Wash. Woman Thrust Into Gay Marriage Fight
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Lee Kandu never wanted to be a crusader for same-sex marriage. The Castle Rock, Wash., woman just wanted to file for bankruptcy protection so she could keep her house after her spouse &#151; a woman she married in Canada &#151; was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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WASHINGTON - Gay marriage is emerging as a big enough issue in several states to influence races both for Congress and the presidency.    Ballot initiatives on banning same-sex marriages are expected to propel social conservatives to the polls in 11 states, including four presidential battlegrounds: Arkansas, Ohio, Michigan and Oregon...
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The creator of the infamous "butterfly ballot" used in the 2000 presidential election is fighting for her job as Palm Beach County's elections chief.
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Echoing the ruling of another local court, a Thurston County judge ruled Tuesday that Washington state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
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The Republican candidate takes on the tough task of defending his positions before religious conservatives today.
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The legal fight over same-sex marriage has shifted to Southern California now that a lawsuit filed by a gay couple from suburban Orange County is the only remaining challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
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Celebrating the first anniversary  of his decision to issue marriage licenses to gays, San  Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom vowed on Saturday to stay at the  forefront of fights to make same-sex marriages legal.
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A Methodist minister who was defrocked for declaring that she is a lesbian living with her partner is taking her case to a church appeals court.
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A lesbian couple married in Massachusetts has filed for divorce in Rhode Island, setting up a legal conundrum for judges in a state where the laws are silent on the legality of same-sex marriage.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nov. 22 -- Two lesbians married in Massachusetts have filed for divorce in Rhode Island, setting up a legal conundrum for judges in a state where the laws are silent on the legality of same-sex marriage.
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Sponsors of a proposal to ban gay marriage in Florida said Thursday they have gathered enough signatures to put the measure before voters next year.
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The state Supreme Court announced it would issue a long-awaited ruling Wednesday in a case that could make Washington only the second state to allow gay marriage.
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Pentecostal women are demanding more of their husbands and themselves as they move beyond civil war.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 24 -- Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, kicked off San Francisco's annual gay pride parade Sunday by splitting with her husband over support for legalized same-sex marriage.
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The Washington Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on gay marriage Wednesday, dealing the gay rights movement its second major defeat in less than a month in another liberal-leaning state that had been regarded as a promising battleground.
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(Washington) The US House of Representatives began debate Thursday afternoon of a proposed amendment to the Constitution to bar same-sex marriage with a vote expected later today.
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A French mayor vows to continue fighting to legalise gay marriage despite a court ruling against it.