Add Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska to the growing list of Congress members who support marriage equality.
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And now we wait:marriage and the court
By the end of the day last Wednesday, things looked mildly hopeful for supporters of same-sex marriage. We won’t know until June, though, how the Supreme Court will rule on the two cases it heard last week. Few observers seem to expect that the court will issue a broad, sweeping ruling legalizing same-sex marriage throughout […]
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NEWS BLOG: Gay marriage a year later
Driving home yesterday evening, I was stopped at a light when two attractive young women crossed the street in front of me. They were probably in their early 20’s, and they were holding hands. When they reached the other side of the street, the blonde leaned into her girlfriend and kissed her. It wasn’t a […]
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Appeals Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act
In a major victory for gay rights and same-sex activists, the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston has ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. DOMA defines marriage as an act between a man and a woman. “In a unanimous ruling a three-judge panel agreed with a decision by a lower […]
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Land of the free?
When people throughout the country chose a president on November 2, voters in 11 states had an additional charge: deciding whether to ban same-sex marriage. In all 11 states, and in frequently overwhelming numbers, voters approved the ban. And same-sex marriage became a strong political tool for the Right, which aimed to win voters based […]
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Reader feedback 4.7.2004
Homeless help, big-box sprawl, gay marriage, Green power
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The marriage trap
Same-sex marriage has become an issue, at least for the moment, in the presidential campaign. We may never know what George Bush, John Edwards, and John Kerry really think: The topic is so emotional that its mere mention forces a political stance. Attitudes will change. Years from now, same-sex marriage will be no more […]
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Reader feedback 2.25.04
Choosing a school in the neighborhood Regarding Christine Carrie Fien’s article on the school-choice policy (“Home-school Advantage,” February 4): Some parents in the School 46 neighborhood are seeking a guarantee that neighborhood kindergartners will be allowed to attend 46 if they want to. School Board member Rob Brown implies that those parents can only […]
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News Briefs 6.18.03
Touchy subjects Lawmakers at the June 4 meeting of the Monroe County Legislature’s Ways & Means committee went out of their way to be mean to one another. As noted in this week’s cover story (“The tobacco trick,” page 10), tempers flared between Democrats demanding hard data on the county’s finances and Republican legislators, particularly […]
