By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Archbishop of Sydney is willing to meet with supporters of same-sex marriage who want him to call off a Church-sponsored campaign against the unions, but on his own terms - first, they must make a public statement conceding that the Church's opposition to same-sex nuptials is not homophobic and second, they must allow a Catholic married couple to be present at the meeting.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Thanks to the efforts of the Iowa Catholic Conference, voters in Iowa will be able to voice their opinion about marriage on a November 2 ballot after being shut out of the decision by the state's Supreme Court that legalized same-sex marriage last year.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The federal judge in California who declared a ban on same-sex marriage in the state to be unconstitutional, has decided to allow same-sex marriages to resume on August 18 at 5:00 p.m.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A federal district court judge in Boston ruled yesterday that the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman is unconstitutional because it violates the rights of same-sex couples and interferes with state's rights to set their own marriage law.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a unanimous decision, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that countries are not obliged to allow same-sex marriage.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
President Barack Obama issued a memorandum yesterday ordering all U.S. medical facilities that receive Medicaid or Medicare to extend hospitals visitation rights to same-sex couples, a move considered to be the most significant taken thus far in his presidency to expand homosexual rights in America.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Attempts by homosexual activist groups to repeal California’s ban on same-sex marriage have failed due to lack of interest.
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by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A California federal judge has decided to allow the trial of a same-sex marriage case that could determine if homosexuals will be allowed to marry in the U.S. to be videotaped and shown on
YouTube.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In a stunning defeat for proponents of same-sex marriage, New Jersey lawmakers failed in their last-ditch effort to pass a same sex marriage bill before swearing in a new governor who opposes the measure later this month.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
New Jersey lawmakers in the state Senate decided to call off a much-anticipated vote on a bill legalizing same-sex “marriage” after realizing that they lacked the votes to pass it.
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