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The Marriage Plot

Source: The Atlantic, Dec 11 2012, 6:49am CST

This is the exclusive story of their victory, based on reporting that began more than a month before Election Day; dozens of interviews; and access to scores of internal communications. Evan Wolfson The "undec ...

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Gay Marriage In The U.S.: What's Next In The Fight?

Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 22 2013, 9:20am CDT

This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy. Momentum in the states to allow gay m ...

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Clinton urges Illinois to OK gay marriage; Jackson opposed, for now

Source: Belleville News-Democrat  |   May 21 2013, 6:45pm CDT

SPRINGFIELD — Former President Bill Clinton wants Illinois legislators to legalize same-sex marriage, but his endorsement Tuesday didn't have much impact on one metro-east lawmaker who is said to hold a key vote on the issue. Rep. Eddie ...

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23 weeks ago


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"It's very hard for a minority to turn to the majority and say, 'Please vote to end discrimination,' ... If it were that simple, we wouldn't need courts or a Constitution. The American idea is that certain protections can't be voted away, and the majority must accord equal terms to the minority."


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Black Illinois House members split on gay marriage bill, Sun-Times survey finds

Source: Chicago Sun-Times  |   May 21 2013, 9:55am CDT

SPRINGFIELD — Less than half of Illinois House Black Caucus members say they back the push to legalize same-sex marriage or are likely to support it, a Chicago Sun-Times survey of the pivotal voting bloc has found. Four members of the 20-mem ...

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2 days ago

Minn. lawmakers near finish with tax hike votes

Source: MPR | Minnesota Public Radio  |   May 20 2013, 8:03pm CDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A few final debates echoed through the state Capitol Monday, as lawmakers haggled over tax increases and union organizing in a session that's already seen a big spike in spending on school ...

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3 days ago

Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures

Source: The Daily Caller  |   May 20 2013, 12:14pm CDT

DENVER (AP) — In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots. It’s the latest — and most substan ...

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3 days ago

Both DFLers and Republicans will go home happy after session is over

Source: MinnPost.com  |   May 20 2013, 9:59am CDT

While the 2013 Minnesota Legislature still has unfinished work, it appears that both DFLers and Republicans will go home happy. DFLers – in full control of state government for the first time since 1990 – will be able to boast of a long list of acco ...

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3 days ago

Marriage Equality, Conservative Politics and the Religious Right

Source: Ministry of Truth  |   May 20 2013, 7:05am CDT

Ahead of today’s House of Commons debate on the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill and the raft of wrecking amendments tabled, for the most part, by Tory MPs, I think that it’s well worth reflecting on exactly where opposition to ...

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Gay marriage marching along ahead of Supreme Court justices’ ruling

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 19 2013, 4:27pm CDT

After Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said, “The case is submitted,” on March 27, the justices of the Supreme Court presumably took a private vote and now are at work writing the opinions that will decide the fate of same-sex marriage in ...

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Foes of Minnesota's same-sex marriage law don't see way to block it

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune  |   May 18 2013, 10:13pm CDT

Nearly a week after Minnesota became the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage, opponents are strategizing what can be done to challenge the new law before wedding bells ring Aug 1. Their answer so far seems unanimous: Not much. “If a state decide ...

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