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Politifact Certifies Surveys That Say Majority of US Catholics Support Marriage Equality

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

The right-leaning media watchdog group PolitiFact says it’s mostly true that a majority of Catholics support gay marriage.

Garden State Equality Chairman Steve Goldstein recently responded to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s claim that his Catholic faith was behind his opposition to gay marriage by saying a majority of Catholics support the institution.

PolitiFact investigated, and after analyzing the results of three nationwide surveys, concluded Goldstein’s assertion to be “mostly true.”

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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Australia: Greens, Labor at Odds Over Marriage Equality

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

In Brisbane last Wednesday, 25 middle-aged and elderly parents met the Attorney-General, Robert McClelland. They came from all over Queensland and were of various political persuasions. Their common bond was that all had a gay child and they wanted that child to have the right to marry.

Poignant stories were exchanged about the ostracising of gay people in the community and the mental health problems that can result. One 82-year-old gentleman lamented that his son had moved to Canada, where gay marriage is legal, and would not return to Australia because he felt like a second-class citizen here.

McClelland gave no commitment but responded with empathy, saying such stories would be important as debate on the topic grew.

Full Story from smh.com.au

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Chile: A Thousand March Against Marriage Equality

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Anti Gay Marriage March in ChileRoughly one thousand people took to the streets of Santiago, Chile on Saturday in support of the nation’s ban on gay marriage, the Spanish news agency EFE reported.

The march, organized by the Christian conservative groups Transforma Chile and Muevete Chile, stepped off at Plaza Italia and ended at the Palacio de la Moneda.

“Today the Chilean constitution and the law defines marriage as a union between a man and woman, but this is daily threatened by the influence of the homosexual lobby that day by day take more force to lobby Parliament,” the coalition said on its website.

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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Marriage Equality Events Today/Tomorrow: Beverly Hills, Denver

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Gay Marriage EventsHere’s our list of events today and tomorrow around the world relating to marriage equality, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and other LGBT equality issues. If you know of any other events – rallies, meetings, phonebanking, etc – please use the link below to add your event to our list!

–USA, CA, Beverly Hills: 08/01, LA Equal Roots Meeting, 8106 Santa Monica Blvd, 7:30-9:30 PM.
–USA, CO, Denver: 07/31, Same Love Same Rights Wedding Expo, Magnolia Hotel, TBD.

Full Events List/Add Your Own Event: http://www.purpleunions.com/mn/gay-marriage-events-list.html

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Featured Gay Friendly Wedding Vendor: Janet Villas, Wedding Singer, New York

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Periodically we’ll feature one of our vendors here to let our readers know about some great people who can help you plan the perfect wedding.

Gay Friendly New York City Wedding Vendors

Janet Villas, New York Wedding SingerJanet Villas is a professional wedding entertainer who has sung at hundreds of wedding ceremonies, including commitment ceremonies, civil unions, weddings, baptisms and memorial services for gay and straight clients and personalized the experience for all involved. She has sung in Unitarian, Roman Catholic, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches as well as at beaches, lakes, homes and restaurants.

Music makes the your ceremony special: Your favorite song, your respect for your family, your personal commitment to each other and your beliefs. These can all be expressed by your choice of music.

Janet can help you make these choices and can also help negotiate your choices with the church you choose. Janet also can perform in an outdoor location with a sound system and musicians who travel well.

See janet Villas’ Expanded Listing on Purple Unions Here

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Miley Cyrus Tattoos Equality Sign On Her Ring Finger

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Miley Cyrus TattooMiley Cyrus has some new ink, and it’s making more than a fashion statement.

On Friday night, the former “Hannah Montana” star tweeted a photo of a new tattoo, a small equal sign on the side of her ring finger. With the photo, Cyrus wrote, “All LOVE is equal.”

In response to a fan’s tweet disagreeing her stance, she wrote, “where does it say in the bible to judge others? Oh right. It doesn’t. GOD is the only judge honey. ‘GOD is love.’”

Full Story from the Huffington Post

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New York Couples Married in Central Park “Pop-Up” Weddings

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

New York Pop-Up WeddingsOn a gorgeous cloudless day, today dozens of gay couples married in the shade of two “pop-up chapels” in Central Park, with our own Father Tony officiating at two of the ceremonies.

Above are newlyweds Jen and Rose, moments after Father Tony made it legal. Below, John and Rob exchange rings. Also on hand were hair and make-up artists who donated their time and materials. The day was emceed by openly gay television personality Dave Holmes.

Full Story from Joe.My.God

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Rick Santorum Says New York is Destroying the American Family

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Rick SantorumPresidential candidate Rick Santorum blurred the line between fiction and reality during a speech at a right wing event last night.

During remarks on gay activist Tim Gill’s successful efforts to derail the former Pennsylvania Senator’s 2006 reelection campaign, Santorum claimed never to have compared gay sex to incest ahead of the 2003 Supreme Court decision to overturn anti-sodomy laws.

Of course we all know that’s not true, because Santorum indeed said, “The Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery.” That sounds like a comparison to me.

Full Story from Towleroad.com

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Rick Perry Flip Flop: Now He Wants a Federal Constitutional Ban on Marriage Equality

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Saturday he supports a federal limit on gay marriage and thinks a creator put life on Earth.

The Republican governor is considering a GOP presidential bid and preparing for his first political stop ahead of the key early primary in South Carolina, where social issues always play well. But Perry told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that a presidential campaign would concentrate on jobs, not evolution or gay marriage.

“The issue that is most important and most on people’s minds is jobs,” Perry said.

Full Story from The Sacramento Bee

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President Obama Testing the Waters on Marriage Equality?

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Set your watches folks, and count the number of seconds before this little snafu gets retracted.

Check out the ad the Obama campaign is running on Facebook. If you didn’t know any better, you might think the President is for marriage equality (he’s not).

What’s actually going on is that the Obama campaign, and White House, have been trying to pull the wool over the community’s eyes with a little bit of rhetorical trickery.

Full Story from AmericaBlog

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