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Defense of Prop. 8 draws sharp questions from liberal justices
WASHINGTON – The lawyer defending California’s ban on same-sex marriage drew skeptical questioning from swing justices Tuesday as the Supreme Court began two historic days of oral arguments considering the rights of gays and lesbians....
Tags: Judges, Same-Sex Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Anthony Kennedy, Family
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Supreme Court expresses skepticism over upholding Prop. 8
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court asked skeptical questions Tuesday of former Reagan administration lawyer Charles J. Cooper about his assertion that California’s ban on gay marriage should be upheld. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr....
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Family, Anthony Kennedy, Social Issues, Lawyers
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Anti-gay marriage lawyer confident: 'We are going to win this case'
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.SAN FRANCISCO -- Gay marriage foes expressed confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court could uphold the state's ban on same-sex unions after hearing arguments on the law Tuesday. "I think we are going to win this case," Andy Pugno, lawyer for Proposition 8...Tags: Politics, Defense of Marriage Act, Elections, Same-Sex Marriage, Anthony Kennedy
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Supreme Court to rule on California's Prop. 8 ban on gay marriage
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court set the stage Friday for a historic decision on gay rights, announcing it would hear appeals of rulings striking down California's Proposition 8 and the federal law denying benefits for legally married same-sex couples....
Tags: Politics, Judges, Elections, Same-Sex Marriage, Anthony Kennedy
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Shotgun weddings good, gay marriages bad
Here’s the latest line of argument put before the Supreme Court against same-sex marriages. Same-sex marriage is bad because gays don’t have unplanned pregnancies. I’m not kidding. I wish I were. TIMELINE: Gay marriage chronology...
Tags: Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Family, Weddings, Social Issues
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Do the right thing on marriage
Forty-five years after it ruled that laws against interracial marriage violated the Constitution, the Supreme Court is finally poised to scrutinize the equally unjust impediments to marriage between people of the same sex. At a private conference Friday,...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Crime, Law and Justice, Family, Trials, Social Issues
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Biola University launches new center for Christianity and the arts
Biola University, an evangelical Christian school in La Mirada, will use a $750,000 grant from Orange County philanthropists Howard F. Ahmanson Jr. and Roberta Green Ahmanson to launch a new program to support artists whose Christian faith informs their...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Culture, Religion and Belief, Same-Sex Marriage, Arts
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Same-sex marriage brings more citizens into a virtuous circle
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review Proposition 8, California’s same-sex marriage ban. On Sunday, gay and lesbian couples lined up to get married as Washington state’s new law approving same-sex unions went into effect. And...
Tags: Rome (Italy), Politics, Elections, Same-Sex Marriage, Family
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Same-sex marriage meets the high court
On Nov. 6, for the first time in American history, a majority of voters in a state — indeed, in three states — approved same-sex marriage. On Friday, the Supreme Court decided to weigh in on the issue, granting review in cases challenging...
Tags: Punishment, Judges, Politics, Elections, Same-Sex Marriage
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Letters: Back to Prop. 13
Re "Rethinking Prop. 13," Editorial, Dec. 6 Proposition 30 raises taxes on everyone, landed and landless. That's fair. Nevertheless, the only part of Proposition 13 that should be revisited is the two-thirds vote requirement to legislate taxes. The 1%...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage
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A string of victories, and now 'voice of God' backs gay marriage
Gay marriage proponents have good reason to feel they have momentum, with multiple election victories Nov. 6 and polls showing an increasingly welcoming public attitudes toward same-sex unions. Now one of the major advocacy groups pushing for marriage...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Same-Sex Marriage, Human Rights, Family
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Inauguration 2013: Obama hints at greater gay marriage support
WASHINGTON -- President Obama must decide next month whether to endorse gay marriage as an equal right under the Constitution; in his inaugural address, he sounded as though he had made up his mind. “Our journey is not complete until our gay...
Tags: Judges, Same-Sex Marriage, Family, Social Issues, Lawyers
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