From: Boston.com – By David Sharp – (AP) PORTLAND, Maine—Election officials announced Wednesday that gay marriage foes surpassed the threshold of signatures necessary to put the state law on the November ballot, setting the stage for a furious, two-month campaign that will determine whether the number of states allowing same-sex [...]
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From: LezGetReal.com – by Bridgette P. LaVictoire – The ad war in Maine has begun. Maine’s supporters of marriage equality have begun to air ads supporting the defeat of the voter veto attempt which has been largely underwritten by the Catholic Church in Maine and by the National Organization of Marriage from outside the state. [...] From: KGO-TV San Francisco – (AP) Associated Press – DUXBURY, VT — After 17 years together, Bill Slimback and Bob Sullivan couldn’t wait another minute to get married. So they didn’t: With Vermont’s new law allowing same-sex marriage only a minute old, they tied the knot in a midnight ceremony at a rustic Vermont lodge, [...] From: GayRights.Change.org – by Michael A. Jones – Vermont’s legislature – despite their Republican Governor’s wishes – passed legislation earlier this year recognizing full marriage equality in the state. That law takes effect tomorrow, September 1, and to celebrate Vermont-based Ben & Jerry’s is altering the name of one flavor of ice cream to show [...] From: The Washington Blade – By LOU CHIBBARO JR – Bishop Harry Jackson, the Maryland minister leading efforts to oppose same-sex marriage in the District, has announced plans to file papers Tuesday to place a marriage initiative on the D.C. ballot in 2010. In a statement released Monday, Jackson said he and other same-sex marriage opponents [...] From: WhatIsGoingOnBlog.com – By Karen Benardello – In an effort to overturn an Iowa state Supreme Court decision earlier this year that legalized same-sex marriage, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), the main supporter of California’s Proposition 8, has launched the Reclaim Iowa Project. The group hopes the project will help bring candidates who support [...] From: The Washington Blade – SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) – A federal judge in Southern California has dismissed on a technicality a same-sex marriage lawsuit that created a rift between President Barack Obama and his gay supporters. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ruled Monday that the case challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act had [...] From: GayRights.Change.org – by Michael A. Jones – Maine is a great state when it comes to voting rights. Not only do they have same-day registration for voting, buy they also have early voting, which helps encourage voters to get engaged in elections. This year, marriage equality is on the ballot in Maine, [...] National Organization for Marriage relocates to city, seeks to block DOMA repeal From: The Washington Blade – By LOU CHIBBARO JR – In a little noticed development, a national organization credited with playing a lead role in persuading California voters to ban same-sex marriage through Proposition 8 moved its headquarters last month to Washington, D.C. The [...] From: The San Francisco Chronicle – Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer – SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has scheduled a trial for Jan. 11 on the constitutionality of California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage – the first trial on that issue in any U.S. court – and allowed the city of San Francisco to [...] |
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