Arizona’s top gay rights organization is urging Gov. Jan Brewer to veto a
bill passed by the state senate that would make it difficult for gay
and lesbian couples to adopt children.
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The Arkansas supreme court ruled Thursday that a 2008 ballot initiative
that barred gay and lesbian couples from adopting children was
unconstitutional.
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On a party-line vote, a Colorado state house committee last night voted down a bill that would have granted civil union
rights to gay and lesbian couples.
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A bill heading to Washington governor Chris Gregoire’s desk would allow the
state to recognize marriages of gay and lesbian couples performed elsewhere.
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One day after the Senate approval of the Civil Marriage Protection Act, a bill to legalize marriage for gay and lesbian couples in Maryland, dozens of witnesses testified in Annapolis for and against the measure.
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Delaware’s newly formed gay rights group has hit the ground running,
launching a public push to legalize civil unions for the state’s gay and
lesbian couples.
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A Utah legislator introduced a bill Wednesday that would require all
publicly funded programs, laws, and regulations, to ensure they exclude
families headed by gay and lesbian couples.
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Recent polling shows 72 percent of Coloradans support civil unions for same-sex couples, and if openly gay Colorado State Sen. Pat Steadman (D) has his way, gay and lesbian couples soon could gain many of the same benefits, obligations and responsibilities of the state’s married couples. Steadman is set to introduce a detailed civil unions [...]
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A move to repeal the marriage rights of gay and lesbian couples in Iowa had a setback in the state senate Thursday.
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A majority of New Yorkers say they would support legislation to
legalize marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, according to a
new Quinnipiac University poll.
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