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发帖数: 158 | 1 http://www.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=2147524240
J.C. Penney stock crashes with news of gay marriage support
Stock rated "junk" status, loses 50% since February, 350 layoffs at home
office
July 17, 2012
Simply put, people are not shopping at J.C. Penney. AFA and OneMillionMoms
are showing success in the effort to educate people to Penney's aggressive
national campaign to promote "gay" marriage.
The company is going downhill fast. Since February, the company stock has
lost more than half its value, a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 2 May could become an even more spectacular month for marriage equality: The
sponsor of the Illinois bill predicts it will pass by the month’s end,
which is also the end of the legislative session.
Rep. Greg Harris, the chief sponsor, said he will “absolutely” call a vote
on the marriage equality bill by May 31, and “it’s going to win,”
Chicago’s Windy City Times reports. Harris has previously said he would not
bring the measure to a vote in the House of Representatives unless he was
sure there wa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 311 | 3 WIKI已经更新
Same-sex marriage is legally recognized in some jurisdictions within the
United States and by the federal government.[1] As of December 2013, 18[2]
states (California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico,
New York, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Washington), as well as the
District of Columbia, have legalized same-sex marriage, although the
Illinois law will not become effective until June 1, 2... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 4 IRS Found Guilty, Owes National Organization for Marriage $50k
via Breitbart Feed
The National Organization for Marriage has received a $50,000 settlement
from the IRS after the government agency admitted it was at fault for
publishing confidential information about the organization’s donors gleaned
from its tax returns. A federal court forced the IRS to pay the fee to the
group championing heterosexual marriage.
The case began when the pro-marriage group sued the IRS in 2013 because a
2008 form... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 5 March 31, 2015 - 1:06 PM
Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Steve Beshear's administration is arguing in a
brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court that Kentucky's ban on gay marriage
isn't discriminatory because it bars both gay and straight people from same-
sex unions.
The brief argues that because Kentucky's law bars everyone from same-sex
marriage, it isn't discriminatory and should be upheld.
Attorney Dan Canon, who represents six gay couples challenging Kentucky's
gay marriage ban... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 76 | 6 Dear All:
I'm preparing for I485.
From some checklists in the mitbbs website, we need Copy of official birth
certificate and marriage certificate.
I have Notarial Certificate of Marriage and birth.
However, my wife's Notarial Certificate of Marriage was left in China.
Is it OK for us to use Copy of my Notarial Certificate of Marriage?
Do we need the original Notarial Certificate of Marriage and birth?
Thank you very much and I appreciate your time.
All the best,
Peter |
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发帖数: 2617 | 7 David Blankenhorn, the founder of the Institute for American Values:
In my 2007 book, “The Future of Marriage,” and in my 2010 court testimony
concerning Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that defined
marriage as between a man and a woman, I took a stand against gay marriage.
But as a marriage advocate, the time has come for me to accept gay marriage
and emphasize the good that it can do. I’d like to explain why.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/opinion/how-my-view-on-gay-ma
befor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16778 | 8 me marriage means a marriage which is perfect and that you feel
proud of and are happy with.
I don't completely agree with the point of view in the article.
I believe any marriage is 'me marriage' whether it is happy or unhappy. |
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发帖数: 19713 | 9 Ford Explains His Gay Marriage Shift
By Advocate.com Editors
HAROLD FORD JR ALT01 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
As the 2010 U.S. Senate race heats up in New York, former Tennessee
congressman Harold Ford Jr. is fielding questions, particularly those
concerning his new stances on issues like abortion and gay marriage.
Ford told TheNew York Times Wednesday that his record on gay marriage
changed to that of supportive, a change from his two votes to ban same-sex
marriage with the Federal Marriage Ame |
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发帖数: 1 | 10 大家好！你们有经历在报税的时候发现双职工要多交很多税？若你也有同感，请帮忙
petition marriage penalty吧，只求您的一个签名，我们就能把这个漏洞给堵了。具
体链接在此：https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/reform-tax-code-
eliminate-marriage-penalty-which-disproportionately-hurt-dual-income-
families赶紧行动起来，争取自己该有的利益吧！
内容在此：
The current tax code unfairly penalizes dual-income families. Consider two
hypothetical families A and B, where family A has two spouses each making $
100k in taxable income and family B has one spouse making $200k and the
other a stay-at-h... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8463 | 11 Bill Clinton's oral sex and gay marriage cases
1. According to Bill Clinton:
"Oral sex is not sex", then gay marriage is not marriage:-)
2. Bill Clinton's support of gay marriage supports his perjury during his
own
-grand jury trial case:-)
3. Bill Clinton's perjury should have bring Bill Clinton into Jail time:-)
The case is closed:-) |
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发帖数: 61690 | 12 CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A federal judge has ordered Wyoming to allow same-sex
marriage but has stayed his decision so that the state can appeal if it
wants.
U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl ruled Friday that the state must comply
with a ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals that permits same-sex
marriage.
But he says his ruling will not take effect until next Thursday in order to
allow time for the state to appeal.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to review several federal court
rulings... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 248 | 13 既然Marriage的定义被强奸，就顺水推舟把Certificate of Marriage颁发给盖子和蕾
丝。
正常男女之间的Marriage索性另起炉灶颁发Certificate of A Man and A Woman
Marriage以示区别。 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 14 True, big differences between state level and federal level...That's very
important to challenge Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA at the federal level.
The law has two effects:
1. No state (or other political subdivision within the United States)
needs to treat a relationship between persons of the same sex as a marriage,
even if the relationship is considered a marriage in another state.
2. The federal government defines marriage as a legal union exclusively
between one man and one woman. |
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发帖数: 2153 | 15 The Massachusetts attorney general, Martha Coakley, requested that a federal
court in Boston yesterday strike down the federal ban on gay marriage,
arguing that it interfered with the rights of individual states to define
marriage and have those unions recognised by the federal government.
The Assistant Attorney General, Maura Healey, pointed out that historically,
states have had the right to define marriage on their own terms and that
the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) could result in the |
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发帖数: 4174 | 17 How California’s Proposition 8 And The Same-Sex Marriage Debate Affects the
Economy
By: Curtis Ophoven
8/5/2010
Yesterday a U.S. District Count Judge overturned Proposition 8, California’
s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
Nothing changed with regard to marriage because the judge suspended the
ruling pending an appeal, in which this process is likely to continue all
the way to be U.S. Supreme Court.
Supporters of the extreme ideology of same-sex marriage like to say that if
th |
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发帖数: 4174 | 18 Poll: Rhode Island Voters Support Marriage Equality
By Advocate.com Editors
Rhode Islandx390 (Photos.com) | Advocate.com
A majority of Rhode Island voters support marriage rights for same-sex
couples, according to a new poll.
The study, released on Wednesday by Rhode Island Marriage Coalition, found
that of 502 voters polled, 59% said they supported giving same-sex couples
the right to marry — a 10% increase in support for marriage equality in the
state compared to a 2008 poll on the issue.
"Thi |
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发帖数: 4174 | 19 Posted on Advocate.com September 30, 2010
Aussies Propose Marriage Equality Bill
By Michelle Garcia
A member of the Green Party reintroduced legislation to legalize marriage
equality in Australia on Wednesday.
Sen. Sarah Hanson-Young brought the bill to the nation's senate, citing
Sweden, South Africa, some states in the U.S., and other governments that
have enacted marriage equality.
"We know that 60% of Australians support marriage equality, they understand
the effect of the current laws, and |
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发帖数: 4174 | 20 http://nomexposed.org/
Brian Brown
"The Chief"
Fun facts:
Believes same-sex marriage is a gateway to polygamy
Opposes civil unions
Opposes condoms or contraceptive access in schools
Advocated the ex-gay theory at a 2005 "Love Won Out" conference
Maggie Gallagher
"The Pioneer"
Fun facts:
Founded NOM in 2007
NOM's #1 Talking Head
Has equated same-sex marriage to adultery
Believes polygamy is better than same-sex marriage
Robert George
"Mr. Brain Trust"
Fun facts:
Chairman Emeritus of NOM’s board
C... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 21 Posted on Advocate.com December 13, 2010
Minn. Judge Considers Marriage Equality
By Advocate.com Editors
Minnesota's state solicitor general pulled out all the stops Friday to
convince district court judge Mary Steenson DuFresne to dismiss a legal
challenge to the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
Three same-sex couples are suing the state over the marriage equality ban,
saying the law violates their rights to due process, equal protection, and
freedom of conscience and association under the sta... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 22 Posted on Advocate.com January 05, 2011
Take Two for R.I. Marriage Equality
By Advocate.com Editors
Energized by the support of newly sworn in Gov. Lincoln Chafee (pictured),
gay rights advocates will reintroduce a bill in Rhode Island’s House
Thursday to legalize marriage equality.
Rep. Arthur Handy said in an interview Wednesday he has already lined up 27
co-sponsors and was hopeful he could get more. He said he would reintroduce
the bill on Thursday regardless of the number of supporters he h... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 23 要复辟赶紧，过了这个村就没这个店了。
Posted on Advocate.com January 12, 2011
N.H. Marriage Safe for Now
By Advocate.com Editors
House Republicans in New Hampshire have reportedly decided they won’t
pursue a repeal of marriage equality in the state this year, according to
the Associated Press.
House Republican leader D.J. Bettencourt told the AP Wednesday that jobs and
the economy will be the top priorities on the agenda to be announced
Thursday.
"The social issues must take a backseat," said Bettencourt.
Bettenco... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 24 Posted on Advocate.com January 20, 2011
Marriage Bill Comes to Maryland
By Michelle Garcia
Governor Martin O'Malley Lawmakers will introduce a bill to legalize
marriage equality in Maryland next week, with the backing of newly reelected
governor Martin O'Malley.
Equality Maryland and national group Freedom to Marry will hold a joint news
conference Tuesday to officially announce the introduction of the bill,
according to the Washington Blade.
To boost lobbying efforts, Equality Maryland has hire... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 25 Posted on Advocate.com January 21, 2011
New Hampshire Gay Marriage Repeal Pushed to 2012
By Michelle Garcia
Rep. D.J. Bettencourt The Republican leader of the New Hampshire house of
representatives said Friday that he'd rather postpone the vote to repeal
marriage equality until next year.
The National Organization for Marriage canvassed Rep. D.J. Bettencourt's
constituents last week on the matter, stating that he did not support
traditional family values, because a repeal effort is not on the GO... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 26 Posted on Advocate.com January 21, 2011
French Council to Hear Marriage Case
By Advocate.com Editors
The highest authority on constitutional questions in France will soon hear
the case of a lesbian couple challenging the country’s ban on same-sex
marriage.
Pink News reports on the development in the case of Corinne Cestino and
Sophie Haßlau, a pediatrician and English teacher with four children
who live outside Reims. The couple entered into a civil union a decade ago,
and launched their b... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 27 Iowa Son Takes a Stand for Marriage
By Advocate.com Editors
University of Iowa engineering student Zach Wahls stood up to the Iowa House
of Representatives the day before it ruled to allow voters to decide if
marriage rights for gays and lesbian couples across the state should be
repealed.
"Actually, I was raised by a gay couple and I'm doing pretty well," Wahls
says in his speech.
Wahls argued that overturning the Iowa supreme court's decision to legalize
marriage equality in 2009 would be the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 28 Posted on Advocate.com February 02, 2011
Key Md. Republican Backs Marriage
By Julie Bolcer
Allan and Robin Kittleman Sen. Allan Kittleman announced his support for the
marriage equality bill in Maryland on Wednesday, becoming the first, and
perhaps the only, Republican senator to support the measure in a move
expected to strengthen its prospects for passage.
The senator released a statement one day after publicly breaking ranks with
his Republican colleagues, who voted as a caucus to oppose the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 29 Posted on Advocate.com February 14, 2011
N.H. Lawmakers Aim to Repeal Marriage
By Advocate.com Editors
Despite polls showing the vast majority of New Hampshire residents
supporting its marriage equality law, a group of Republican lawmakers is
angling to repeal the two-year-old law.
Hearings are scheduled to begin this week concerning repealing marriage
equality in the state, though house majority leader D.J. Bettencourt, also a
Republican, has indicated that he would not want to revisit the law ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2202 | 30 from towleroad
The Indiana Senate has voted 40-10 to approve an amendment that would ban
same-sex marriage in the state. The bill's language, which says "a legal
status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for
unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized," means that civil
unions would not be recognized either.
The Indianapolis Star reports:
If the General Assembly passes the measure again in 2013 or 2014, it would
go to the voters in 2014, before the state constituti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 31 http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/06/13/Crunch_Time_for_
UPDATE: Three previously undecided Democratic state senators will now
support legislation granting marriage rights to same-sex couples, multiple
sources confirmed to The Advocate Monday afternoon.
The support from senators Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., Carl Kruger, and Shirley L.
Huntley was first reported by the New York Times.
The three state senators had voted against a gay marriage bill that failed
by a 38-24 vote in 2009.
“We commend ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 32 Catholic Conference: Marriage Equality Bill Against Religious Liberty
By Julie Bolcer
TimothyDolanx390 (Arch NY) | Advocate.com
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan
The New York State Catholic Conference, which is lobbying to stop the state
Senate from voting on the marriage equality bill, argues that support for
the bill as currently worded would constitute “a vote against religious
liberty and against the very ministries and services that New Yorkers cannot
do without.”
In a note posted to Facebo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 33 After over 25,000 of you signed a petition to President Obama asking him to
endorse the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal DOMA, today White
House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced the President will endorse the
bill! This -- the White House endorsing legislation that has yet to pass
either house of Congress -- is extremely rare, and marks the urgency with
which the President wants to see DOMA erased forever.
Can you make a contribution today so we can press more senators to follow
... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 34 Rick Perry OK With N.Y. Gay Marriage
By Neal Broverman
RICK PERRY 201102 X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Republican governor of Texas and possible 2012 presidential candidate,
Rick Perry, says he has no objections to New York State legalizing gay
marriage on Sunday, saying it's a states' rights issue.
“Our friends in New York six weeks ago passed a statute that said marriage
can be between two people of the same sex. And you know what? That’s New
York, and that’s their business, and that’s fine ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 35 Rick Perry Backs Constitutional Amendment On Marriage
JIM DAVENPORT 07/30/11 02:11 PM ET
Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he supports a constitutional amendment limiting
marriage to a man and a woman, though just last week he said New York's gay
marriage law is fine with him.
In an interview Saturday with The Associated Press, Perry said he supports
federal limits on who can marry but also supports the right of states to
decide whether gay couples can wed.
Perry says the theory of evolution has h... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 36 Posted on Advocate.com September 09, 2011 02:00:00 PM ET
Colorado Activists Drop Marriage Vote Campaign
By Michelle Garcia
PETITION BALLOT SIGNATURES VOTE X390 (PHOTOS) | ADVOCATE.COM
The effort to repeal Colorado's marriage equality ban was officially dropped
Thursday.
College student Mark Olmstead confirmed that he and his team will abandon
the effort to collect the 86,000 signatures needed to get the question on
the 2012 voter ballot, according to the Denver Post. Olmstead was given
clearance... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 37 The progressive Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina,
has said it will not be holding marriages for anyone until the state
legalises same-sex unions.
The Raleigh Observer reports that the congregation voted in favour of the
move on Sunday.
They agreed blessings for relationships will still be held, but no official
weddings will take place.
The congregants said North Carolina is discriminating against its gay
couples “by denying them the rights and privileges enjoyed by heter... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 38 One of Wall Street's most high-profile executives has joined the ranks of
those speaking out in favor of same-sex marriage.
Goldman Sachs SEO Lloyd Blankfein asks viewers to join a "majority of
Americans who support marriage equality" in a new video for the Human Rights
Campaign (HRC), a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)
advocacy group. "America's corporations learned long ago that equality is
just good business and it's the right thing to do," Blankfein says in the
new vide... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 39 Australia Gay Marriage: Parliament Proposes Bills Lifting Ban On Same-Sex
Unions
CANBERRA, Australia — Two rival bills that would lift a ban on gay marriage
in Australia have been introduced into Parliament weeks after the ruling
Labor Party lifted its opposition to same-sex unions.
The two bills, sponsored by lawmakers from the Labor and the Greens parties,
highlight tensions between the minority government partners that undermine
the chances of gay marriage ever being endorsed by Parliament.
T... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 40 ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — The battle over Maryland’s same-sex marriage bill
heats up as supporters of the proposal plan to rally in Annapolis Monday.
Andrea Fujii reports it’s something opponents did last month.
Last month, opponents of the state’s same-sex marriage proposal rallied
near the State House steps. Their message to lawmakers: vote no on the bill.
The future of the bill rests in the hands of lawmakers in the House. It’s
a battle that’s expected to be one of the longest and hard-fought in... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 41 By Michelle Garcia
MARK GRISANTI SPEAKING X390 (nysenate.gov) | ADVOCATE.COM
A New York Republican senator is losing the backing of his local
Conservative Party because he voted in favor of marriage equality last year.
In New York, a state that allows candidates to run on tickets for more than
one political party, the Conservative Party largely backs Republican
candidates. Instead of endorsing incumbent state senator Mark Grisanti,
party chairman Ralph C. Lorigo said Grisanti no longer had the t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 42 N.Y.: Another GOP Sen. Loses Local Party Support for Marriage Vote
By Michelle Garcia
NY SENATOR ROY MCDONALD X390 (NY.GOV) | ADVOCATE.COM
N.Y. State Sen. Roy McDonald
Another Republican state senator in New York has lost the backing of his
local party after voting for marriage equality and saying, "They can take
this job and shove it."
New York state senator Roy McDonald, who represents Saratoga, defied the
party line last year when he voted in favor of marriage equality. Elaine
Gerber, vice ch... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 43 Senator Heather Steans and Representative Greg Harris plan to push the
legislation before the current session ends early next month.
The stage was set for a holiday showdown over marriage equality in Illinois
when state lawmakers announced plans Thursday to push for legislation before
the end of the current session in early January.
Senator Heather Steans and Representative Greg Harris said they would take
up the measure, known as the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, in
the closing d... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 44 The Minnesota state senate judiciary committee advanced a marriage equality
bill to the full senate with a 5-3 party line vote on Tuesday.
The committee passed the bill after three hours of testimony, according to
NNCNow.com.
The house civil law committee will finish hearing testimony on the
legislation Tuesday evening. Those submitting testimony include an 11-year-
old girl who opposes marriage equality, and pastor David Wheeler, who has a
gay nephew.
According to Richard Carlborm, a campaign m... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 45 The Uruguay Senate passed marriage equality legislation on Tuesday, a sure
sign that it will become the fourth nation in Latin America to establish
marriage equality in some sense, as President José Mujica has said he
intends to sign the bill into law.
The country currently allows the right to a civil union to same-sex couples.
The bill the senate passed was approved by the lower house in December, but
will have to return to the lower house to approval changes. The legislation
would also allow a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 46 The Nevada State Senate voted 12-9 to overturn the statewide constitutional
amendment that currently bars same-sex couples from marrying, after Sen.
Kelvin Atkinson told all of his colleagues that he is gay during the floor
debate.
"I'm black. I'm gay," he said Monday, according to the Las Vegas Sun. "I
know this is the first time many of you have heard me say that I am a black,
gay male."
Atkinson, who was reportedly very emotional, added that his father, who
remarried a woman of another race, ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 456 | 47 LONDON -- Britain has legalized gay marriage after Queen Elizabeth II gave
her royal stamp of approval on Wednesday.
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow told lawmakers that the royal assent
had been given — the day after the bill to legalize same-sex marriage in
England and Wales cleared Parliament.
The queen's approval was a formality. It clears the way for the first gay
marriages next summer.
The bill enables gay couples to get married in both civil and religious
ceremonies in England and Wal... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 16594 | 48 Open marriage typically refers to a marriage in which the partners agree
that each may engage in extramarital sexual relationships, without this
being regarded as infidelity. There are many different styles of open
marriage, with the partners having varying levels of input on their spouse's
activities. Open marriages place high value on honesty, especially of needs
and wants. |
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