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Calif.'s gay marriage trial re-enacted, on Youtube

1 week ago

…FRANCISCO — The U.S. Supreme Court may have stopped broadcasts of California's same-sex marriage trial, but that has not prevented filmmakers from re-enacting it for the Internet.Two Los Angeles-based filmmakers have used transcripts, bloggers in the courtroom…

Colbert faces off with Ford Jr. over NY residency

1 week ago

NEW YORK - Stephen Colbert (kohl-BEHR') is giving potential U.S. Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr.

Pentagon starts clock on lifting gay ban

1 week, 3 days ago

…In turn, service members can't say they are gay or bisexual, engage in homosexual activity or marry a member of the same sex.Between 1997 and 2008, the Defense Department discharged more than 10,500 service members for violating the policy.The review to be…

Hawaii nixes same-sex civil unions bill

1 week, 3 days ago

…all the rights of marriage to same-sex couples without authorizing marriage itself. Five other states permit same-sex marriage: Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut.People from both sides said they were disappointed they didn't get closure…

Hawaii won't vote on same-sex civil unions bill

1 week, 4 days ago

HONOLULU - Lawmakers in Hawaii have decided not to vote on a bill that would have allowed same-sex civil unions in the state, a move that effectively kills the measure.

Articles from around the Web

Quote of the Day: At Least, She’s Consistent

from Debbie Schlussel 6 hours, 7 minutes ago

…asking the wrong person. I don’t care for her or her politics. But, at least, she’s consistent. (As opposed to phonies like HOprah, who oppose real marriage, but support gay marriage.) People do oppose gay marriage and it has nothing to do with bigotry….

Morning Brew: Tuesday, Feb. 9

from AfterEllen.com 9 hours, 17 minutes ago

…getting better. And by better, I mean more and more ridiculously awful. There's a threesome going on in the hot tub, and bisexual Flo is the least interested in taking part. That episode airs tonight, so you can watch the bad girls and their “Spencer Pratt…

NJ Group Pulls Party Donations After Gay Marriage Loss

from On Top Magazine 21 hours, 58 minutes ago

…and volunteers with one hand, and slap us in the face with the other when we seek full equality.” The push to legalize gay marriage in the Garden State ran aground soon after Republican Chris Christie, a gay marriage opponent, defeated Democratic Jon Corzine,…

N.J. gay rights group puts political donations on hold

from NorthJersey.com 1 day ago

…rights group is suspending donations to political parties after feeling spurned by Democratic lawmakers who did not pass a gay marriage bill. Garden State Equality is also asking its 65,000 members not to contribute to parties. The group has not said it will…

Should Super Bowl ads address morality?

from Chicago Tribune 2 days, 11 hours ago

…that all people, including gay and lesbian people, should be welcome in the church. CBS argued that the ad advocated same-sex marriage.The United Church of Christ complained to the FCC. That complaint was dismissed in 2007. “While CBS is reportedly saying…

Quotes from around the Web

It's not dying out. They're fighting a losing cause

—The Honolulu Advertiser

Will that be the end of this controversy? I dare say not … Even that doesn't mean that's the end of it because the voices of the people will have to weigh in at some point.

—The Honolulu Advertiser

To have separate institutions and a constitution that make distinctions between the gender of partners, that's not a comfortable place to be … The courts realize this and are disturbed by it.

—The Honolulu Advertiser

It's because the evangelical and other churches are a lot more involved. It's become their issue and what they stand for and what they represent. It also speaks to traditional family values that we have here in the Islands and in the country

—The Honolulu Advertiser

I don't think this would have happened during their times. They were more traditional. They knew where their grassroots support was.

—The Honolulu Advertiser

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