Supporters of Maine’s same-sex marriage law continued Friday to collect far more campaign contributions than their opponents in a referendum that’s being watched nationally.
NO on 1/Protect Maine Equality said in its campaign finance report to the state that it has raised $4 million in its campaign to keep Maine’s same-sex marriage law on the books. […]
New York governor David Paterson on Sunday called for state legislators to meet in a special session on November 10, during which time senators may vote on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
Sine the regular session ended amidst a senate power struggle in June, the prospective extraordinary session will address budget issues and unfinished business, […]
Opponents of marriage equality in New Jersey gathered at the state capital Sunday to protest the possibility that legislators may soon legalize same-sex marriage.
Many of the protestors called for voters to decide the issue, according to the Star-Ledger.
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New York State Govenor David Paterson said Wednesday he wants to put a bill to legalize same-sex marriage to a vote during a special session within weeks.
The governor said the measure would be part of unfinished business from the regular session that ended this summer in a tumultuous coup in the Senate, later undone, after […]
Some 150 people who support same-sex marriage rallied at the Rhode Island state house in Providence on Saturday, hoping to move legislators in the only New England state that does not allow same-sex couples to marry.
The rally took place two days after Republican governor Don Carcieri (pictured) spoke against gay marriage to an antigay group […]
A California gay marriage case that backers hope will reach the U.S. Supreme Court cleared a hurdle on Wednesday in a federal court hearing where the judge repeatedly asked the lawyer defending “traditional marriage” how gay unions harm those between men and women.California, a cultural trendsetter for the United States, banned same-sex marriages in a […]
A hot topic entered Tuesday night’s mayoral debate in New York City, when candidates Michael Bloomberg and William C. Thompson, Jr. were asked whether they thought President Obama has done enough for gay rights.
“No,” replied Bloomberg, the incumbent mayor running on the Independent and Republican party lines.
“Yes,” said Thompson, the city comptroller and Democratic nominee.
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Impatient and discouraged by what they see as a certain detachment by President Obama on their issues, gay rights supporters took to the streets Sunday in the largest demonstration for gay rights here in nearly a decade.
The rally was primarily the undertaking of a new generation of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender advocates who have grown disillusioned […]
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