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Iowa celebrates five years of marriage equality
Gay marriage celebrates its fifth anniversary in Iowa on Thursday.
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Oregon backers ask court to spare voters costly gay marriage fight
Sponsors of an initiative campaign to repeal Oregon's ban on gay marriage filed a brief Tuesday calling on a federal court to spare voters the costly campaign.
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Missouri Democrat seeks repeal of state's gay marriage ban
Missouri State Rep. Mike Colona has filed a measure that seeks to repeal the state's 2004 voter-approved constitutional amendment limiting marriage to heterosexual couples.
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Maryland House approves transgender protections bill
A bill which seeks to prohibit discrimination in the areas of employment, housing, credit and public accommodations on the basis of gender identity or expression cleared the Maryland House of Delegates on Thursday.
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Obama administration to recognize same-sex marriages in Michigan
Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday announced same-sex marriages that were recently held in Michigan will be recognized for federal purposes.
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Wisconsin gay marriage trial set for August
A federal judge has set an August trial date for a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's ban on gay marriage.
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Illinois 'conversion therapy' ban advances
The Illinois House Human Services Committee approved a bill that would ban so-called "conversion therapy" for minors by a 9 to 6 vote on Wednesday.
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Michigan: $40K for anti-equality experts whose testimony was deemed 'unbelievable'
The state of Michigan spent $40,000 on witnesses in a recent gay marriage trial whose expert testimony was largely dismissed.
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Maggie Gallagher: We are now in the 'gay marriage in all 50 states phase'
Maggie Gallagher, who co-founded the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), has all but conceded that gay marriage foes have lost.
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Charlie Crist speaks out in support of gay marriage in Florida
Charlie Crist, who is campaigning for a second term as Florida's governor, this time as a Democrat, on Wednesday pledged that if elected he would back a legislative effort to legalize gay marriage in Florida.
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Gay rights groups cheer Michigan gay marriage decision
Gay rights groups are cheering a federal judge's ruling declaring Michigan's ban on gay marriage invalid.
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Michigan's ban on gay marriage struck down
A federal judge on Friday struck down Michigan's ban on gay marriage following a two-week trial that ended on March 7.
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Oregon: State gay marriage ban 'serves no rational purpose'
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said in a federal court filing Tuesday that the state's ban on gay marriage "serves no rational purpose."
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Primary wins for Illinois Republicans who voted for gay marriage
Republican lawmakers, who voted "yes" on marriage equality in the Illinois House, claimed victory in Tuesday's primary election despite being targeted by right-wing conservatives.
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Illinois Republicans nominate candidate who blames gays for autism and tornadoes
Susanne Atanus, who said autism and dementia are punishments from God, narrowly won Illinois' 9th District Republican primary against Navy veteran David Earl Williams III.
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Obama admin: Insurers must offer gay, straight spouses equal coverage
The Obama administration said Friday that insurers must offer identical health coverage to spouses in a same-sex marriage as they offer to spouses in an opposite-sex marriage.
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Rand Paul wants GOP to 'agree to disagree' on gay marriage
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, a Republican, is hoping for a truce on gay marriage within the Republican Party.
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Two more lawsuits challenge Indiana's gay marriage ban
Two federal lawsuits were filed Friday challenging Indiana's ban on gay marriage.
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Equality Illinois PAC funds campaign to support pro-marriage candidates
Candidates who supported the freedom to marry in Illinois are benefitting from an unprecedented effort by the Equality Illinois Political Action Committee (EQIL PAC) that has raised and will spend $150,000 prior to Tuesd
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71% of Marylanders support transgender rights bill
A large majority of Marylanders support a proposed bill which seeks to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression.
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Monthly 'Chicago Dispatcher' threatens to out five aldermen over ridesharing
A monthly paper devoted to Chicago's taxicab industry has threatened to out as gay five city aldermen unless their demands are met.
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Pew Poll: 61% of young Republicans support gay marriage
A majority of young Republicans support gay marriage.
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Michele Bachmann: Tired of gay community's bullying
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, a Republican, laments that "the gay community have so bullied the American people."
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Ruling in Michigan gay marriage trial expected within 2 weeks
A two-week trial in a case challenging Michigan's ban on gay marriage came to a close Friday with the federal judge overseeing it saying he expects to rule within two weeks.