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Gay Divorce
OK, Texas
Judge Rules

Ban on same-sex marriage violates
equal-protection law

Oct 1, 09 10:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though same-sex marriage isn’t legal in Texas, two men married in Massachusetts can get a divorce there, a judge said today in a ruling that finds the state’s ban in violation of federal equal-protection laws. “This is huge news. We’re ecstatic,” the lawyer representing one... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Texas • Massachusetts • same-sex divorce • equal protection

INTERVIEW

 Gore Vidal: 
 Hillary Would've 
 Been the Better Prez 

Onetime supporter bashes Obama, who needs more of Lincoln's 'chill'

Sep 30, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gore Vidal is 83 and uses a wheelchair now, but the legendary American writer hasn't lost any of his strong opinions—not least on Barack Obama, who is doing "dreadfully" and has "fucked up" health reform. Vidal supported Obama after originally backing Hillary Clinton, but now thinks... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • gay marriage • homosexuality • novelist • author • Gore Vidal • Katharine Hepburn

 150K Gay Couples Check 
 'Married' on Census 

Same-sex couples say knot tied, even in states where it can't be

Sep 22, 09 8:32 AM CDT
(AP) - Nearly 150,000 same-sex couples reported being in marriages last year, many more than the number of actual weddings and civil unions, according to the first US census figures released on same-sex marriages. About 27% of the estimated 564,743 total gay couples in the US said they were in... More »

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gay marriage • Census Bureau • civil union • Proposition 8 • same-sex couples

'God Chose Me' to Defend Marriage: Prejean

'I had the courage and the bravery that a lot of people don’t have': ex-Miss Calif.

Sep 18, 09 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Carrie Prejean says she believes she was divinely chosen as a defender of traditional marriage, Politico reports. “God had a plan for me” when he arranged for her to answer Perez Hilton’s question on gay marriage during the 2009 Miss USA pageant, Prejean told the Value Voters Summit... More »

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gay marriage • conservative • Miss USA • Perez Hilton • values voters • Carrie Prejean • Miss California • Value Voters Summit

 'Midwest Diva' 
 Aims to Be 
 Next Britney 

'I think I can take this all the way to Hollywood,' says Web sensation Leslie Hall

Sep 18, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - She’s a size 16, loves plastic-jewel-encrusted sweaters, lives with her parents, and marries gay couples in her spare time—but Leslie Hall, a white rapper from Iowa, sees herself as a peer of  “Britney, Rihanna, Beyoncé, we’re all doing the same thing,” she tells CNN. Hall... More »

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Britney Spears • Iowa • gay marriage • HBO • rapper • Beyonce • rap music • Rihanna • Jay-ZTV • Leslie Hall

 Takei, Hubby First Gay  
 Couple on Newlywed Game 

Star Trek actor and husband just marked 1st anniversary

Sep 16, 09 3:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The new version of the Newlywed Game will feature a gay couple for the first time—Star Trek actor George Takei and his husband Brad Altman, Queerty reports. Takei and Altman just celebrated their first anniversary—they’ve been together for 22 years but didn’t tie the knot until... More »

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television • gay marriage • marriage • homosexuality • game show • George Takei

House Dems Working to
Repeal Gay-Marriage Law

Bill seeks to repeal DOMA, extend benefits to same-sex couples

Sep 14, 09 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of three House Democrats, two of them gay, are slated to unveil a bill this week that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law that defines marriage as a man-woman union and blocks same-sex couples from getting full benefits, the Hill reports. DOMA has frustrated... More »

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gay marriage • Defense of Marriage Act • same-sex couples

 Ben & Jerry's Salutes 
 Gay Marriage With 
 'Hubby Hubby' 

Free ice cream celebrates Vermont's new law

Sep 1, 09 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - What better way to celebrate gay marriage than free ice cream? Ben & Jerry’s is doing just that in its home state of Vermont, where “Chubby Hubby” will be temporarily renamed “Hubby Hubby” and handed out for free today, the Boston Herald reports. The move has its... More »

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gay marriage • Vermont • Ben and Jerry's • ice cream • Ben & Jerry's

 No Rush to Altar as Vermont 
 Starts Marrying Gays 

Fifth state to legalize same-sex marriage sees little demand

Sep 1, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - After 17 years together, a couple from upstate New York married at 12:01 this morning—the first same-sex couple to wed in Vermont. Today the Green Mountain State, which gave the US civil unions, becomes the fifth state and fourth in New England to allow gays and lesbians to... More »

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gay marriage • marriage • Vermont • New England

 Axed Miss Calif. 
 Sues Pageant 

Carrie Prejean accuses pageant officials of religious discrimination

Sep 1, 09 1:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dethroned beauty queen Carrie Prejean has filed a lawsuit against the officials who stripped her of the Miss California title, CNN reports. Prejean—who sparked an uproar when she declared her opposition to same-sex marriage at the Miss USA pageant earlier this year—alleges that she suffered from libel and... More »

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gay marriage • Miss USA • beauty pageant • lawsuit • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

tv review

 True Blood Kills 
 With Metaphors 
 (and, Uh, Sex) 

Kinky sex meets social commentary

Aug 28, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are gushing about HBO's hit True Blood, which manages to marry kinky vampire sex to social commentary, writes Gina Bellafante in the New York Times. The barrier-busting series touches on gay marriage, racial profiling, capitalism run amok, and right-wing religious extremism. In the current season, a crazed Christian cult... More »

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gay marriage • HBO • blood • racial profiling • right-wing extremism • True Blood • television program • Anna Paquin • Stephen Moyer

 Fed Judge Tosses DoMA Suit 


Aug 25, 09 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge in California dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Defense of Marriage Act yesterday, supporting the Obama administration's claim that a gay couple had not suffered "an injury in fact." The Justice Department filed a brief agreeing with the plaintiffs that DoMA is discriminatory, but said it... More »

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California • Department of Justice • gay marriage • discrimination • constitutionality • Defense of Marriage Act

 How Ted Olson  
 Became a Gay  
 Marriage Crusader 

Conservative attorney has long opposed discrimination

Aug 19, 09 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative lawyer Ted Olson fought Bush’s side against Gore, loosened government regulations under Reagan, and helped impeach Bill Clinton. So how did the man liberals love to hate end up on their side of the gay marriage fight? Olson, who filed a lawsuit challenging California’s ban on same-sex... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • discrimination • lawyer • Theodore Olson • Rob Reiner

White House Calls Marriage Law Unfair
to Gays

...but it's still defending DOMA in court

Aug 17, 09 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration wants to give the Defense of Marriage Act the boot, the Justice Department said in court filings today, but that won’t stop the department from defending the law in court. The administration believes DOMA, which prevents federal recognition of gay marriage and denies gay federal employees... More »

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Department of Justice • gay marriage • discrimination • Obama administration • Defense of Marriage Act

(Newser) - One of California's biggest and most influential gay rights groups says it will delay a ballot push to overcome the state's ban on same-sex marriage until 2012, the Los Angeles Times reports. Equality California, which led the failed effort to defeat Prop 8 in November, says there is too... More »

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gay rights • California • gay marriage • state legislature • California Supreme Court • Proposition 8 • voter referendum • Election 2012 • Jay-ZTV

 Pitt Won't Marry Until Gays Can 

Stands by his decision despite 'flak' from religious right

Aug 6, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Brad Pitt is standing firm in his decision not to marry “soul mate” Angelina Jolie until “it’s legal for everyone else,” he tells Parade. “I believe everyone should have the same rights. They say gay marriage ruins families and hurts kids. Well, I've had... More »

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entertainment • Angelina Jolie • gay marriage • Brad Pitt • celebrity • celebrity parents • celebrity marriage

(Newser) - Barack Obama has done next to nothing for gay and lesbian Americans since coming to power, but liberals keep insisting that he's a closet supporter of same-sex marriage and open military service. That's ridiculous, writes James Kirchick in the Washington Post, who sees no reason to assume Obama will act.... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • gay marriage • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • liberals • gay activists

(Newser) - California’s gay community may want to go straight back to the polls to have another run at Proposition 8, but top advocacy groups and donors aren’t on board, the New York Times reports. “The only thing worse than losing in 2008 would be to lose again... More »

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gay rights • California • gay marriage • Proposition 8 • 2010 election

(Newser) - Former Miss California and gay-marriage opponent Carrie Prejean will pen a memoir about her time at the center of a media maelstrom, US News & World Report notes. Still Standing is due on shelves before Christmas. “The 22-year-old won the respect of millions for modeling something other than evening... More »

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gay marriage • Miss USA • publishing • beauty pageant • celebrity tell-alls • Carrie Prejean • Miss California • Regnery

OPINION

She's Catholic, Too, You Know

There's zero scrutiny
of Sotomayor's religion because she's pro-choice

Jul 14, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor would be the sixth Catholic on the Supreme Court, but that’s getting relatively little attention because of a political double-standard, writes William McGurn of the Wall Street Journal. When Samuel Alito was the nominee du jour, Democrats worried that he’d be the fifth Catholic. But... More »

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abortion • gay marriage • Catholicism • diversity • Catholic • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice

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