday to no longer defend the constitutionality of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, wh...

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