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Same-sex marriage, gay marriage or homosexual marriage are terms for a legally or socially recognized marriage between two people of the same gender. Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  2. Barack Obama Barack Obama
  3. National Organization for Marriage National Organization for Marriage
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  1. Whatever fine record he compiled in the Bush administration, Grenell is more passionate about same-sex marriage than anything else.
    SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2 weeks ago
  2. During the conversation, Ms. Brunstetter said her husband was the architect of Amendment 1, and one of the reasons he wrote it was to protect the Caucasian race ... She said Caucasians or whites created this country. We wrote the Constitution. This is about protecting the Constitution. There already is ...
    SOURCE: The Advocate 2 weeks ago
  3. this is not about Republicans or Mitt Romney’s campaign being unaccepting of gay people ... were opposed to his advocacy for same-sex marriage.
    SOURCE: Mediaite.com 2 weeks ago
  4. I think the main issue is gay marriage
    SOURCE: MyNC.com 2 weeks ago
  5. If you're voting against the amendment what would it be? To allow gay marriage? I'm not sure
    SOURCE: NBC 17.com 2 weeks ago
  6. Grenell is more passionate about same-sex marriage than anything else
    SOURCE: The Week 2 weeks ago
  7. These latest statistics demonstrate beyond any doubt that the civil union statute is a complete failure ... If the General Assembly truly cares about ensuring fairness and equality for Rhode Island's gay and lesbian couples, it will recognize that the time has come for passage of a marriage bill.
    SOURCE: Providence Journal 2 weeks ago
  8. Within days of his appointment, Grenell had to apologize for having made a series of off-color comments about prominent women -- including Callista Gingrich and Rachel Maddow -- on Twitter. A handful of social conservatives also expressed alarm over the selection of a campaign aide who is not just gay, ...
    SOURCE: The Politico 2 weeks ago
  9. It has nothing to do with same-sex marriage
    SOURCE: Lompoc Record 2 weeks ago
  10. Suppose Barack Obama comes out — as Grenell wishes he would — in favor of same-sex marriage in his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention: How fast and how publicly will Richard Grenell decamp from Romney to Obama?
    SOURCE: Seattle Post Intelligencer 2 weeks ago
  11. The proponents of same-sex marriage always outraise the people who are proposing to keep marriage between a man and a woman
    SOURCE: San Antonio Express 2 weeks ago
  12. My problem is that by his own description he is an ardent activist for same-sex marriage who went to go work for a candidate who wants to defeat same-sex marriage. It doesn’t look good to the people that Romney needs support from to have an advocate for same-sex marriage in such a high-profile position
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 2 weeks ago
  13. My problem is that by his own description he is an ardent activist for same-sex marriage who went to go work for a candidate who wants to defeat same-sex marriage. It doesn’t look good to the people that Romney needs support from to have an advocate for same-sex marriage in such a high-profile position
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 2 weeks ago
  14. The Romney campaign needs to be unequivocally opposed to same-sex marriage and to appear to be. The campaign has remedied a problem that was bound to get worse.
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 2 weeks ago
  15. It's not worth that risk. We're talking about risking victims' lives for this amendment that's supposed to be anti-same-sex marriage when we already have a law that bans same-sex marriage.
    SOURCE: MyNC.com 2 weeks ago
  16. I agree that Grenell’s being openly gay is, in itself, of no consequence for his service in the Romney campaign. Nor is the fact that he supports same-sex marriage.… But Grenell has made a particular crusade of the marriage issue, with a kind of unhinged devotion that suggests a man with questionable ju...
    SOURCE: National Journal 2 weeks ago
  17. Suppose Barack Obama comes out — as Grenell wishes he would — in favor of same-sex marriage in his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, wrote Matthew J. Franck at the National Review, How fast and how publicly will Richard Grenell decamp from Romney to Obama?
    SOURCE: The American Prospect 2 weeks ago
  18. Suppose Barack Obama comes out — as Grenell wishes he would — in favor of same-sex marriage in his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. How fast and how publicly will Richard Grenell decamp from Romney to Obama?
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 2 weeks ago
  19. The Liberal and Reform synagogues have given their support to same-sex marriage but rabbis within the main United Synagogues have expressed opposition
    SOURCE: EDGE Boston 2 weeks ago
  20. It would constitutionally prohibit recognition not just of same-sex marriages, but of other legal arrangements like civil unions and domestic partnerships. That could harm all unmarried couples, imperiling some children's health insurance benefits, along with child custody arrangements and safeguards ag...
    SOURCE: On Top Magazine 2 weeks ago
  21. I realize Gov. Romney has had a spotty record on gay marriage, but all I want to know is that he will stay strong and not let liberals talk him in to signing executives orders or laws that devalue traditional marriage
    SOURCE: The Christian Post 2 weeks ago
  22. He needed issues that would help him pivot ... I think he truly does oppose gay marriage, but the speed with which he jumped on and rode that issue struck me as political.
    SOURCE: The Christian Post 2 weeks ago
  23. Under current law, a heterosexual couple can choose to enter into a marriage or a civil union. A same-sex couple, however, may only elect a civil union. My obligation as Governor is to support equality under law. This is inequality, and I will not defend it.
    SOURCE: The Advocate 2 weeks ago
  24. Under current law, a heterosexual couple can choose to enter into a marriage or a civil union. A same-sex couple, however, may only elect a civil union. My obligation as Governor is to support equality under law. This is inequality, and I will not defend it.
    SOURCE: The Advocate 2 weeks ago
  25. Rick Santorum is out. I guess it just wasn't Rick's year. Rick's year is 1954. You know, it's one thing to oppose gay marriage. It's another altogether to do it in a sweater vest.
    SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal | LVRJ.com 2 weeks ago
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