Posted on October 13th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
NEW YORK — A divided state appeals court ruled Thursday that a man cannot sue a Manhattan hospital for malpractice (search) in the death of his longtime partner, saying it could not provide tacit approval of same-sex marriages.
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Posted on October 1st, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in a widely expected move vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have allowed gay couples to marry.
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Posted on September 21st, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
COSTA MESA/TORONTO, September 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Paul McGuire is a California radio talk show host who frequently uses his show to urge political action from his listeners. On KBRT, a Christian station that broadcasts to most of Southern California, McGuire is asking his listeners who are pastors of churches, why they remained silent [...]
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Posted on September 18th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
(AgapePress) – The California State Legislature, controlled primarily by liberal Democrats, recently passed AB 849, a measure that would have essentially legalized same-sex “marriage” in America’s most populated state. If it were not for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pledge to veto the bill, homosexual marriage would have become law.
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Posted on September 14th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
The Massachusetts Legislature on Wednesday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that sought to ban gay marriage but legalize civil unions, a year after the state performed the nation’s first government-sanctioned same-sex weddings.
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Posted on September 8th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he would veto a bill to legalize same-sex marriage “out of respect for the will of the people,” drawing heated criticism from gay rights supporters and cheers from conservative groups.
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Posted on September 7th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
SACRAMENTO, Calif — Gay rights supporters cheered loudly from the gallery as California lawmakers became the first in the country to approve a bill allowing same-sex marriages. But their celebration may be short-lived.
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Posted on September 6th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
(AgapePress) – A pro-family group is reacting with horror to a California Senate vote yesterday (Thursday) approving a bill that would legalize homosexual “marriage” licenses. By a vote of 21-15, the state Senate passed AB 849, which replaces the phrase “a man and a woman” in California marriage laws with the term “two persons.” All [...]
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Posted on September 6th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
A bill legalizing homosexual “marriage” in California is scheduled to go up for its second vote in the state Assembly this week, amid vigorous lobbying.
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Filed under: Marriage and Family, Homosexuality, Gay Marriage
Posted on July 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
GAY couples who “marry” under new civil partnership legislation will not receive a Christian blessing from the Church of England, because it may “erode the unique position” of marriage.
Guidelines issued by the House of Bishops yesterday, ahead of the new legislation, also cast doubt on the position of clergy who decided to enter a [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Canada is the fourth nation to grant full legal rights to same-sex couples. The other three nations are the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain. Canada, the fourth nation to grant full legal rights to same-sex couples.
TORONTO, Canada (AP)—Canada legalized gay marriage Wednesday, becoming the world’s fourth nation to grant full legal rights to same-sex couples.
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Posted on July 12th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Spain celebrated its first homosexual marriage on Monday under a law passed last month making it the fourth country to legalize same-sex unions.
MADRID, Spain (Reuters)—Emilio Menendez and Carlos Baturim tied the knot after more than 30 years as lovers at a civil ceremony in the town of Tres Cantos, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) [...]
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Posted on June 3rd, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
The Assembly has made a decision—no gay marriage in California.
California became a prime battleground for same-sex marriage after Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco, one of the world’s gay capitals, allowed more than 4,000 homosexual couples to wed last year until halted by court order.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California’s Assembly on Thursday killed [...]
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Posted on May 16th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Half of Americans disapprove of same-sex marriages and do not want their states to recognize gay marriages from Massachusetts, a new survey by the Boston Globe shows.
The poll released Sunday found that 50 percent of Americans disapprove of gay and lesbian marriages, while 37 percent approve and 11 percent are neutral.
The poll also found [...]
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Posted on May 14th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
“A single federal judge can overrule the will of an entire population.”
Nebraska’s Defense of Marriage Amendment, which was approved last year by an overwhelming majority of the people in the Cornhusker State, was nullified Thursday by a federal judge. The measure defined marriage as being between one man and one woman.
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Posted on February 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Seventeen states have adopted constitutional gay-marriage bans, with 11 of them ratifying the measures in elections last fall.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP)—A proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in Virginia easily won final approval Saturday by both chambers of the General Assembly.
The measure would have to be approved again by the Legislature next year and [...]
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Posted on February 2nd, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
The bill that would redefine marriage to include gays and lesbians also outlines Divorce Act changes that will be needed when same-sex couples break up. It will likely be voted on by June.
OTTAWA (CP) – The Liberal government is trying to quash internal resistance to its same-sex marriage bill by urging dissenters to “take a [...]
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Posted on February 1st, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
If the measure does not pass in the Idaho Senate, it would become the first state where an amendment campaign defending traditional marriage failed.
(AgapePress) – Depending on how their elected representatives in the Statehouse vote this week, the citizens of Kansas may or may not see a proposed constitutional amendment protecting traditional marriage on the [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
The gay marriage issue even polarizes the immediate family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drastically different interpretations of his teachings stem from those who were closest to him.
ATLANTA - Martin Luther King Jr.’s youngest child lit a torch at her father’s tomb last month to kick off a march advocating a ban on [...]
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Posted on January 25th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
And what DO you do about taxes, when same-sex marriage is not federally approved? According to the federal government—still “single.”
BOSTON (AP) – As if tax season isn’t stressful enough, gay newlyweds in Massachusetts this year are pondering a new thorny question: Do they check “married” or “single” on federal tax forms?
A landmark court ruling [...]
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