Category Archives: Equal Rights

Maine Senate Backs Same-Sex Marriage – NYTimes.com

By PFLAG Boulder County | April 30, 2009

From the New York Times: 
BOSTON — Maine could be the next New England state to embrace same-sex marriage after the State Senate voted Thursday to legalize the practice.
The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 21 to 14 for a bill that would allow gay couples to marry starting later this year. The measure appears to have even broader support in [...]

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N.H. Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill

By PFLAG Boulder County | April 29, 2009

From the New York Times:
CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire Senate voted narrowly on Wednesday to legalize same-sex marriage, paving the way for the state to potentiallybecome the fifth in the nation — and the third this month — to allow gay couples to wed.
The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 13 to 11 in favor of the bill, [...]

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Signs G.O.P. Is Rethinking Stance on Gay Marriage

By PFLAG Boulder County | April 28, 2009

From the New York Times:
WASHINGTON — It was only five years ago that opposition to gay marriage was so strong that Republicans explicitly turned to the issue as a way to energize conservative voters. Yet today, as the party contemplates the task of rebuilding itself, some Republicans say the issue of gay marriage may be [...]

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Iowa’s Family Values

By PFLAG Boulder County | April 9, 2009

From the New York Times:
IF it weren’t for Iowa, my family may never have existed, and this gay, biracial New Yorker might never have been born.
In 1958, when my mother, who was white, and father, who was black, wanted to get married in Nebraska, it was illegal for them to wed. So they decided to [...]

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Iraq’s Newly Open Gays Face Scorn and Murder

By PFLAG Boulder County | April 8, 2009

From the New York Times:
BAGHDAD — The relative freedom of a newly democratic Iraq and the recent improvement in security have allowed a gay subculture to flourish here. The response has been swift and deadly.
In the past two months, the bodies of as many as 25 boys and men suspected of being gay have turned up in [...]

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With Victories, Gay Rights Groups Expand Marriage Push

By PFLAG Boulder County | April 7, 2009

From the New York Times:
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Gay-rights groups say that momentum from back-to-back victories on same-sex marriage in Vermont and Iowa could spill into other states, particularly since at least nine other legislatures are considering measures this year to allow marriage between gay couples.
The Vermont Legislature on Tuesday overrode Gov. Jim Douglas’s veto of a bill [...]

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