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Gay Marriage On The Agenda Next Week For New Jersey?

On Top Magazine 12 hours ago

One lawmaker says gay marriage will be on the New Jersey Legislature's agenda next week The New Jersey Legislature convenes for its lame duck session Monday and a gay marriage bill will be on the agenda, says one lawmaker. State Senator Loretta ...

Christian leaders issue 'call of conscience'

AP News 17 hours ago

Christian leaders issue declaration on abortion, marriage, religious freedom More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration Friday reaffirming their opposition to abortion and gay marriage and pledging to protect religious freedoms. ...

NY court: Married gay couples entitled to benefits

AP News yesterday

In narrow ruling, NY's top court OKs some government benefits for married same-sex couples New York's top court ruled Thursday that gay couples legally married elsewhere are entitled to some government benefits, boosting stalled legislative efforts to legalize same-sex marriage. The Court ...

NY protesters target Uganda anti-gay law

AFP American Edition yesterday

Demonstrators targeted Uganda's UN mission in New York on Thursday to protest a proposed law that would punish homosexuality with life in prison in the eastern African country. About 40 people picketed the UN mission at Uganda House in Manhattan, chanting: "Gay ...

Texas Candidate: Gay Marriage Amendment Bans All Marriages

On Top Magazine yesterday

A Texas candidate for attorney general says a clause in the state's gay marriage ban forbids all marriages A Texas candidate for attorney general says a clause in the state's gay marriage ban forbids all marriages, the 'Star-Telegram' reported. Houston attorney Barbara ...

NY court OKs out-of-state gay marriage benefits

Reuters US Online Report Top News yesterday

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state's top court ruled on Thursday that public officials have the authority to recognize out-of-state gay marriages and pushed state lawmakers to decide whether to legalize same-sex marriage. Gay marriage opponents had challenged decisions in 2006 ...

Tony Perkins Takes Aim At Openly Gay OPM Director

On Top Magazine yesterday

Tony Perkins is taking aim at John Berry, the highest ranking openly gay official in the Obama administration Tony Perkins, the president of the anti-gay Family Research Council, is taking aim at John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management and ...

Bardot joins bullfighting debate in Spain

AFP Global Edition yesterday

French screen goddess turned animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has appealed to the government of Catalonia to back a campaign to ban bullfighting in the northeastern Spanish region. The Popular Legislative Initiative, which has gathered 180,000 signatures, calls for a change in ...

114-year-old woman dies in NY nursing home

AP News yesterday

Woman believed to have been oldest person born in US dies in NY nursing home at 114 A 114-year-old woman believed to be the oldest native-born American and the third-oldest person in the world has died at a New York nursing home. ...

Philippine gay group fights to contest elections

AP News yesterday

Philippine gay rights group wages battle to run in 2010 congressional elections A Philippine gay rights group is waging a legal battle to be allowed to run in next year's polls after the Elections Commission ruled it cannot register as a political ...

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