Republican Platform Backs Gay Marriage Ban
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Republicans crafting the party's platform backed a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Wednesday in a sharp contrast to plans to put the party's more moderate face on display at next week's convention.
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The Illinois House on Tuesday passed a bill that bans discrimination against gays and sent it to Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who has said he supports the measure.
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Republican activists sharpened their party&#39;s opposition to gay marriage Wednesday only hours after Vice President Cheney defended such unions.
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NEW YORK: US Republicans adopted on Monday a party platform backing President George W Bushâs pre-emptive assault on terrorism and declaring that no international organisation could replace US leadership.
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Republican Party officials agreed to take a hard line against abortion rights and same-sex marriage Wednesday, positions that party moderates predict will turn away voters needed to win the November elections.
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Flag-burning and the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance are about to join gay marriage among the volatile issues that congressional Republicans have pushed to votes ahead of the election to remind the public how the GOP and Democrats differ.
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Voters in 10 US states have approved a ban on gay marriages, according to early data of the referendums held there. Oklahoma, Georgia, North Dakota, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Utah, Mississippi and
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Gay marriage opponents launched a petition drive Monday in hopes of persuading lawmakers to amend the state constitution to include a definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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The US Christian right took credit for helping President George W. Bush win re-election this week, in part by mobilizing its followers to vote for a ban on gay marriage in 11 of the 50 states.
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Republicans concluded work on Thursday on a party platform that backs proposed constitutional amendments banning gay marriage and abortion and vigorously defends President Bush's conduct of the war in Iraq.
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In addition to Wisconsin, three other states &#151; Arizona, Colorado and Virginia &#151; are viewed by gay-rights strategists as having closely contested campaigns this fall over proposed constitutional amendments that would ban gay marriage and civil unions. A brief look at the campaigns:
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(Madrid) The cabinet of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Friday approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and allowing gay couples to adopt.
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A Senate committee approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage Thursday, after a shouting match that ended when one Democrat strode out and the Republican chairman bid him &quot;good riddance.&quot;
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Delegates at the Republican convention on Monday defended President Bush's conduct of war in Iraq and affirmed plans to seek constitutional amendments banning gay marriage and limiting abortion rights.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 30, 2004 - The House emphatically rejected a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes advanced by Republican leaders in the run-up to Election Day.
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Early returns indicated strong support among Louisiana voters for a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages and civil unions, one of up to 12 such measures on the ballot around the country this year.
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NEW YORK -- Members of the Republican Party&#39;s platform committee yesterday strengthened the party&#39;s official opposition to same-sex marriages, a day after Vice President Dick Cheney broke with the Bush administration by saying the matter of gay marriage