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Colorado Civil Unions Bill Will Boost Local Economy

By Lindsay King- Miller | Thursday Apr 11, 2013
On May 1, same-sex civil unions will become legal in Colorado, and along with the very real legal and financial benefits to creating a family recognized by the state, a rush of weddings will also boost the local economy.

Santorum: Gay Marriage Support is Suicide for GOP

By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Apr 10, 2013
Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum said if the Republican Party supports gay marriage it would be "suicidal."

Gay Son Defends Congressman’s Opposition to Marriage Equality

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Apr 5, 2013
The openly gay son of a Republican Arizona representative defended his father’s opposition to gay marriage in a recent interview.

For GOP, ’In the Closet’ Is a Sexual Orientation

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Apr 2, 2013
That’s one among a Republican National Committee survey’s many odd questions that’s yet another sign that the Grand Old Party is trying not to be so, well, old.

Gay Marriage: More Red-State Senators As Bill O’Reilly Concedes

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Mar 28, 2013
In the wake of what looks like a Supreme Court slam dunk, Fox News audience favorite Bill O’Reilly in his own inimitable way, joined the flood of senior politicians rushing to join the marriage-equality bandwagon.

Add Ohio Voters, 4 Senators to Marriage Equality

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Mar 26, 2013
While GOP Sen. Rob Portman’s son explains his father’s own conversion & Sen. Claire McCaskill & Va. Sen. Mark Warner join the pro-equality bandwagon, a new poll shows over half of Ohioans support repealing the state’s ban on same-sex marriage,

Nation Poised for SCOTUS DOMA/Prop 8 Hearings

By Antoinette Weil | Monday Mar 25, 2013
Across the nation, supporters of marriage equality are gathering for rallies, vigils and prayer services in anticipation of the Supreme Court DOMA and Prop 8 hearings.

RI Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Marriage Equality Hearing

By Joe Siegel | Saturday Mar 23, 2013
Hundreds of supporters and opponents appeared before the Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Mar. 21 to weigh in on a marriage equality bill.

Business Booms With Washington’s Same-Sex Marriages

By Shaun Knittel | Friday Mar 22, 2013
It has been more than a year since Washington legalized same-sex unions, with marriages beginning this December, but early data already shows that the legislation has boosted the local economy.

N.C. Pastor Won’t Perform Weddings Until Gay Marriage Legalized

By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Mar 20, 2013
The pastor of a Methodist church in North Carolina says he will no longer marry heterosexual couples until same-sex couples can also legally marry.