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Google Launches Gay Rights Campaign

'Legalize Love' targets countries with anti-gay laws

(Newser) - Google has launched an ambitious campaign to boost gay rights all over the world. With its "Legalize Love" campaign, it plans to focus on countries like Singapore, where gay sex is illegal, and Poland, where same-sex couples have no legal recognition, CNN reports. Early reports described the campaign as...

Barney Frank Gets Married
 Barney Frank Gets Married 
Jul 8, 2012 6:09 AM CDT

Barney Frank Gets Married

Becomes first sitting congressman to have same-sex wedding

(Newser) - Barney Frank in 1987 became the first sitting member of Congress to announce he was gay, and yesterday he became the first to have a same-sex wedding, reports the Boston Globe . The retiring congressman, no stranger to controversy , married Jim Ready in front of 300 friends, family, and colleagues. Frank,...

Episcopal Church Ready to Bless Gay Couples

Ritual would be first offered to same-sex couples by a major denomination

(Newser) - The Episcopal Church is soon expected to become the first major denomination to offer a ritual designed to bless gay couples. If approved, the rite will sure sound a lot like the marriage liturgy, as it features famed phrases like "we are gathered here today" and "I do"...

Brad Pitt's Mom Pens Anti-Gay Missive

Jane Pitt apparently doesn't share son's views

(Newser) - Brad Pitt has made his support for gay marriage clear, but his mom apparently doesn't share his views. Jane Pitt wrote a letter to Missouri's Springfield News-Leader this week that's getting some attention today—because it declares strong support for Mitt Romney, "a family man with...

France to Let Gays Marry, Adopt

New rights go into effect in 2013

(Newser) - Gay Paree, indeed. Gay couples in France will be handed two big new rights next year: to wed and adopt kids. "In the first half of 2013, the right to marriage and adoption will be open to all couples, without discrimination," PM Jean-Marc Ayrault told parliament today, fulfilling...

Now on Facebook: Same-Sex Marriage Icons

Co-founder Chris Hughes employs image

(Newser) - Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes married his longtime boyfriend over the weekend, and he hopefully covered the "something old, something borrowed," part of things, because Facebook took care of the new and blue parts of the wedding custom. The social network now has icons to represent same-sex marriages for...

Canterbury Archbishop: Christians Must Overcome Gay 'Disgust'

But forget about same-sex marriage: Rowan Williams

(Newser) - A surprise champion has stepped up to call for improved attitudes about homosexuality—a short time after he blasted the British government for considering legalizing same-sex marriages. Britain's Archbishop of Canterbury has admonished Christians for their failure to overcome their "disgust" of homosexuality. The Church of England is...

Crusader Against Gay Marriage Swaps Sides

David Blankenhorn's op-ed sparks renewed debate

(Newser) - One of the most respected opponents of gay marriage has changed his mind, arguing that too many of his political comrades are simply prejudiced against gays and lesbians, the New York Times reports. David Blankenhorn, who wrote The Future of Marriage and argued for California's Proposition 8 as an...

Dick Cheney's Daughter Marries Her Partner

Mary Cheney and Heather Poe wed in Washington

(Newser) - Dick Cheney's daughter Mary wed her longtime partner today in Washington, reports the Daily Caller . Mary Cheney married Heather Poe, and the former VP is thrilled, according to a statement from him and his wife. “Mary and Heather have been in a committed relationship for many years, and...

Illinois Prosecutors Won't Defend Gay Marriage Ban

But some legal experts say prosecutors are legally bound to defend state's law

(Newser) - Illinois is home to a 16-year-ban on gay marriage, and some 25 same-sex couples have been gearing up for a big court fight against it. Problem is, the defense's table is looking pretty empty. The AP reports that the state's attorney general and the Cook County state attorney...

Now Defending Gay Marriage: Cheerios

General Mills' CEO declares company's opposition to gay-marriage ban

(Newser) - Politics may be coming to the cereal aisle. General Mills jumped into the gay marriage debate Wednesday, as CEO Ken Powell appeared at an LGBT pride event to declare the company's opposition to a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in its home state of Minnesota, the Minneapolis Star ...

Move Over 'Obama Girl,' It's 'Obama Boy'

He likes the president's view on gay marriage

(Newser) - You may remember Obama Girl from the 2008 election, a sometimes bikini-clad woman who crooned of her crush on candidate Barack Obama. Now Meet Obama Boy, who likes the president's new stance on gay marriage, notes Politico . Sample lyrics by actor Justin Brown: "I got a crush on ...

Poll: 40% of Americans Have No Gay Friends

...that puts them in the minority for 1st time

(Newser) - Are you close to someone who's gay? If not, you're now officially in the minority, according to a new CNN poll . Some 40% of respondents said they don't have any close friends or family members who are gay, and that's actually a pretty big decrease from...

Prop 8's Next Stop: Supreme Court

Ninth circuit refuses to reconsider ruling

(Newser) - The 9th Circuit Court of appeals today refused to reconsider its ruling that Proposition 8 was discriminatory, clearing the way for the case to go to the Supreme Court, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Backers of the gay-marriage ban had asked the court to rehear the case with a...

Newspaper Denies Gay Couple's Engagement Notice

Fiance Brent Weaver tells paper: 'You don't like gay people'

(Newser) - Placing an engagement notice in the local paper is usually no big deal—unless you happen to be a gay couple living in Lancaster, Penn. Jeffrey Clouser and his partner of 7 years, Brent A. Weaver, were surprised when Lancaster Newspapers refused to print an announcement for their out-of-state nuptials....

JCPenney Father's Day Ad Features 2 Dads

Follows anti-Ellen DeGeneres boycott attempt

(Newser) - Looks like JCPenney is sticking it to those who slammed Ellen DeGeneres' hiring as its spokeswoman. The company's new Father's Day ad shows two "real-life" dads playing with their two actual kids, JCPenney says. "First Pals: What makes Dad so cool?" the ad's copy asks,...

Federal Court Rules DOMA Is Unconstitutional

US appeals court slams Defense of Marriage Act

(Newser) - A US appeals court today declared that the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples, a groundbreaking ruling all but certain to wind up before the Supreme Court. The unanimous ruling said the 1996 law that defines marriage as a union between a man...

Maine Churches Passing Plate for Gay-Marriage Fight

Groups plan to start fundraising campaign on Father's Day

(Newser) - Up to 200 churches in Maine plan to pass a collection plate on Father's Day to raise funds to fight gay marriage. The state is holding a referendum on legalizing same-sex marriage in November, and the Protect Marriage Maine political action committee is stepping up efforts to raise funds...

Powell Endorses Gay Marriage, But Not Obama

Same-sex marriage is 'way we should move,' he says

(Newser) - Colin Powell has come out in favor of same-sex marriage. "I have no problem with it," he told CNN . "In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law,...

Charlotte Looking Like Worse and Worse DNC Pick

It's home to Bank of America and a high unemployment rate

(Newser) - The Democratic National Convention could be meeting on enemy territory come September. The state that flipped for Barack Obama last election, making him the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state in more than 30 years, is increasingly at odds with the White House. North Carolina just banned gay...

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