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RI, USA: House Panel to Consider Marriage Equality Bill Today

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

A Rhode Island House panel on Wednesday will consider a bill which would legalize gay marriage in the state.

The House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony on the marriage bill, which is sponsored by Democratic Representative Arthur Handy.

Senator Rhoda Perry is expected to carry the proposal in the Senate. Rhode Island lawmakers last year abandoned efforts to approve a gay marriage bill in favor of civil unions over the loud opposition of many gay rights activists.

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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UK: Planned Marriage Equality Vote in Jeopardy?

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

David Cameron is under intense pressure to ditch his gay marriage initiative amid claims that Tory MPs fear they are ‘haemorrhaging’ votes over the issue.

The Mail on Sunday has been told that Chief Whip Patrick McLoughlin has privately assured anxious Tory backbenchers that the Prime Minister’s same-sex marriage plan will ‘not come to a vote’.

The MPs say Mr McLoughlin told them the controversial proposal will be ‘kicked into the long grass’. The Chief Whip, a former miner, is one of the most senior Roman Catholics in the Conservative Party.

Full Story from the Daily Mail

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NC, USA: State Attorney General Will Vote Against Amendment One

Friday, April 27th, 2012

North Carolina’s top law enforcement official said Wednesday he’ll vote against the marriage amendment on next month’s ballot, pointing out potential legal problems with its language and giving opponents of the referendum another ally.

In an email to his supporters, Attorney General Roy Cooper called the proposal to amend the state constitution “unclear, unwise and unnecessary.” Cooper said the proposal also lacked careful deliberation.

The amendment’s “lack of clarity will also result in a significant amount of litigation on many issues which will be decided by courts for years to come,” Cooper, wrote in opposing the question on the May 8 primary ballot. “This should be avoided.”

Full Story from NBC17

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CO, USA: Civil Unions Bill Passes on Second Reading in Senate, Final Vote Likely Tomorrow

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

The Colorado State Senate approved SB-2, the Colorado Civil Union Act, on its second reading. The bill passed with bipartisan support and moves on to third reading and final passage, most likely tomorrow.

“If signed into law, the bill will provide committed gay and lesbian couples with critical legal protections and responsibilities, such as the ability to inherit property, to take family leave to care for a partner, to visit a partner in the hospital, and to make medical and end-of-life decisions for a partner,” according to an email from advocacy group One Colorado.

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MO, USA: Don’t Say Gay Bill Referred to House Panel

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

A bill which would prohibit the discussion of gay issues in Missouri’s public schools on Wednesday advanced to an education committee, the Vital Voice reported.

Republican Rep. Steve Cookson introduced the proposal last month. It now has been referred to the House’s Elementary and Secondary Education Committee.

The bill’s summary reads: “This bill prohibits the discussion of sexual orientation in public school instruction, materials or extracurricular activity except in scientific instruction on human reproduction.”

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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WA, USA: Will State Buck the Trend With Marriage Equality Vote?

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

When it comes to marriage, voters in this country aren’t all that kind to same-sex couples. Since 1998, ballot measures were passed banning or erasing the right of gay and lesbian couples to legally wed in 31 states.

This year, voters in five states are likely to consider the subject including in Washington where a measure to repeal the state’s same-sex marriage law is expected to make the November ballot. Backers of Washington’s law know they’re battling history as they try to make this the first state where gay marriage is embraced by the electorate.

“There is certainly a historical precedence against us,” said Zach Silk, campaign manager for Washington United for Marriage. “But there’s been a dramatic shift in how the electorate nationally and in Washington views marriage equality. We’re intending to ride that new wave and make new history.”

Full Story from Herald.net

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WA: Freedom to Marry Head Says Marriage Equality Repeal Likely to Make Ballot

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Opponents of same-sex marriage will collect enough signatures to force a statewide vote and Washington is due for a nasty, costly Referendum 74 campaign in the fall, supporters heard at a Thursday night banquet.

“There will be a ballot measure vote in November,” Evan Wolfson, founder and president of the national group Freedom to Marry told QLaw, the GLBT Bar Association of Washington.

Wolfson said the issue is likely to be on the ballot, in one form or another, in five states — Washington, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota and North Carolina. In the latter two states, opponents are trying to enshrine in state constitutions a definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.

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AK, USA: Anchorage City Council Votes Against Investigation Into Flawed Election

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

The battle to win LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination laws in Anchorage, Alaska, has come to an end. Well, maybe.

Local NBC affiliate KTUU reports that the Anchorage Assembly voted Tuesday evening 7-4 not to launch an independent investigation into allegations that conservatives committed voter fraud by telling supporters they could register on the same day as the vote and separate claims that ballot shortages unfairly cost equality activists a winning vote.

But not all the Assembly members, even those who voted against an investigation, are convinced there weren’t some shenanigans at play in the vote.

Full Story from Towleroad.com

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Ireland: Union of Students Votes to Campaign for Marriage Equality

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has voted to campaign in favour of equal rights for gay couples to marry and adopt in its latest Congress.

The Union adopted the motion “to vehemently campaign on the full equalisation of rights regardless of sexual orientation, for full and equal marriage rights, full and equal adoption rights and for this union to recognise lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender LGBT members as full and equal members of society in recognition of the rights laid out above.”

The USI is the sole national representative body for students in Ireland, representing over 250,000 students in over 40 colleges across the country.

Full Story from Pink News

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NC, USA: Greenville Votes to Join Amendment One Opposition

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

On Monday evening, the City of Greenville formally passed a resolution opposing Amendment One. The Greenville City Council’s 5-1 vote against the amendment marked the first such city resolution from Eastern North Carolina.

With it, Greenville becomes the second city without domestic partner benefits to approve such a resolution opposing Amendment One, which, if passed would strip domestic partner benefits from public employees, including health care for families and their children.

The City of Greenville joins the East Carolina University Student Senate, which earlier this year passed a resolution opposing Amendment One.

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