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IL, USA: Marriage Equality Ban Effort Falls Short

Sunday, April 15th, 2012

An effort to put a non-binding referendum recommending that Illinois lawmakers ban gay marriage with a constitutional amendment has come up short.

Jim Finnegan, president of the conservative group Illinois Defense of Marriage Initiative, told the Chicago Sun-Times that he expects about 100,000 of the 500,000 signatures needed to put the issue on the November ballot to be collected by the end of the month.

In February, less than a year after the state approved a measure that recognizes gay and lesbian couples with civil unions, three openly gay lawmakers introduced a gay marriage bill.

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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NC, USA: An Update on the Amendment One Fight

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

In an election year that was supposed to be all about jobs and the economy, the issue that’s energized North Carolina’s sleepy May 8 primary has turned out to be a philosophical clash over what constitutes a marriage.

Indie rockers, preachers, county commissioners and business owners are all staking out positions on the constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, a question that will be put to voters when early balloting begins Thursday.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars have already been spent on lawn signs, billboards, organizing efforts and other costs, and hundreds of thousands more will be spent as May 8 draws nearer, in a vote that will determine whether North Carolina remains the last Southern state without an amendment that effectively bans gay marriage.

Full Story from Blue Ridge Now

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NC: Governor Perdue Says Amendment One Would Harm Many

Friday, April 13th, 2012

With days before a vote on an amendment to the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage, North Carolina’s outgoing governor has issued her most stinging rebuke of the idea yet.

“The amendment, I believe is dangerous for women,” says Bev Perdue a a video message posted online. “There is a real risk that some of the laws we have on the books now to protect the victims of domestic violence may no longer apply to many women in this state.”

Perdue, a Democrat, could be fitting Amendment One in with a larger national narrative of policies being pressed by Republicans against women, a key demographic group in the presidential election. But she also outlines how the proposal harms children, unmarried couples and others. In the past, she’s said it will harm the economy.

Full Story from The Advocate

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OH, USA: Chair of Marriage Equality Ban Repeal Effort Steps Down

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

Former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim Hagan has stepped down as chair of an effort to repeal Ohio’s gay marriage ban as established gay rights groups express reservations over the proposed ballot issue.

Last week, the Ballot Board cleared a proposed amendment which would legalize gay marriage in the state. It would repeal a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a heterosexual union, which passed in 2004 with overwhelming support.

Nascent group Freedom to Marry Ohio now must collect roughly 385,000 valid signatures from at least half of Ohio’s 88 counties to get their proposal on next year’s ballot.

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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MN, USA: President Obama’s Campaign Goes On Record Against Anti Marriage Equality Amendment

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

President Barack Obama’s campaign on Monday issued a statement in opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment which would define marriage as a heterosexual union in Minnesota.

“While the President does not weigh in on every single ballot measure in every state, the record is clear that the President has long opposed divisive and discriminatory efforts to deny rights and benefits to same sex couples,” Kristen Sosanie, spokeswoman for the Obama for America – Minnesota campaign, said in a statement.

“That’s what the Minnesota ballot initiative would do – it would single out and discriminate against committed gay and lesbian couples – and that’s why the President does not support it.”

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OH, USA: National Groups Steering Clear of Effort to Repeal Marriage Equality Ban

Sunday, April 8th, 2012

An effort to repeal Ohio’s gay marriage ban is getting the cold shoulder from established gay rights groups. On Thursday, the Ballot Board cleared a proposed amendment which would legalize gay marriage in the state. It would repeal a constitutional amendment defining marriage as a heterosexual union, which passed in 2004 with overwhelming support.

Nascent group Freedom to Marry Ohio now must collect roughly 385,000 valid signatures from at least half of Ohio’s 88 counties to get their proposal on next year’s ballot.

The group is helmed by Ian James, who also headed the group which unsuccessfully campaigned in 2004 to defeat the ban, and is co-chaired by four elected officials.

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NC, USA: One Month Until Amendment One Vote

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Supporters are calling it “the marriage amendment,” while opponents are calling it “Amendment One.” The idea that the two sides can’t even agree on a name begins to show how much each side differs in their opinion about its potential impact.

The constitutional amendment will appear on the state’s May 8 primary ballot. Voters will be asked to vote for or against a “Constitutional amendment to provide that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State.”

“First of all, the notion that they nicknamed it Amendment One is quite deceptive,” said Patrick Wooden, an outspoken pastor in Raleigh who is against gay marriage. “That’s not the way it would be on the ballot. It’s actually ‘the marriage amendment.’ The reason opponents have given it the de facto name Amendment One is because they can’t think about citizens voting against marriage so they put a benign-sounding name on it.”

Full Story from the Charlotte Post

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CA, USA: JavaScript Inventor Donated to Help Pass Prop 8

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

The inventor of JavaScript and Chief Technology Officer of the Mozilla Corporation donated $1000 (#630) in the fight against marriage equality in California, it has emerged.

Brendan Eich gave the sum to the Proposition 8 fund, which topped $39m and, at the time, successfully revoked gay couples’ equal marriage rights by state-wide ballot. Californian law required donors to list their employers on lists that were published by the LA Times.

Mr Eich was the only person listed as an employee of the Mozilla Corporation, which runs the web browser Firefox, to donate against marriage equality, with three other employees giving a total of $1,350 in favour of equal marriage rights.

Full Story from Pink News

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OH, USA: Amendment to Repeal Marriage Equality Ban Moves Ahead

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Marriage equality advocates in Ohio took one step closer Tuesday to overturning the state’s 2004 constitutional amendment that restricts marriages in the state to only those between one man and one woman.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) approved the petition language for an amendment that would redefine marriage in Ohio as “a union of two consenting adults, regardless of gender,” according to the Columbus Dispatch.

The Freedom to Marry Coalition is now tasked with gathering 385,253 valid signatures of registered Ohio voters in order to put its marriage equality amendment on the Ohio ballot — a goal that Ian James, the group’s co-founder, told The Huffington Post he hopes to achieve by November 2013.

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MN, USA: Governor Dayton Dreams State Will Reject Marriage Equality Ban

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

Governor Mark Dayton told a crowd of gay marriage supporters that he had a dream that Minnesota would become the first state in the nation to reject a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Dayton was the main attraction during Thursday’s lobby day at the state capitol.

“Any American should be able to love the person he or she loves,” Dayton told the crowd. “And that should be a right protected by the Minnesota Constitution and by the United States Constitution.”

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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