Same-Sex Marriage
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France legalizes same-sex marriage
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The legalization order signed by French president Francois Hollande means the first gay marriages may be celebrated in France within about 10 days.
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Minnesota Senate approves same-sex marriage
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Minnesota Senate voted Monday to make gay marriage legal, putting the state on the brink of becoming the 12th to allow same-sex couples to marry. Gov. Mark Dayton immediately announced he would sign the legislation Tuesday.
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Maryland to unmarried gay employees: Get married or lose benefits
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The State of Maryland is sending an unusual message to hundreds of state employees: get married or lose your benefits. It can be chalked up to the fallout from unintended consequences.
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New Zealand legalizes same-sex marriage
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Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advocates celebrated at New Zealand's Parliament as the country become the thirteenth in the world and the first in the Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage.
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France legalizes same-sex marriage
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The French Senate has voted to legalize same-sex marriage in France, putting a landmark bill on track to become law by summer.
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That was the week that was
CommentBurkman and Fowler interview April 5, 2013
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Inside Washington March 31, 2013
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This week on Inside Washington: Gay marriage, public opinion and the Supreme Court.
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Gay marriage: Majority of people under 30 support gay marriage
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In a study earlier this month, the Washington-based Pew Research Center found more than 70 percent of those polled under the age of 30 support same-sex marriage.
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Virginia Gubernatorial Race; Sequestration Impact; Same-Sex Marriage Debate; McDonnell Amends Key Bills
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Supreme Court audio and transcripts: Defense of Marriage Act arguments
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The Defense of Marriage Act was Wednesday's topic heard by the Supreme Court. Listen to the testimony or read a transcript here.
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Defense of Marriage Act: Military members keeping close eye on SCOTUS ruling
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Gay members of the military are keeping an especially close on on Supreme Court arguments on the Defense of Marriage act, Military Times reports.
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Same-sex marriage Supreme Court audio and transcripts
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Listen to the proceedings as they happened at the Supreme Court Tuesday as arguments were made for and against same-sex marriage. The transcript is also included.
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Same-sex marriage Supreme Court hearing attracts enormous social chatter
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Social media platforms have been overwhelmed by talk about the Supreme Court and their hearings on same-sex marriage in the United States. Track all the chatter right here.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics endorsement of same-sex marriage
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The nation's most influential pediatrician's group says research shows that parents' sexual orientation has no effect on a child's development and that kids fare just as well in financially and emotionally stable straight or same-sex families.
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National Cathedral same-sex marriages to begin immediately
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Washington's National Cathedral, one of the nation's most prominent houses of worship, will begin performing same-sex marriages effective immediately, church officials say.
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Maryland gay marriage takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Jan. 1, 2013
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Gay marriage became legal in Maryland, the first state south of the Mason-Dixon Line, on New Year's Day.
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Same-sex couple plans to be among first to marry in Maryland
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Same-sex couples in Maryland are counting down the hours for the New Year when they will legally be able to marry. In Silver Spring, Ruth Siegel and Nina Nethery tell ABC7 about their wedding plans and why it means so much to them.
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Maryland gay marriage: Some St. Mary's County clerks to stop performing marriages
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Some deputy court clerks in St. Mary's County will stop performing marriages when same-sex marriage becomes legal in Maryland next week due to their religious beliefs.
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