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(Newser) - Want to see Miss California’s fake boobs? A nearly-nude shot of Carrie Prejean surfaced yesterday on TheDirty.com, showing the model topless, but with her arm over her breasts. The site claims to have five more shots, including one of her completely nude, but even a single semi-nude shot... More »

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gay marriage • Miss USA • beauty pageant • breast implants • nude photo • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

DC Council Recognizes
Other States' Gay Marriages

Council passes measure 12-1

May 5, 09 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington, DC’s city council voted 12-1 today to recognize gay marriages from other states, the Post reports. The vote was initially unanimous without debate, but member (and former mayor) Marion Barry asked for a re-vote, saying he hadn’t initially understood what he was voting on. Another member said... More »

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Next for Miss California: $1.5M Marriage Ad Campaign 

She's heading to DC on behalf of conservative group

Apr 30, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carrie Prejean is going to push “opposite marriage” in a new $1.5 million ad campaign bankrolled by same-sex opponent National Organization for Marriage, CNN reports. The group says the ad will call “gay-marriage advocates to account for their unwillingness to debate the real issue: gay marriage has... More »

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gay marriage • ad campaign • National Organization for Marriage • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

NH Moves Closer to Legal Gay Marriage

Bill passed by both houses effective Jan. 1 unless governor vetoes

Apr 29, 09 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Hampshire took another step toward legalizing gay marriage today, when the state Senate passed a measure already approved by the House, the Dartmouth reports. The bill will become law automatically Jan. 1 unless Gov. John Lynch vetoes it—and though he has said he’s against same-sex nuptials, it’... More »

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 Miss California 
 'Made Me Laugh': Rosie 

Comedian found gay marriage comment funny

Apr 29, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - It was only a matter of time before Rosie O’Donnell commented on Miss California’s gay marriage drama, but the comic wasn’t too harsh. Carrie Prejean’s comment “made me laugh,” O’Donnell told the New York Daily News. “She said, ‘In America, you... More »

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gay marriage • Rosie O'Donnell • Miss USA • beauty pageant • Cynthia Nixon • Perez Hilton • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

(Newser) - Carrie Prejean, the controversial Miss California, defied state sponsors who asked her to apologize for her remarks about gay marriage, the AP reports. On the contrary, Prejean—coached by her San Diego megachurch’s founder, a former NFL player—has become more resolute in her beliefs. “I learned that... More »

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gay marriage • Miss USA • church • Carrie Prejean • Miss California

Iowa Marries Gays but Licenses Won't Cross Border

Federal courts may get involved

Apr 27, 09 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - As of today, gay couples will be welcome to wed in Iowa, regardless of whether they live there. If judges waive the three-day waiting period, some could be married by sundown. But for out-of-staters who are already chartering buses, the legally recognized bliss will be short-lived, the Des Moines ... More »

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gay rights • Iowa • gay marriage • gays

 Gay-Rights Group 
 Reaches Out to 
 Miss California 

Group hopes to change her mind in light of anti-gay harassment

Apr 23, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carrie Prejean, the Miss USA contestant who stirred up controversy with her opposition to gay marriage, may soon be having dinner with gays and lesbians from her home state, the San Francisco Bay Times reports. Geoff Kors, executive director of Equality California, said he invited Prejean because “Miss California... More »

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(Newser) - Gay marriage rights are spreading faster than ever, and it’s happening awfully quietly, reports Rick Klein of ABC News. Conservatives barely made a peep when gay marriage was legalized in Iowa or Vermont, and aren’t mounting much resistance to motions to do the same in New York, Connecticut,... More »

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religious right • gay marriage • civil union • social conservatives • conservatives

Perez, I Pray
For You, Miss
Cali Retorts

Pageant judge Hilton
admits answer may
have cost her crown

Apr 22, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Miss California's gay-marriage stance has stirred a media frenzy among pundits and beauties alike, but none more heated than the crossfire between her and Miss USA judge Perez Hilton. "Perez, I feel sorry for you," Prejean told Fox News after he called her a "dumb bitch.... More »

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entertainment • gay marriage • Miss USA • gossip • Perez Hilton • Carrie Prejean

 Miss Cali's Sis 
 Is Gay Rights 
 Activist 

Prejean has no regrets over controversial answer

Apr 21, 09 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - In just one day, Miss California became one of the most well-known opponents of gay marriage—but her sister is a gay rights activist, she revealed to Access Hollywood. “She has her own views,” said Carrie Prejean of her sister. “She debates with my dad all the... More »

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 Colbert Fights 'Gay Storm' 


Apr 17, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stephen Colbert has taken up the cause against gay marriage, the Huffington Post reports. A recent web ad from the National Organization for Marriage—which apparently was serious—featured a “rainbow coalition” of actors solemnly declaring, “A storm is coming.” That, and New York's move toward legalizing... More »

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television • gay marriage • satire • humor • Stephen Colbert • National Organization for Marriage

Top McCain Aide Comes Out for Gay Marriage

Support consistent with conservative values, Schmidt argues

Apr 17, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Backing what he calls "a sound conservative argument," a top McCain campaign operative is explaining his newly public personal support for gay marriage, CNN reports. Steve Schmidt will address the Log Cabin Republicans today and urge them to reverse their position. “No other exercise of one's liberty... More »

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 Paterson Introduces 
 Gay-Marriage Bill 

It's a civil rights issue: NY gov

Apr 16, 09 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Inspired by Vermont’s legalization of gay marriage, New York Gov. David Paterson has introduced legislation to bring “equality to everyone” in his state, too. It’s the second time he has touted the same-sex marriage bill, the Post reports. Paterson today urged the legislature to move it forward—... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • New York • state legislature • David Paterson

GLOSSIES

There's Method to Andrew Sullivan's Madness

... But conservatives, gays can't figure it out

Apr 16, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - At age 8, Andrew Sullivan asked his mother if God really was omniscient. Her affirmative reply terrified him: “Then there’s no hope for me, Mum.” Despite his success, conservatives, Catholics, and gay activists might agree—even though he belongs to each of their constituencies, Johann Hari writes... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Andrew Sullivan • Christian conservatives • Catholic • HIV/AIDS • conservatives

 Washington State Boosts Rights for Same-Sex Partners

Domestic partners given all the rights of married couples

Apr 16, 09 5:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lawmakers in Washington state have voted to give same-sex domestic partners all the same rights as married couples, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Republicans, fearing the move would lead to legalized same-sex marriage in the state, unsuccessfully tried to add amendments to the bill to keep a clear distinction between domestic... More »

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 Paterson 
 to Push for 
 Gay Marriage 

But bill's passage through the NY legislature is not certain

Apr 14, 09 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gov. David Paterson plans to introduce a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, the New York Times reports, doing so without the customary cultivation of legislative support in the wake of laws legalizing gay unions in Iowa and Vermont. Sources close to the governor say he feels New York should plow... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Eliot Spitzer • David Paterson • culture wars • state assembly

(Newser) - Gay-marriage proponents in California are taking a page—and some staff—from the Obama campaign in an attempt to swing conservative votes, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many believe Proposition 8 passed because there was little outreach to districts that voted for the ban. “They would fly over from... More »

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California • gay marriage • California Supreme Court • activists • Proposition 8 • Obama campaign • canvassing • outreach

OPINION

Meghan McCain: GOP Needs to Rock Out Its Inner Gayness

Opposing gay marriage is 'un-Republican'

Apr 13, 09 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s time for a gayer GOP, Meghan McCain writes in the Daily Beast. Opposing gay marriage is anathema to the GOP's founding beliefs of personal freedom and liberty, charges the mini maverick, and it’s a political misstep, too. Ditching the anti-gay rhetoric is critical to restoring... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Ronald Reagan • Log Cabin Republicans • Meghan McCain

Warren Cancels ABC Interview
at Last Minute

Pastor had been slated to clarify position
on gay marriage

Apr 12, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rick Warren, who had been expected to explain contradicting statements about gay marriage today on ABC's This Week, backed out at the last minute because he was “sick with exhaustion,” Politico reports. The prominent evangelical pastor was to clarify the difference between his claims last week that he... More »

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gay marriage • exhaustion • endorsement • Rick Warren • Proposition 8 • Saddleback Church • This Week

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