marriage equality

The Chronicle of Education:

College students who describe themselves as politically "far right" arrive on campuses across the country supporting legal same-sex marriage significantly more than do conservative Republicans nationwide, according to new data released by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Same-sex couples everywhere can report as 'husband or wife'

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"The 2010 Census will be the first to report counts of both same-sex partners and same-sex spouses," explains Adrienne Critcher of PACE, Louisiana's LGBT political outreach group that's working with U.S. Census Bureau.

Award winning actress - Cynthia Nixon - is helping a political group pass marriage equality in New York state. Initially, the group hopes to keep State Sen. Hiram Monserrate [Queens] - a "no" vote in the marriage equality debate - from winning back his seat.

A Maryland state senator has introduced a measure that would prohibit the state from recognizing gay marriages authorized elsewhere without legislative approval.

Sen. Nancy Jacobs, R-Harford, says her bill is intended to invalidate a recent opinion from Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler.

2/26/2009

At least 50 same-sex couples lined up to apply for marriage licenses the day gay unions became legal there.

Sinjoyla Townsend, 41, and her partner of 12 years, Angelisa Young, 47, claimed the first spot in line just after 6 a.m. They are already domestic partners in the city, so they are converting that partnership into a marriage license.

More than 160 faith leaders in Iowa have joined together - to support marriage equality. The group is concerned about people and groups who cite the Bible to support their bigotry.

The AP reports:

The Interfaith Alliance of Iowa held a Statehouse news conference to say that 167 representatives from a cross-section of diverse faiths in the state had sent a letter to all 150 legislators outlining their position.

In 2009, Theodore Olson joined with David Boies - his previous adversary in Bush v. Gore - to bring the federal lawsuit [Perry v. Schwarzenegger] in an attempt to overturn Proposition 8. The voter-approved measure overturned California's constitutional right to marry a person of the same sex.