Same-sex marriage pioneers separate
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The lesbian couple whose lawsuit led to legal same-sex marriage in Massachusetts have announced they have separated.
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OTTAWA (CP) - There is no need for the Supreme Court to rule on the legality of same-sex marriage because it's already been decided, a national gay and lesbian group argued Wednesday.
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(West Hartford-AP, Nov. 30, 2004 8:07 PM) _ A Boston lawyer who led the fight for same-sex marriage in Massachusetts told about 50 students and visitors at the University of Hartford today that the time appears
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A year that brought gay and lesbian couples hope, when the potential for legitimate marriage seemed euphorically within reach, came to a dispiriting end for many of them Tuesday at the ballot box.
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After 27 years together, Nancy Wilson and Paula Schoenwether got married last summer in Massachusetts, along with thousands of other same-sex couples who wanted their unions legalized.
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Rudolph W. Giuliani has tapped into the struggles of millions of American families who have to regroup when a new marriage, or recoupling, follows a divorce or breakup.
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"Protection of marriage" is now the watchword for many activists fighting to prevent gays and lesbians from marrying. Some conservatives, however, say marriage in America began unraveling long before the latest gay-rights push and are pleading for a fresh, soul-searching look at the institution.
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The leaders want their faith to be enshrined as the national religion, governing marriage, divorce and family inheritance.
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Twins who were separated at birth have married without knowing they were brother and sister, a peer says.
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Arguing for marriage equality for everyone, an activist group started by furniture designer Mitchell Gold seeks to remind Americans that interracial marriage was banned just a few decades ago.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Conservative Leader Stephen Harper's position on gay marriage may play well with most of his MPs on the surface, but it exposes deep divisions that remain after the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative wedding.
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Three gay couples Tuesday dropped their lawsuits challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act, saying they do not want to risk having a conservative U.S. Supreme Court set precedent by rejecting their case.
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SALEM, Ore.  - Same-sex couples should enjoy the  same rights and benefits as married heterosexual couples,  advocates told Oregon's Supreme Court on Wednesday, with the  fate of 3,000 married gay couples at issue.
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Â· Ruling means pioneer may have to close centreÂ· Move follows years of dispute with authority
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After a coast-to-coast airing from family rooms to polling places, the debate over same-sex marriage returns to San Francisco, the site of an exuberant but short-lived gay wedding march.
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- A coalition of conservative New England Episcopalians has split from the national church, forming four new congregations in part because of last year&#39;s consecration of a gay bishop.
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After years of debate, the Conservative Jewish movement is on the verge of redefining its approach to homosexuality, a pivotal decision for a movement that occupies a shrinking middle ground between Orthodox and Reform Judaism.