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• You’re Not My Mommy

  Published: August 4, 2007, 9:58 am

  Tags: Gay Marriage, Family

  Townhall.com | Matt Barber | August 2, 2007 Jesus said, But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'; so then they are no longer two, but one [...]

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• Ontario Cabinet Minister George Smitherman Weds His Partner

  Published: August 7, 2007, 11:10 am

  Tags: Canada, Gay Marriage, George Smitherman, News, Toronto

  who is the first openly gay Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in Ontario, Canada and the first openly gay cabinet minister, married his partner Christopher Peloso in a ceremony over the weekend. The Toronto Star reports: "Smitherman, who as provincial health minister is a senior member of cabinet and often mentioned on the shortlist of

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• Towleroad Guide to the Tube #159

  Published: August 7, 2007, 4:15 pm

  Tags: Election 2008, Gay Marriage, News, Rudy Giuliani, Towleroad Guide To The Tube, Van Hansis

  LUKE: The latest from the gay storyline on As the World Turns. GAYS FOR GIULIANI: Odd tactic. Activist attempts to trot out stereotypes to scare Republican base. GAY MARRIAGE on THE VIEW: Elizabeth Hasselbeck actually says something sane. (source: good as you) Check out our previous guides to the Tube here!

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• 18 Gay Nigerian Men Face Possible Death by Stoning

  Published: August 10, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: Crime, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, News, Nigeria

  who were on their way to a "gay wedding" in Bauchi town were reportedly arrested while wearing women's clothes and may face death, the BBC reports: "The men were arrested in a hotel in north-eastern Bauchi State, which is governed by the Islamic Sharia law. The Sharia punishment for sodomy is death by stoning...Sharia judge Malam Tanimu

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• God week continued: Margaret Somerville wises up on polygamy

  Published: August 11, 2007, 7:02 pm

  Tags: Polygamy, Margaret Somerville, Gay Marriage

  a piece titles 'If same-sex marriage, why not polygamy?' in today's Globe and Mail. She issues another dark warning that gay marriage (which as a Vatican emissary she doesn't like much) would lead to even worse stuff like polygamy. It's a lot of bollocks, really, but it's fun to read, mostly because it is so badly argued that one wonder

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• Rudy Giuliani Withdraws Support for Civil Unions

  Published: August 14, 2007, 10:45 am

  Tags: Election 2008, Gay Marriage, New York, News, Republican Party

  it is 'the equivalent of marriage,' which he has always opposed for gays. Giuliani's aides offered little explanation of what specific rights he would support for same-sex couples." The Globe notes that in 2004 Giuliani told Bill O'Reilly: "I'm in favor of . . . civil unions. So now you have a civil partnership, domestic partnership, civil

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• News: Synthetic Life, Andrew Sullivan, Frozen Smoke, Jocks

  Published: August 20, 2007, 2:05 pm

  Tags: Andrew Sullivan, Britney Spears, Democratic Party, Election 2008, Fred Thompson, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, George W Bush, Nature, News, Paris Hilton, Rudy Giuliani, South Africa, Uganda

  The L.A. Daily News looks at gay sites and straight athletes: "When it comes to visuals in sports, gay men and straight men are very similar except for the genders that we look at.Men are more visual. So we are just doing what mainstream sites do but we are catering to our audiences. If you look at Sports Illustrated or ESPN magazines, they all

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• Designer Marc Jacobs to "Wed" Boyfriend Jason Preston?

  Published: August 22, 2007, 10:50 am

  Tags: Fashion Men, Gay Marriage, Marc Jacobs, News

  Ben Widdicombe reports in his New York Daily News Gatecrasher column: "A tipster who was at the Chelsea gentlemen's bar Barracuda on Saturday night ran into the designer's on-again boyfriend, former hustler Jason Preston. He was 'flashing a Cartier ring to his friends, telling everyone he was engaged,' says the snitch. 'Then out of nowhere Marc

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• Oregonians to Know Their Anti-gay Neighbors

  Published: August 22, 2007, 12:51 pm

  Tags: Discrimination, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, News, Oregon

  to decide whether to grant marriage-style rights to same-sex couples via domestic partnerships, and whether to ban discrimination against gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people. Know Thy Neighbor pledged to launch a new Web site that will list the petition signers' names and addresses." Know Thy Neighbor has already published

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• British Soap Emmerdale to See Civil Partnership

  Published: August 23, 2007, 2:15 pm

  Tags: Gay Marriage, Great Britain, News, Playing Gay, Television

  is gearing up for its first gay marriage civil partnership, as Actor Mathew Bose's character Paul is set to receive a proposal next week. Bose talks to The Sun about tackling the issue: "Playing a character like Paul, I have responsibility not to misrepresent the portion of the gay community that I represent. Of course, there are lots of

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• News: Ang Lee, Malaysia, Amy Winehouse, Uganda, Sean Penn

  Published: August 24, 2007, 2:15 pm

  Tags: Ex Gays, Amy Winehouse, Ang Lee, Austin Nichols, Australia, Don T Ask Don T Tell, Gay Marriage, Health, Military, New York, News, Religion, Sean Penn, Ted Haggard, Uganda

  historical arguments for gay marriage: "For example, in late medieval France, the term affr rement -- roughly translated as brotherment -- was used to refer to a certain type of legal contract, which also existed elsewhere in Mediterranean Europe. These documents provided the foundation for non-nuclear households of many types and shared

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• Judge Declares Iowa Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional

  Published: August 30, 2007, 7:28 pm

  Tags: Gay Marriage, Iowa, News

  a state law banning same-sex marriage. Wrote Judge Robert B. Hanson in the ruling: "This court has yet to hear any convincing argument as to how excluding same-sex couples from getting married promotes responsible reproduction in general or by different-sex couples in particular. So far as this court can tell (the law) operates only to harm

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• Mitt Romney Slams Iowa "Activist Judge" on Gay Marriage Decision

  Published: August 31, 2007, 8:58 am

  Tags: Gay Marriage, Iowa, Mitt Romney, News

  judges trying to redefine marriage and disregard the will of the people as expressed through Iowa's Defense of Marriage Act. This once again highlights the need for a Federal Marriage Amendment to protect the traditional definition of marriage as between one man and one woman." You may have missed... Judge Declares Iowa Same-Sex Marriage

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• Fun While It Lasted Dept.: IOWA GAY MARRIAGE 8/30/07-8/31/07

  Published: August 31, 2007, 2:20 pm

  Tags: Fun While It Lasted Dept, Gay, Gay Marriage, Iowa

  striking down same-sex marriages.The county plans to appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court. Haggerty says she is not permitted to accept any more applications from gay couples until after the high court rules. We hope you all enjoyed your day of equal rights, Gay Iowans. Also: wtf are you doing living in Iowa? Kentucky rent too high? First

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• Broadsides: Emotionally Retarded Hubbies Are Nothing New

  Published: August 31, 2007, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Broadsides, Female Feticide, First Wives, Gay Marriage, Hot Flashes, Hot Royals, Insurance, Iraq War, Pregnancy, Rape, Rwanda, Serial Killers

  A new study indicates that 90% of pregnant women feel stressed during pregnancy, usually over a number of "taboo" topics that they don't feel like they can discuss publicly. Among them? Nearly... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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