Gay Rights in the News:

NJ.com (blog)
On gay marriage, don't force acceptance on others
NJ.com (blog)
Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger TO PURCHASE THIS PHOTO, CALL THE STAR-LEDGER PHOTO LIBRARY AT 973-392-1530 Assembly Same Sex Marriage Bill Hearing gallery (17 photos) If the issue of gay marriage should go to referendum, I will oppose it.

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New York Daily News
State-by-State Decisions on Gay Marriage Produce Patchwork Quilt of Rights
Bloomberg
The patchwork quilt of US state laws on same-sex marriage, which Washington is now poised to legalize, leaves gay and lesbian Americans with different rights depending on geography. To opponents, that's just the way things work in a union of ...
Gay marriage fight may hinge on Supreme Court's Anthony KennedyLos Angeles Times
A marriage of law and politicsNew York Daily News
Candidates must acknowledge gay rightsDaily Illini
Daily Beast -Salt Lake Tribune -San Jose Mercury News
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TheNewsTribune.com
House approves gay-marriage bill; governor's signature awaits
TheNewsTribune.com
Washington is one step closer to legalizing gay marriage, and also to a citizen referendum against it, after the state House approved a same-sex marriage proposal Wednesday. Audience members in the House gallery applaud after passage of the ...

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Boston.com
Wash. moves step closer to legalizing gay marriage
Boston.com
Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, center, is congratulated by Dave Upthegrove, D-Des Moines, left, and Drew Hansen, D-Kitsap County, after the House voted to legalize gay marriage in Washington state Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, in Olympia, Wash.
Wash. Lawmakers Pass Gay Marriage BillTIME
Washington state lawmakers pass gay marriage billAlbany Times Union

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San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
Fry goes wild over gay rights in Russia
RT
The bill submitted by the United Russia party last November caused a furore among the country's gay rights and human rights watchdogs, who found its wording discriminatory. “Hell's teeth, Fry wrote in his Twitter feed. Something must be done to stop ...
Russian city backs fines for 'promoting gay life'The Independent
In Russia, St. Petersburg passes law to silence gay peopleSan Diego Gay & Lesbian News
St. Petersburg Anti-Gay Law AdvancesThe Moscow Times
RIA Novosti -Advocate.com -Politics.co.uk
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Politico
Wash. moves step closer to legalizing gay marriage
The Associated Press
(AP) — The last time same-sex marriage was debated in the state Capitol, the Legislature's sole gay lawmaker watched as his colleagues passed the state's version of the Defense of Marriage Act in 1998 banning gay marriage. Fourteen years after that ...
Washington state lawmakers pass gay marriage billAlbany Times Union
Gay marriage bill OK'd in Washington statePolitico

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The American Debate: Gay marriage is a dead political issue
Philadelphia Inquirer
Witness the waning potency of the gay-marriage issue. During the 2004 campaign, Republican strategists put gay marriage on referendum ballots in key swing states, as a "wedge" issue to unnerve Democrats and gin up the conservative base for President ...

Bloomberg
El Paso Mayor Fighting Ouster Over Gay Rights Counts Legal Bills
BusinessWeek
Texas doesn't permit same-sex marriage. Opponents led by Pastor Tom Brown of El Paso's Word of Life Church petitioned for the recall targeting Cook and the City Council members who sided with him in overturning the ballot measure, designed to protect ...
El Paso Mayor Fighting Ouster on Gay Rights Vote Counts Rising Legal BillBloomberg

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Bloomberg
El Paso Mayor Fighting Ouster on Gay Rights Vote Counts Rising Legal Bill
Bloomberg
Assistance from groups tied to police unions and gay-rights activists hasn't shown up, he added. “Even if I get recalled, I'll walk out with my head held high because I stood up for what I felt was right,” Cook said. To contact the reporter on this ...

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Fargo couple to challenge North Dakota's gay marriage law
WDAY
Two Fargo men will make history trying to become the state's first married gay couple. Just two days after a federal appeals court overturned California's ban on same sex marriage, the two will try to spark change in North Dakota.

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New York Times
Gay marriage bill OK'd in Washington state
Politico
Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed. The action comes a day after a federal appeals court declared California's ban on ...
Vote Moves Washington State Closer to Gay MarriageNew York Times
Wash. lawmakers send gay marriage bill to governorCBS News

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Advocate.com
Money Issues in Gay Marriage Fight
Wall Street Journal
By HEATHER HADDON Advocates heading into an 11th-hour push to legalize gay marriage in New Jersey are facing a vastly altered fund-raising landscape since their original unsuccessful effort in 2009. This time, gay rights supporters have more political ...
New Jersey Lawmakers to Vote on Gay Marriage Next WeekAdvocate.com

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CBS Local
McEntee: Who, exactly, does gay marriage harm?
Salt Lake Tribune
By peg mcentee California's Proposition 8 served only to “impose on gays and lesbians, through the public law, a majority's private disapproval of them and their relationships” by taking away their right to marriage, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Six Serious Questions We Want to Ask Opponents of Gay MarriageSF Weekly (blog)
Gay-porn star pleads guilty to murder; two gay men say they were jailed ...Windy City Times
Chicago LGBT Leaders React To California Ruling On Marriage LawCBS Local
The Daily Campus -San Diego Gay & Lesbian News -Socialistworker.co.uk
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Los Angeles Times
Gay marriage fight may hinge on Supreme Court's Anthony Kennedy
Los Angeles Times
Justice Anthony Kennedy, a Republican, hasn't toed the conservative line on gay rights. That may deter the Supreme Court from taking the Proposition 8 case. President Obama greets Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy before his State of the Union ...
Gay Marriage Ruling a Memo to Justice Kennedy: Noah FeldmanBloomberg
Experts: Gay marriage ban's path to high court unclearChicago Sun-Times
Gay marriage foes weigh their next moveSan Jose Mercury News
Reuters -CBS News -Chicago Tribune
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ABC News
Washington State Lawmakers Pass Gay Marriage Bill
ABC News
Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed. The action comes a day after a federal appeals court declared California's ban on ...

Quotes from the WA House debate on gay marriage
Seattle Post Intelligencer
And they deserve the same rights and privileges that their brothers and sisters have. We have to have equal rights." — Rep. Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney, D-Seattle, speaking about her two gay sons.

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Washington state lawmakers pass gay marriage bill
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed. The action comes a day after a federal appeals court declared California's ban on ...

CTV.ca
Gay marriage wins final legislative passage in Washington state
Reuters
By Nicole Neroulias | OLYMPIA, Wash (Reuters) - A Democratic-backed bill to legalize gay marriage in Washington state won final legislative approval on Wednesday in a largely party-line vote that moved the state one step closer to becoming the seventh ...
Washington state lawmakers pass gay marriage billLos Angeles Times
Wash. lawmakers send gay marriage bill to governorCBS News

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Bloomberg
Gay marriage: Prop. 8 ruling cheered, but US impact not clear
Los Angeles Times
Washington is the closest to approving gay marriage -- both houses of the Legislature have passed such a measure -- and the governor has indicated that she will sign the bill when it lands on her desk. In New Jersey, Republican Gov.
Gay Marriage Ruling a Memo to Justice Kennedy: Noah FeldmanBloomberg
Experts: Gay marriage ban's path to high court unclearChicago Sun-Times
Gay marriage foes weigh their next moveSan Jose Mercury News
Reuters -CBS News -Times of India
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CBS Local
McEntee: Who, exactly, does gay marriage harm?
Salt Lake Tribune
By peg mcentee California's Proposition 8 served only to “impose on gays and lesbians, through the public law, a majority's private disapproval of them and their relationships” by taking away their right to marriage, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Six Serious Questions We Want to Ask Opponents of Gay MarriageSF Weekly (blog)
Chicago LGBT Leaders React To California Ruling On Marriage LawCBS Local
GOP has alienated LGBT citizensThe Daily Campus
Daily Breeze -Socialistworker.co.uk -PR Web (press release)
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