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Protesters interrupt French Open final
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - Four protesters, one letting off a flare, briefly interrupted the French Open tennis final between Rafa Nadal and fellow Spaniard David Ferrer on Sunday. Two bare-chested protesters stood up in one of the front rows behind the players'...Tags: Politics, Activism, France, Francois Hollande, Tennis
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Republican donors, RNC push in different directions
PARK CITY, Utah — After women, young voters and Latinos fled from the Republican Party in droves in 2012, some GOP leaders thought they had a chance to turn things around. They embarked on a "listening tour" and put out a report acknowledging that...
Tags: Republican Party, Rand Paul, Marriage, Minority Groups, Travel
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Lesbians gather with pride in West Hollywood
They said it loudly and repeatedly, and they wore stickers and clutched signs proclaiming it: lesbian. "Yes, I am!" hundreds of female voices chanted in a crowded West Hollywood park. "Yes, I am!" Lesbians, their supporters and friends gathered Friday...Tags: Social Issues, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Entertainment, Gay Pride San Diego, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010)
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In first joint event Democratic ticket mates label GOP opponents as too extreme
RICHMOND – Fresh off their wins in the primary election the Democratic nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general joined gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe at a rally in Richmond Wednesday, where they contrasted themselves with their...Tags: Mark R. Herring, Crime, Law and Justice, Christopher Newport University, Religion and Belief, Timothy M. Kaine
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Mitt Romney still at work on his next act
PARK CITY, Utah — Inside the ballroom of a posh resort in Deer Valley, the old Mitt Romney was back. Outlining the biggest challenges facing the country before an intimate gathering of 200 of his biggest donors, the man whose political career was...
Tags: Social Issues, Executive Branch, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Republican Party, Rand Paul
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California readies for possible return of gay marriage
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Planning a party for thousands of people would be a challenge under the best of circumstances. Now imagine trying to pull off such a gathering without knowing what day it should happen or if there even will be cause for...
Tags: Social Issues, Justice System, Ceremonies, Crime, Law and Justice, Marriage
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Mike Lawlor, David Zakur To Marry At Governor's Residence
The Hartford CourantFormer legislative heavyweight and now deputy OPM secretary for criminal justice Mike Lawlor is changing his status from “in a relationship” to “married” next week. And on Tuesday he and his future groom David Zakur were at...Tags: Services and Shopping, Executive Branch, Weddings, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Dannel P. Malloy
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Children raised by gay parents come of age in Maryland
This year's Baltimore Pride is the first since marriage equality was passed in the state, but far from the first for Marylanders who grew up with gay parents. A recent study released by the Williams Institute, a think tank at the UCLA School of Law,...
Tags: Skype, 2010 Census, University of California, Los Angeles, Family, Annapolis
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On this date in history: The Loving decision
On June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its unanimous decision in Loving vs. Virginia, striking down the state's ban on interracial marriage. Nine years earlier, Richard Loving (who was white) had married Mildred Jeter (who was black)....
Tags: Trials, Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Local Government
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'Perhaps the real threat to marriage is...'
Change of SubjectFrom The Gay Guide to Wedded Bliss by Liza Mundy in this month's Atlantic Despite—or maybe because of—their perfectionist approach to egalitarianism, lesbian couples seem to be more likely to break up than gay ones. Pepper Schwartz noted... -
Majorities drive sweeping, divergent changes across states
Stateline.orgWASHINGTON Gun curbs? Colorado got it done. Driver's licenses and in-state tuition for immigrants in the country illegally? Done. A new school-spending plan, an elections overhaul, Medicaid expansion? Done, done and done. Democrats, with a majority in...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Congress, Republican Party, Justice and Rights, Medicaid
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