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Massachusetts Sues Feds Over Defense Of Marriage Act

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Massachusetts, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Defense of Marriage Act, Doma, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Iowa, California, Proposition 8, President Barack Obama, Politics News

BOSTON — Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, sued the U.S. government Wednesday over a federal law that defines marriage as...

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Iowa Votes On Michael Jackson Butter Sculpture

The Des Moines Register | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

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The Michael Jackson dairy debate continues: The Iowa State Fair today announced that it will let the public vote on whether the recently deceased King...

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Gay Marriage Bill Takes Effect In Nation's Capital

AP | GILLIAN GAYNAIR | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A law recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states and countries went into effect Tuesday in the nation's capital, and ...

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Ed Thomas, Iowa Football Coach, Fatally Shot In High School

AP | NIGEL DUARA | Posted 06.24.2009 | Home

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PARKERSBURG, Iowa — Several hundred mourners gathered Wednesday at a rural Iowa stadium named for a popular high school football coach who autho...

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Iowa Woman Discovers New Cloud Type

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Looking out the 11th floor window of her law office, Jane Wiggins did a double take and grabbed her camera. The dark, undulat...

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Iowa 2012: Campaign Season Has Already Returned

AP | MIKE GLOVER | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

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DES MOINES, Iowa — It's been six months since voters handed Barack Obama the White House, and in the minds of a lot of Iowa activists that means...

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"Will you Civil Union Me?"

David Ambroz | Posted 05.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Iowa, California, Domestic Partnerships, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Maine, Marriage, Gay Rights, Civil Unions, Gay Issues, Living News
David Ambroz

I'm a radical liberal awaiting equality but Daniel -- forgive the lack of poetry -- will you domestically partner me?

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Marriage Equality and the New Faces of the Republican Party

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, Rush Limbaugh, Maine, Iowa, Vermont, Same Sex Marriage, Connecticut, Religious Right, Massachusetts, Socialism, Tea Party, Republican Party, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

The collapse of the moderate opposition to gay marriage is both partially caused by the right wing of the Republican Party's increasing isolation on the fringes of American politics.

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The GOP and Gay Marriage: Let's Get it Straight

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics

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Ryan J. Davis

Maine leaped to the right side of history today with the passage of a gay-marriage bill through legislative channels. I'm impressed with the momentum ...

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Iowa Gay Marriage: State Becomes 3rd Where Gays Can Legally Wed

AP | AMY LORENTZEN | Posted 04.27.2009 | Chicago

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Same-sex couples in Iowa began holding hastily planned weddings Monday as the state became the third to allow gay marriage, a...

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Why Obama Is Right: We Need Legislation and Markets to Unleash Clean Energy

Frances Beinecke | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Solar Energy, Clean Energy, Carbon Emissions, Earth Day, Global Warming, Iowa, Green News
Frances Beinecke

I have seen many Earth Days come and go, but until this year, I never had the chance to hear a sitting president use the annual green spotlight to call for sweeping clean energy legislation.

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Green News Report - April 23, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green

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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Welcome aboard to our latest new affiliate station - KRXA 540am in beautiful Monterey, CA! IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Obama in Iowa for Earth Day whil...

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Obama's Earth Day Energy Declaration: California May Be The Model He Says, But It's Not Enough

William Bradley | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Climate Change, Iowa, Greenhouse Gas, Jerry Brown, George W. Bush, Geopolitics, Renewable Energy, V. John White, Earth Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, California, Nuclear, Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, Gray Davis, Green News
William Bradley

For those who think that it's too hard to build an economy without pursuing the old course on energy, Obama pointed to California, the world's seventh largest economy.

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The Republican Choice: React or Modernize

William Bradley | Posted 04.22.2009 | Politics

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William Bradley

It's been a strange week for the Republican Party, with noisy events pushing the old-time religion, a speech urging a new moderation, and back-to-the-future reactions to Obama's friendly gestures to Chavez.

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WATCH LIVE: Obama Lays Out Renewable Energy Plan

MSNBC | Posted 04.22.2009 | Green

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President Obama is in Iowa on Earth Day to discuss his vision for a renewable energy future. The visit to the state that launched him on the road to ...

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Vermont and Iowa Take Different Paths to Gay Marriage

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics

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Bruce Ledewitz

For now, gay marriage belongs to ordinary politics and its eventual acceptance will only be enhanced by avoiding courts and allowing the legislative process to work.

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State Fairness

Kate Clinton | Posted 04.14.2009 | Politics

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Kate Clinton

Beneath the surface of our national marriage equality state map, the collaborative effort of national LGBT and legal organizations has engineered a strategic sequencing.

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Gay Marriage Saved

Jeff Danziger | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

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Jeff Danziger

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Texas Is Wind King, California Drops Into Third Place

AP | DIRK LAMMERS | Posted 04.13.2009 | Green

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Texas continues to blow away the competition, but Iowa can now generate more wind power than California, according to a new ...

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Gay Marriage in Iowa? Come on, San Francisco!

Nato Green | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, California Gay Marriage, Ballot Initiative, Humor, Satire, Vermont Gay Marriage, Mormons, San Francisco, Comedy, Gay Marriage, Harvey Milk, Politics News
Nato Green

If it's not worth it to win marriage equality, to unite to spite the right, it's definitely worth it to stop the insurgent Iowan and Vermontian hubris and salvage our street cred among freaks.

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Why Surprise Over Iowa Gay Marriage Ruling? State Has Long Progressive History

Chicago Tribune | Rex W. Huppke | Posted 04.10.2009 | Chicago

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Once again, a humble Midwestern state is being laughed at by cosmopolitan smarty-pants on the East and West coasts. The victim this time, of course, i...

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Same-Sex Marriage and Children, What We Don't Know Shouldn't Hurt Us

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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Philip N. Cohen

There are no U.S.-based studies comparing children raised by opposite-sex and same-sex married couples, because there are no legally-married same-sex couples to use in the comparison.

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Gay 'Justice' in a Perfect World?

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Proposition 8, Newt Gingrich, News, Gay Marriage, Politics, California, Iowa, Vermont, Politics News
Andrew Belonsky

Justices may not always read the law correctly, but they're meant to be more objective than someone who has to worry about campaign funds.

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What Changed in Five Days: Gay Marriage in Iowa, Vermont and the Rest of the Country

Edward Stein | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gay Rights, Vermont Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, Iowa, Proposition 8, Doma, Iowa Supreme Court, Politics News
Edward Stein

Who would have thought that in the aftermath of Prop. 8 in California, one of the most liberal states in the union, so much would happen so quickly for gay marriage?

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Gay Marriage Is After My Rights

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 04.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Iowa, Gay Marriage, Vermont, Advertising, Iowa Gay Marriage, National Organization Marriage, National Organization for Marriage, National Organization for Marriage Video, Gay Marriage in Iowa, Gay Marriage California, America Organization Marriage, Comedy News
Jacob Dickerman

Gay marriage is about turning me gay. After all, what else outside of my fear of not being able to commit myself to another person before the eyes of the government was stopping me from gaining a love of dick?

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