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U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 18, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Attempts by conservative opponents to halt same-sex marriage in California before the November election failed Tuesday when both a state appeals court and a Sacramento trial judge refused to block local officials from issuing marriage licenses to gay coup.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 16, 2008 @ 8:09am neoform

SF Gate -- Same-sex weddings are being held around the state starting this evening. Here are officials' plans: Alameda County: The county clerk's office will stay open late tonight - until 8 p.m. - and is one of a handful of offices statewide to wed couples today.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 26, 2007 @ 4:52pm neoform

CNN -- A young man whose arranged marriage to a young cousin led to the conviction of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was charged Wednesday with her rape. Prosecutors filed the rape charge against Allen Steed, 26, a day after a jury found Jeffs guilty of two.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jan 12, 2007 @ 10:12am mrmdc

AZ Central -- All Michael Buday wanted to do was marry Diana Bijon and live happily ever after, with one tiny twist: He agreed to take her last name... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 27, 2006 @ 8:25am neoform

SF Gate -- Proponents of measures to prohibit same-sex marriage say New Jersey's Supreme Court ruling that committed same-sex couples deserve the same rights as heterosexual couples will motivate voters to pass constitutional bans... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 16, 2008 @ 8:09am neoform

SF Gate -- When Senior Assistant Attorney General Christopher Krueger was leaving home to represent the state in opposing same-sex marriage during a historic hearing before the California Supreme Court in March, his wife kissed him on the lips and said, "Good luck,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 12, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Police officers in Kern County will not arrest same-sex couples who get married outside the county clerk's office next week, gay community leaders said Wednesday. The Rev. Byrd Tetzlaff, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Kern County,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 21, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

MSNBC -- A judge sentenced a polygamous-sect leader Tuesday to two consecutive terms of five years to life in prison for his role in the arranged marriage of teenage cousins. Warren Jeffs, 51, was convicted of two counts of rape as an accomplice for his role in.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Jun 11, 2007 @ 3:45pm neoform

Alter Net -- A Delaware clerk of the peace is happy that his days of performing wedding ceremonies for underage, pregnant brides will soon be over. But a number of other states still have marriage provisions that conflict with their own laws on statutory rape. Ken.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 29, 2007 @ 3:24pm neoform

CNN -- The leader of a polygamous sect is competent to stand trial on charges tied to the spiritual marriage of a 14-year-old girl to an older cousin, a judge said. Judge James Shumate said an evaluation of Warren Jeffs, filed under seal, would be released in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 1:47am neoform

FOX News -- The leader of a polygamous sect is competent to stand trial on charges tied to the spiritual marriage of a 14-year-old girl to an older cousin, a judge said Friday. Judge James Shumate said an evaluation of Warren Jeffs, filed under seal, would be rele.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 25, 2007 @ 4:49pm neoform

USA Today -- The leader of a polygamous sect is competent to stand trial on charges tied to the spiritual marriage of a 14-year-old girl to an older cousin, a judge said Friday. Judge James Shumate said an evaluation of Warren Jeffs, filed under seal, would be rele.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 14, 2007 @ 3:14pm neoform

USA Today -- How can the traditional definition of marriage be changed to include same-sex couples, Connecticut's Supreme Court justices asked a lawyer Monday as they heard arguments urging them to legalize gay marriage in the state. "How can it reasonably be done.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 20, 2006 @ 12:40am neoform

telegram.com -- Tempers boiled over at an anti-gay marriage rally yesterday when the executive director of the Boston-based Catholic Citizenship emerged from behind a lectern outside City Hall, rushed toward a female counter-demonstrator, and pushed her to the ground... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 31, 2006 @ 10:02pm neoform

USA Today -- The federal government's "no sex without marriage" message isn't just for kids anymore. Now the government is targeting unmarried adults up to age 29 as part of its abstinence-only programs, which include millions of dollars in federal money that will.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 25, 2006 @ 6:17pm neoform

Reuters -- Saying times have changed, New Jersey's highest court on Wednesday guaranteed gay couples the same rights as married heterosexuals but left it to state lawmakers to decide if such unions can be called marriage... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Oct 15, 2006 @ 8:05pm neoform

New York Times -- Married couples, whose numbers have been declining for decades as a proportion of American households, have finally slipped into a minority, according to an analysis of new census figures by The New York Times... Read More