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		<title>Minnesota Senate Gives Final Approval to Marriage Equality</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The Minnesota Senate gave final approval Monday (May 13) to a marriage equality bill and the governor has indicated he will sign it, making Minnesota the 12th state to approve allowing same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses the same as male-female couples. The vote also continues an unprecedented momentum toward [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<title>Ask Lambda Legal: Marriage and the Supreme Court</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Jon Davidson, Legal Director, Lambda Legal&#8211; Dear Lambda Legal, Q: I was talking with friends about the Supreme Court hearings about Prop 8 in California and DOMA, and some of us were really encouraged by the news reports. Are we being overly optimistic? A:  With arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perry concerning Proposition 8 in California and United States [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<title>Thinking Out Loud: Why Waiting for LGBT Equality is a Waste of Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Abby Dees*/Special for TRT While my home state of California is still wrestling with whether allowing gay marriage will send us floating into the Pacific, other states have seen the light and are moving into the 21st century. If voter initiatives don’t ruin it, Maryland and Washington are set to be the seventh and [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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		<title>Marriage Equality in NJ: Positive Effects For 16,875 Couples Raising 6,650+ Children</title>
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		<title>Santorum Brings Anti-Gay Message to Washington State as Marriage Equality Becomes Reality</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington – Rick Santorum is bringing his increasingly vitriolic campaign to Washington State today, the same day Governor Christine Gregoire is signing into law historic marriage equality legislation. Santorum’s archaic anti-gay rhetoric stands in stark contrast to the momentum for marriage that has swept the state in recent months. Just two weeks ago, Santorum told a gay man [...]<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>

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