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26 March 2013
US: Supreme Court justices question proponents of Proposition 8 12 In today's Supreme Court hearing around Proposition 8, the state of California's ban on equal marriage, the justices questioned the meaning of marriage, and challenged arguments for the ban.
26 March 2013
Tony Perkins: Supreme Court ruling in favour of equal marriage could mean ‘revolution’ 38 Tony Perkins, the president of the anti-gay Family Research Council has claimed that the US Supreme Court ruling in favour of equal marriage could lead to "revolution".
26 March 2013
US: Supreme Court poised to debate same-sex marriage for the first time 4 The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is set to hear two historic arguments that will decide the legality of same-sex marriage in the US, starting later today.
25 March 2013
US: Senator Claire McCaskill officially announces support for equal marriage 1 US Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri has announced her official support for equal marriage, and joined the increasing number on both sides of the political spectrum to endorse marriage equality.
25 March 2013
US: Lesbian cousin of Supreme Court Chief Justice will attend equal marriage hearing 6 The lesbian cousin of the US Supreme Court's Chief Justice has said she will attend the hearings this week around equal marriage.
25 March 2013
US: NFL players make final push for equal marriage: ‘why is common sense not enough?’ 5 Players in the US National Football League (NFL) have been using their influence to speak out in favour of equal marriage, ahead of the Supreme Court taking on two cases around the issue this week.
23 March 2013
US: Queue forms for Supreme Court marriage equality cases four days in advance 4 People wanting to hear next week's Supreme Court deliberations on equal marriage have begun queueing outside, in the face of freezing temperatures and snow forecasts.
21 March 2013
US: Family Research Council tells members to pray that pro-same-sex marriage Supreme Court lawyers are ‘inept’ 22 Conservative Christian lobby group the Family Research Council have released guides on their website which urge readers to pray that the US Supreme Court maintains anti-equal marriage laws, calling the alternative "an assault against Jesus Christ, Himself."
20 March 2013
Reuters poll: 55% of Americans believe gay couples should have equal social security benefits + Support for equal partnership entitlements for same-sex couples in the US continues to rise, according to a new poll by Reuters.
20 March 2013
US: Supreme Court to release same-day audio recordings from equal marriage cases 4 In an unexpected move, the US Supreme Court is to release same-day audio recordings of oral arguments given in the two cases around equal marriage, which are due to be taken on next week.
19 March 2013
Video: Former US Senator urges Americans to oppose equal marriage for the ‘health’ of the US 12 Former US Senator Jim DeMint, has taken to YouTube to urge American citizens to fight against equal marriage, saying that the "health" of the US depends on it, and preserve marriage which "existed long before government".
18 March 2013
Video: 12-year-old writes to US Supreme Court justice urging strike-down of Proposition 8 7 A 12-year-old in California has written a letter to a Supreme Court justice, urging him to strike down Proposition 8, the state-wide ban on equal marriage.
18 March 2013
US: Same-sex health benefits bill passes initial vote in Vermont House + The House in the US state of Vermont has voted in favour of a bill which requires out-of-state companies to offer equal healthcare benefits to same-sex couples as they offer to opposite-sex couples.
16 March 2013
Video: US House Speaker says he ‘can’t imagine’ his position on equal marriage will ‘ever change’ 22 In an interview, the United States House Speaker John Boehner has said that he "can't imagine" he would "ever" change from his current stance in opposition to equal marriage.
16 March 2013
Supreme Court grants Obama administration the right to argue same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional 13 President Obama's administration has been granted the opportunity to argue to the US Supreme Court that California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
11 March 2013
Former Westboro Baptist Church member poses for pro-same-sex marriage NOH8 campaign 8 A former member of the incendiary anti-gay group the Westboro Baptist Church has posed for the pro-same-sex marriage NOH8 photography campaign, saying she wanted to express that the church and her previous actions with them were wrong.
8 March 2013
Bill Clinton: I signed it, but now the Defense of Marriage Act must be overturned 35 Former US President Bill Clinton, has urged the Supreme Court to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, writing an article which states that, despite signing it himself in 1996, we live in a "different time" and it must be repealed.
2 March 2013
Ellen writes open letter to the Supreme Court urging it to strike down Proposition 8 3 American TV host Ellen has made her opinion known to the Supreme Court which, later in March, will begin to take on the case of whether to overturn Proposition 8, California's statewide ban on equal marriage.
2 March 2013
US: NFL players Kluwe and Ayanbadejo file Supreme Court brief in support of equal marriage 4 Two top NFL players, both equal rights advocates, have filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, urging it to strike down Proposition 8, the Californian ban on equal marriage.
1 March 2013
Obama: If I were a Supreme Court judge, I’d remove laws banning same-sex marriage 24 President Obama has said that if he sat on the US Supreme Court, he would most likely rule that same-sex marriage bans are unconstitutional.

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