Gay partnership measure approved by voters
(Olympia, Wash.) Washington voters have approved the state’s new “everything but marriage” law, expanding rights for domestic partners and marking the first time any state’s voters have approved a gay equality measure at the ballot box.
With about 72 percent of the expected vote counted Thursday in unofficial returns, Referendum 71 …
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(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 …
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Voters choose to retain domestic partner benefits or to reverse law passed by state legislature.
Tags: Domestic Partner Benefits, gay, State Legislature, Vote, Washington StateMaine governor backs same-sex marriage
Maine’s governor asked residents to vote for same-sex marriage in the upcoming elections.
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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, VoteHouse passes defense authorization report, including hate crimes
From an HRC press release:
(Washington) The U.S. House of Representatives passed the conference report for the FY 2010 Defense Authorization bill by a vote of 281 to 146, bringing critical hate crimes protections closer to becoming law than ever before.
Earlier this week, the House voted down a last-ditch effort to …
Tags: Defense Authorization Bill, Hate Crimes, House Of Representatives, Hrc, Last Ditch Effort, Press Release, VoteConservative Lutherans organize after vote on gays
(Fishers, Ind.) Conservative members of the nation’s largest Lutheran denomination voted Saturday to spend the next 12 months deciding whether to split from the church after it liberalized its stance on gay clergy.
About 1,200 people meeting in suburban Indianapolis approved a constitution for the conservative umbrella group Lutheran CORE and …
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NY Senate could vote on marriage in Sept.
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(Olympia, Wash.) A federal judge on Thursday ordered the state of Washington to keep shielding the identities of people who signed petitions to force a vote on expanded benefits for gay couples.
U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle in Tacoma granted the preliminary injunction involving petitions for Referendum 71 while a related …
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NY Senate could vote on marriage in Sept.
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