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Minogue sends support for gay marriage
FUTURE generations of Australians will look back and wonder what all the fuss was about in relation to gay marriage, pop star Dannii Minogue says.

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Gay couples ask judge to toss US marriage law
BOSTON — Seven gay couples and three widowers who married in Massachusetts after it became the first state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage went to court Thursday to challenge the constitutionality of a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

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Attorney for gay couples: US Defence of Marriage Act unconstitutional because it discriminates
BOSTON - An attorney for married gay couples has argued that the federal Defence of Marriage Act is unconstitutional because it treats same-sex married couples differently than heterosexual couples.

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Gays To Challenge U.S. Marriage Defense Law In Hub
Eight gay married couples and three widowers will be in federal court in Boston Thursday to challenge a section of the U.S. Defense of Marriage Act, saying the law that defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman harms them.

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Local: Marching for marriage
Over 500 people took to the streets in Sydney last Saturday. Around 250 in Brisbane and Wollongong did likewise, along with 1,500 in Melbourne the previous weekend. So who’s next to march for gay marriage equality? Apparently, it’s Dannii Minogue.

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Rights Groups Ask N.J. Supreme Court for Gay Marriage Fiat
Citing the New Jersey Legislature’s failure in the last session to enact a same-sex marriage law, a coalition of gay rights groups is asking the state Supreme Court to issue its own mandate. The Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund filed a motion last week saying the Legislature did not adhere to the court’s 2006 order to grant same-sex couples the same rights as married heterosexual ones …

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Hot Topics The ladies on “The View” discuss Previous Vice-President Dick Cheney coming out in support of Gay Marriage. As many people know, Mr. Cheneys daughter is a lesbian. They also talk about how certain family situation can cause a person to reevaluate how they feel about certain issues.

PLEASE WATCH PART TWO: www.youtube.com PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS VIDEO! This NEW LEFT MEDIA film was produced and edited by Chase Whiteside (interviews) and Erick Stoll (camera). DONATE: Donations to New Left Media will go toward the production costs of future videos. Any contribution, no matter how small, will go a long way in keeping us online. bit.ly (will take you to paypal) FACEBOOK: bit.ly TWITTER: twitter.com In May, 2009, the Maine Legislature extended marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples. As expected, opponents of equality, led by the National Organization for Marriage and the Catholic Church, petitioned to have those rights put to a vote by referendum. This film chronicles the final days of the on-the-ground campaign to protect marriage equality in Maine. The Democratic National Committee ignored the fight to protect marriage for all couples in Maine, neglecting to donate funds to the cause (even though they reportedly raised over a million dollars from gay donors in June of this year) or to mobilize potentially thousands of volunteers through its Organizing for America arm. The DNC even sent emails to voters in Maine urging them to help with Jon Corzine’s failed gubernatorial reelection in New Jersey, potentially diverting needed volunteers, but also showing that they deemed the fight for marriage equality unworthy of their attention. President Obama never acknowledged the NO ON ONE campaign. If marriage equality is to be fought for on a state-by-state …

Portugal: President Sends Gay Marriage Bill to Court for Review
Portugal President Anibal Cavaco Silva has forwarded a gay marriage bill approved by Parliamentarians to the nation’s Constitutional Court, Lisbon’s Diario de Noticias reported. Cavaco Silva asked the court to review the constitutionality of 4 out of 5 of the bill’s articles.

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Gay marriage: What’s next for both sides?
Randy Bishop knows something about marriage and what it means to the people involved. As a former mayor of Neptune, he performed many marriage ceremonies. It was the best part of his job, he said — even though as a gay man he could not receive from the state what he gave to the couples: the name and rights inherent in marriage.

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Celebrating Victory: Marriage Equality in D.C. should be met with great joy, even as we work to protect it from …
Opinion:It’s in my nature to urge caution when it comes to celebrating our political successes. Long experience has taught us that defeat is sometimes snatched from the jaws of victory. It’s often better, I think, to take a more measured approach that moderates joy to protect against the possibility of later disappointment. Not this time. This time, I’m as joyous as the gay and lesbian couples …

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Same-Sex Marriage Opponents Pull No Punches
Earlier this week, the conservative group New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms released a new video promoting their “Counter Punch” conference in Albany. Between slides recounting the fight against gay marriage in 2009, a sweaty young pugilist shadow-boxes the metaphorical supporters of gay marriage. Then there’s a call to arms for 2010, followed by a issue-related slides broken up by a …

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Blunty3000, with the upcoming Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Shares some thought on same-sex marriage

Sophia Petrillo puts the need and desire for marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples in a very astute yet simple way.