The dean of students at a Massachusetts catholic high school was pressured to leave her job after marrying her wife in August, The Advocate reports.
Christine Judd, who also served as the athletic director at Cathedral High School in Springfield, stepped down Wednesday following a meeting with school administrators.
According to The Advocate, Judd told The Republican [...]

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This video, from Sean Chopin’s “Make The Right Choice” series and posted at LezGetReal, attempts to highlight the difference between same-sex domestic partnerships/civil unions and full civil marriage by comparing the disparities to the inequality symbolized by racially segregated drinking fountains.
While the video succeeds in making its point, we have to wonder if the comparison [...]

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South America appears to be warming to same-sex marriage and the Colombian capital of Bogotá is no exception. According to a recent government-backed telephone survey, 63 percent of the city’s residents support marriage equality, The Advocate reports.
The poll, which surveyed 1,200 citizens (89 percent of whom were heterosexual), was part of an eight-month project to [...]

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As challenges to state laws banning same-sex marriage pop up around around the nation, gays in Wyoming are joining the fray. A same-sex couple from Cheyenne has filed a federal lawsuit after being denied a marriage license, The Advocate reports.
Ryan W. Dupree and partner David Shupe-Roderick will be representing themselves in the suit challenging Wyoming’s [...]

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As both sides of the Prop 8 debate wait to see if the 9th Circuit Court will extend Judge Vaughn Walker’s stay on same-sex marriages before it expires Wednesday, attorneys representing the measure’s supporters lashed out in a letter to the court Monday.
In effort to prevent same-sex marriages from occurring before Walker’s decision can be [...]

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In town for the Iowa State Fair on Thursday, exiting Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said that voters should oust judges who overturn bans on same-sex marriage, saying that judges should not insert their personal opinion on the issue. The Minnesota Independent reports that Conservatives in Iowa have launched a campaign to remove judges [...]

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The Mexican Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that same-sex marriages registered in Mexico City must be recognized nation-wide, though it is unclear which marital rights must be recognized by state governments, The New York Times reports.
Following last week’s ruling upholding same-sex marriage law in the capital city, the court ruled 9-2 against the attorney general’s office’s [...]

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U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker of San Francisco will rule today on whether California’s Proposition 8 violated gays’ and lesbians’ right of equality under the U.S. Constitution. Teams in opposition to same-sex marriage have already made it clear they plan to appeal, exuding pessimism that the court will rule in their favor this round.
From the [...]

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Ever wondered how far you’d have to travel to legally wed your partner — without leaving the country? (Iowa.) Or which Oregon lawmakers stand in against marriage equality? (Rep. Greg Walden.)
StatesThatAllowGayMarriage.com provides an interactive map tracking the status of same-sex marriage across the country and includes details on politician’s voting records as well as the [...]

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The New Jersey Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a marriage equality case, saying that the six same-sex couples seeking the right to marry must start with the state’s lower courts, the AP reports.
The couple sought to challenges New Jersey’s civil union law on the grounds it does not provide the full equality that marriage [...]

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