
Today, the cultural battle now rocking America concerning marriage and the right of homosexual males and females to have recognition of same-sex marriages is considered by many to be a virtual attack on civilization as we know it.

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - In a case testing the limits of Michigan's marriage amendment, the state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether the measure prohibits public agencies and schools from extending health care benefits to the same-sex partners of their employees.

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Mr Natee said his application to purchase life insurance from AIA, the country's largest life insurer, had been rejected solely because of his sexual ...

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The Boston-based legal advocacy group that helped make gay marriage a fact of life in Massachusetts is girding for a fight to expand the rights of same-sex married couples.

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Humans To Marry Robots By 2050: Sex Within 5 Years

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney drew some mild boos and hisses on Thursday over his stand against gay marriage.

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New Jersey's 8-month-old civil union law has failed to live up to its promise of giving same-sex couples all the protections of marriage by another name, the state's top official for enforcing civil rights said yesterday.

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SOUTH ROYALTON -- As he spoke about the intangible differences between civil unions and same-sex marriage Monday afternoon, law professor Peter Teachout tried to put the differences between the two institutions into perspective. ... - By DANIEL BARLOW Vermont Press Bureau

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Monte Stewart will travel more than 2,300 miles this weekend to appear Monday before the Vermont Commission on Family Recognition and Protection as the only lawyer opposed to same-sex marriage. ... - By DANIEL BARLOW Vermont Press Bureau

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God's plan for sexuality
"So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."
—Genesis 1:27 (NKJV)

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The synod of the Anglican Church of Canada's Diocese of Ottawa, meeting in Cornwall, Ontario, approved by a vote of 177-97 today a resolution asking the bishop to permit priests to bless same-sex marriages, which are permitted by secular law.

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Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson said he's met frequently with influential social conservatives who are willing to accept his position on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage even though it doesn't go quite as far as they would like.

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The mayor of the nation's eighth-largest city abruptly reversed his public opposition to same-sex marriage Wednesday after revealing that his adult daughter is a lesbian.

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San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced yesterday that he had changed his mind and would sign a City Council resolution directing the city attorney to file a brief in support of same-sex marriage with the California Supreme Court.

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Mayor Jerry Sanders abruptly reversed his public opposition to marriage for same-sex partners and revealed that his adult daughter is a lesbian.

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Mitt Romney would like Republican base voters in Iowa to think he's as bigoted as they are. His record doesn't back up his assertions but he didn't get the nickname Flip Flop Mitt for naught and I'm willing to believe him on this one.

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Maryland's highest court yesterday upheld a 34-year-old state law banning same-sex marriage, rejecting an attempt by 19 gay men and lesbians to win the right to marry.

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Maryland's highest court upheld the state's ban on gay marriage in a ruling issued this morning, reversing a lower court decision and turning back the most formidable legal challenge to date of the controversial law.

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OTTAWA - For the first time ever, the census has counted same-sex married couples, reflecting the historic legalization of same-sex marriage in Canada in 2005.

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SUMMARY: A minister marries two men outside his Des Moines home Friday morning; then the judge who threw out Iowa's gay marriage ban stays his ruling.

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Two men sealed the state's first legal same-sex marriage with a kiss Friday morning, less than 24 hours after a judge threw out Iowa's ban on gay marriage and about two hours before he put that ruling on hold.

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An Iowa district court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples can marry based on the state constitution's guarantee of equal treatment, court documents show.

Marriage between Muslims should be made illegal as soon as possible to help save America.

The other day, during my lunch break, I was wandering through Washington Square Park in Center City, Philadelphia. I sat down with no other intentions than to eat my lunch and go back to work, and yet... there I sat, witness to a beautiful display of love.

OttO's Memo 08/21/07: