Schools emerge as new tactic in gay marriage votes
(San Francisco) In one ad after another, voters in California and Maine were besieged with images of what would supposedly happen if same-sex marriage were legal: Students on a field trip to a lesbian wedding, elementary kids gobbling up books featuring gay couples, kindergartners learning about homosexuality from their teachers.
The …
Tags: Books, Elementary Kids, Field Trip, Gay Couples, gay marriage, Homosexuality, Images, Legal Students, Lesbian Wedding, Maine, marriage, same sex marriage, San Francisco, TacticNY gov calls for session on gay marriage
(Albany, NY) New York Gov. David Paterson is calling the Legislature back to Albany for a special session to cut the budget and possibly vote on legalizing same-sex marriage.
Paterson wants the Senate to give final legislative approval to same-sex marriage. But there’s no guarantee there are enough votes to carry …
Tags: Albany Ny, Budget, David Paterson, gay marriage, Legalizing Same Sex Marriage, Legislative Approval, marriage, Ny Gov, same sex marriage, Senate, Special Session, Vote, York GovArgentina discusses same-sex marriage
Argentina discusses same-sex marriage
Tags: Argentina Sex, marriage, Marriage Sex, same sex marriageMaine governor backs same-sex marriage
Maine’s governor asked residents to vote for same-sex marriage in the upcoming elections.
Tags: Maine Governor, Maine Marriage, marriage, same sex marriage, Upcoming Elections, VoteMaine governor backs same-sex marriage
Maine’s governor asked residents to vote for same-sex marriage in the upcoming elections.
Tags: Maine Governor, Maine Marriage, marriage, same sex marriage, Upcoming Elections, VoteArgentine Congress considers same-sex marriage
(Buenos Aires, Argentina) Is Argentina ready to become Latin America’s first nation to legalize gay marriage?
Gay and lesbian activists think so - and they have a growing number of supporters in Congress, which opened debate Thursday on whether to change dozens of laws that define marriage as a union between …
Tags: Aires Argentina, Argentine Congress, Buenos Aires, Debate, Dozens, First Nation, Gay And Lesbian, Gay Lesbian, gay marriage, Latin America, Lesbian Activists, marriage, same sex marriageGay-marriage supporters, opponents square off
(Portland, Me.) A supporter and an opponent of same-sex marriage made their respective cases on live television Wednesday, less than a week before a statewide referendum on whether to allow gay marriage in Maine.
The referendum is about equality under the law, Mary Bonauto of Protect Maine Equality said in a …
Tags: Equality, Gay Maine, Gay Marriage Supporters, Live Television, marriage, Mary Bonauto, Opponent, Opponents, same sex marriage, Statewide ReferendumRI gov. "aggravated" by marriage activists
150 same-sex marriage supporters gathered at the RI State House and “aggravated” the gov.
Tags: Activists, House Gov, marriage, Marriage Sex, Ri State, same sex marriage, State Gov, State HouseJudge refuses to dismiss gay marriage ban lawsuit
(San Francisco) A federal judge in San Francisco has refused to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to overturn California’s same-sex marriage ban.
U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn Walker also signaled Wednesday that the measure’s sponsors will need to show that allowing gay couples to wed threatens traditional male-female unions.
Walker said significant questions …
Tags: Chief Judge, District Chief, Federal Judge, Gay Couples, Gay Marriage Ban, marriage, same sex marriage, San Francisco, UnionsSame-sex marriage bill in DC appears unstoppable
(Washington) A bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry in the nation’s capital was introduced Tuesday, a measure that even opponents acknowledged seems almost unstoppable.
The bill was nearly certain to pass the D.C. city council, but whether it becomes law is more complicated because Congress gets an opportunity to …
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