Category Archives: Marriage Equality

Diplomats’ Same-Sex Partners to Get Benefits

By PFLAG Boulder County | May 23, 2009

From the New York Times: 
WASHINGTON — The State Department will offer equal benefits and protections to same-sex partners of American diplomats, according to an internal memorandum Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sent last week to an association of gay and lesbian Foreign Service officers.
Mrs. Clinton said the policy change addressed an inequity in the treatment of domestic [...]

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Is My Marriage Gay? – Jennifer Finney Boylan

By PFLAG Boulder County | May 12, 2009

From the New York Times: 
AS many Americans know, last week Gov. John Baldacci of Maine signed a law that made this state the fifth in the nation to legalize gay marriage. It’s worth pointing out, however, that there were some legal same-sex marriages in Maine already, just as there probably are in all 50 states. [...]

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White House Memo – As Gay Issues Arise, Obama Is Pressed to Engage – NYTimes.com

By PFLAG Boulder County | May 7, 2009

From The New York Times:
WASHINGTON — President Obama was noticeably silent last month when the Iowa Supreme Court overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
But now Mr. Obama — who has said he opposes same-sex marriage as a Christian but describes himself as a “fierce advocate of equality” for gay men and lesbians — is under pressure to [...]

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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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