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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>Gay Marriage Issues</title><link href="gaymarriageissues.com" rel="alternate"></link><id>gaymarriageissues.com</id><updated>2011-12-22T10:30:08Z</updated><entry><title>Plurality In New Mexico Support Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/plurality-new-mexico-support-gay-marriage-4881163a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-22T10:30:08Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-22:/plurality-new-mexico-support-gay-marriage-4881163a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A plurality of voters in &lt;a title="New Mexico" href="/topic/New+Mexico" &gt;New Mexico&lt;/a&gt; say gay marriage should be legal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A plurality of voters in New Mexico say gay marriage should be legal, a new poll found.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;According to a &lt;a href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2011/12/new-mexico-for-gay-marriage.html"&gt;&lt;a title="Public Policy Polling" href="/topic/Public+Policy+Polling" &gt;Public Policy Polling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; survey released Tuesday, 67 percent of New ...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Family Law"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Colorado"></category><category term="New Mexico"></category><category term="Nevada"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Public Policy Polling"></category></entry><entry><title>Rick Santorum Claims Gay People Have Equal Rights</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/rick-santorum-claims-gay-people-equal-rights-4880464a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-21T09:30:18Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-21:/rick-santorum-claims-gay-people-equal-rights-4880464a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Rick Santorum" href="/topic/Rick+Santorum" &gt;Rick Santorum&lt;/a&gt; has said gay men and lesbians have equal rights&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Rick Santorum has said gay men and lesbians have equal rights.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;After receiving on Tuesday the personal endorsement of &lt;a title="Bob Vander Plaats" href="/topic/Bob+Vander+Plaats" &gt;Bob Vander Plaats&lt;/a&gt;, president and CEO of The Family Leader, Santorum appeared on &lt;a title="FOX News Network LLC" href="/topic/FOX+News+Network+LLC"...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Islam"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="FOX News Network LLC"></category><category term="Center for American Progress"></category><category term="Rick Perry"></category><category term="Rick Santorum"></category><category term="Iowa Supreme Court"></category><category term="Greta Van Susteren"></category><category term="Michele Bachmann"></category><category term="Bob Vander Plaats"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Sharia Law"></category></entry><entry><title>Obama Will Soon Endorse Gay Marriage, Richard Socarides Predicts</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/obama-endorse-gay-marriage-richard-socarides-predicts-4880400a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-21T08:30:16Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-21:/obama-endorse-gay-marriage-richard-socarides-predicts-4880400a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;President Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt; will soon endorse gay marriage, &lt;a title="Richard Socarides" href="/topic/Richard+Socarides" &gt;Richard Socarides&lt;/a&gt; has predicted&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama will soon endorse gay marriage, Richard Socarides, a former adviser on gay rights to &lt;a title="Bill Clinton" href="/topic/Bill+Clinton" &gt;President Bill Clinton&lt;/a&gt;, has predicted.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In an op-ed published Tuesday in the &lt;a href="...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Bill Clinton"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Richard Socarides"></category><category term="Don't Ask, Don't Tell"></category></entry><entry><title>Newt Gingrich Tells Gay Iowan To Vote For Obama</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/newt-gingrich-tells-gay-iowan-vote-obama-4880360a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-21T07:00:43Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-21:/newt-gingrich-tells-gay-iowan-vote-obama-4880360a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Newt Gingrich" href="/topic/Newt+Gingrich" &gt;Newt Gingrich&lt;/a&gt; told a gay Iowan that he should vote for &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;President Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt; when the man asked him about gay rights&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Newt Gingrich told a gay Iowan that he should vote for President Barack Obama when the man asked him about gay rights, the &lt;a href="http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/12/20/gingrich-to-gay-iowan-vote-for-obama/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a title="...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Newt Gingrich"></category><category term="The Des Moines Register"></category><category term="Oskaloosa"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Scott Arnold"></category><category term="William Penn University"></category></entry><entry><title>Rick Santorum Endorsed By Iowa Leaders Opposed To Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/rick-santorum-endorsed-iowa-leaders-opposed-gay-marriage-4879785a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-20T10:00:21Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-20:/rick-santorum-endorsed-iowa-leaders-opposed-gay-marriage-4879785a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Rick Santorum" href="/topic/Rick+Santorum" &gt;Rick Santorum&lt;/a&gt; has won the endorsement of two prominent conservative leaders in Iowa&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rick Santorum has won the endorsement of two prominent conservative leaders in &lt;a title="Iowa" href="/topic/Iowa" &gt;Iowa&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href="http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/12/20/rick-santorum-gets-endorsement-from-bob-vander-plaats-and-chuck-hurley/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a title="The Des Moines Register" href="/topic/The+Des+Moin...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Islam"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="Pennsylvania"></category><category term="Ron Paul"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Rick Perry"></category><category term="Rick Santorum"></category><category term="Iowa Republican Party"></category><category term="The Des Moines Register"></category><category term="Chuck Hurley"></category><category term="Iowa Family Policy Center"></category><category term="Michele Bachmann"></category><category term="Bob Vander Plaats"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Sharia Law"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="Texas Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Newt Gingrich Endorsed By Adultery Club</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/newt-gingrich-endorsed-adultery-club-4879690a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-20T07:01:10Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-20:/newt-gingrich-endorsed-adultery-club-4879690a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Newt Gingrich" href="/topic/Newt+Gingrich" &gt;Newt Gingrich&lt;/a&gt; has received an endorsement of sorts from the pro-adultery website &lt;a title="The Ashley Madison Agency Ltd." href="/topic/The+Ashley+Madison+Agency+Ltd." &gt;AshleyMadison.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Newt Gingrich has received an endorsement of sorts from the pro-adultery website AshleyMadison.com, &lt;a href="http://blogs.mcall.com/penn_ave/2011/12/adultry-club-endorses-gingrich.html"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pennsylvania Avenue...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Pennsylvania"></category><category term="Newt Gingrich"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Morrisville"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Noel Biderman"></category><category term="The Ashley Madison Agency Ltd."></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Obama's Top Lawyer Argues DOMA Is Unconstitutional In Karen Golinski Challenge</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/obamas-top-lawyer-argues-doma-unconstitutional-karen-golinski-challenge-4878999a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-19T08:00:14Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-19:/obamas-top-lawyer-argues-doma-unconstitutional-karen-golinski-challenge-4878999a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;The &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Obama Administration&lt;/a&gt; sent its top lawyer to argue that the &lt;a title="Defense of Marriage Act" href="/topic/Defense+of+Marriage+Act" &gt;Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)&lt;/a&gt; is unconstitutional&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Obama Administration sent its top lawyer to argue that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional, gay weekly &lt;a href="http://metroweekly.com/poliglot/2011/12/golinski-has-her-day-in-court.html"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Met...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Constitutional Law"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="U.S. Department of Justice"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Tony West"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Karen Golinski"></category><category term="U.S. Office of Personnel"></category><category term="Amy Cunninghis"></category><category term="Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group"></category></entry><entry><title>Bob Menendez Reverses Course On Gay Marriage Ban DOMA</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/bob-menendez-reverses-gay-marriage-ban-doma-4878519a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-18T08:30:17Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-18:/bob-menendez-reverses-gay-marriage-ban-doma-4878519a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="New Jersey" href="/topic/New+Jersey" &gt;New Jersey&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Robert Menendez" href="/topic/Robert+Menendez" &gt;Senator Bob Menendez&lt;/a&gt; on Sunday announced his support for a bill that would repeal the &lt;a title="Defense of Marriage Act" href="/topic/Defense+of+Marriage+Act" &gt;Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez on Sunday announced his support for a bill that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the 1996...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Constitutional Law"></category><category term="Civil Rights"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="Dianne Feinstein"></category><category term="Robert Menendez"></category><category term="Steven Goldstein"></category><category term="Garden State Equality"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Respect for Marriage Act"></category></entry><entry><title>Newt Gingrich's Vow To Defend Gay Marriage Ban DOMA 'Disappointing,' Says Sister Candace</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/newt-gingrichs-vow-defend-gay-marriage-ban-doma-disappointing-sister-candace-4878487a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-18T07:00:27Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-18:/newt-gingrichs-vow-defend-gay-marriage-ban-doma-disappointing-sister-candace-4878487a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Newt Gingrich" href="/topic/Newt+Gingrich" &gt;Newt Gingrich&lt;/a&gt;'s lesbian half-sister &lt;a title="Candace Gingrich-Jones" href="/topic/Candace+Gingrich-Jones" &gt;Candace Gingrich-Jones&lt;/a&gt; says she is disappointed that he signed a pledge to work against gay marriage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Newt Gingrich's lesbian half-sister Candace Gingrich-Jones says she is disappointed that he signed a pledge to work against gay marriage.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Last week, Gingrich vowed to defend the &lt;a title=...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="Newt Gingrich"></category><category term="National Organization for Marriage"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="Bob Vander Plaats"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Candace Gingrich-Jones"></category></entry><entry><title>Judge mulls overturning federal marriage law</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/judge-mulls-overturning-federal-marriage-law-4877845a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-16T15:00:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Domestic News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-16:/judge-mulls-overturning-federal-marriage-law-4877845a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;SAN FRANCISCO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A &lt;span&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt; judge appeared sympathetic to a lesbian federal employee's bid to strike down a law denying health-insurance benefits to her spouse, in the first hearing since the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Obama administration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; decided to quit defending the statute.&lt;/p&gt;...</summary><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. Department of Justice"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="Bill Clinton"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Eric Holder"></category><category term="Jeffrey White"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="Todd Eastham"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Mitt Romney Stunned By Rick Santorum Claims That Romney Advanced Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/mitt-romney-stunned-rick-santorum-claims-romney-advanced-gay-marriage-4877647a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-16T10:00:14Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-16:/mitt-romney-stunned-rick-santorum-claims-romney-advanced-gay-marriage-4877647a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Rick Santorum" href="/topic/Rick+Santorum" &gt;Rick Santorum&lt;/a&gt; on Thursday claimed that &lt;a title="Mitt Romney" href="/topic/Mitt+Romney" &gt;Mitt Romney&lt;/a&gt; helped advance gay marriage in &lt;a title="Massachusetts" href="/topic/Massachusetts" &gt;Massachusetts&lt;/a&gt; while he was governor&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Rick Santorum on Thursday claimed that Mitt Romney helped advance gay marriage in Massachusetts while he was governor.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;During last night's &lt;a title="U.S. Republic...</summary><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="Sioux City"></category><category term="FOX News Network LLC"></category><category term="Edward M. Kennedy"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Mitt Romney"></category><category term="Chris Wallace"></category><category term="Rick Santorum"></category><category term="Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="Massachusetts Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Mitt Romney's Marriage Rights For Some Gays Proposal Rejected By Gay GOP Group</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/mitt-romneys-marriage-rights-gays-proposal-rejected-gay-gop-group-4877535a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-16T07:31:22Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-16:/mitt-romneys-marriage-rights-gays-proposal-rejected-gay-gop-group-4877535a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Mitt Romney" href="/topic/Mitt+Romney" &gt;Mitt Romney&lt;/a&gt;'s three-tier marriage proposal which would grant marriage rights to some gay couples rejected by gay &lt;a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" &gt;GOP&lt;/a&gt; group&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mitt Romney's three-tier marriage proposal which would grant marriage rights to some gay couples has been rejected by gay GOP group &lt;a title="Log Cabin Republicans" href="/topic/Log+Cabin+Republicans" &gt;Log Cabin Re...</summary><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Vietnam"></category><category term="Southeast Asia"></category><category term="MSNBC Interactive News LLC"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Mitt Romney"></category><category term="Chris Matthews"></category><category term="Herald Media Inc."></category><category term="Log Cabin Republicans"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="R. Clarke Cooper"></category><category term="Bob Garon"></category></entry><entry><title>Newt Gingrich Signs Anti-Gay Marriage Pledge; Ron Paul Chided For Holding Out</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/newt-gingrich-signs-antigay-marriage-pledge-ron-paul-chided-holding-4876880a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-15T09:30:10Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-15:/newt-gingrich-signs-antigay-marriage-pledge-ron-paul-chided-holding-4876880a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Newt Gingrich" href="/topic/Newt+Gingrich" &gt;Newt Gingrich&lt;/a&gt; has signed a pledge promising to oppose gay marriage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Newt Gingrich has signed a pledge promising to oppose gay marriage.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="National Organization for Marriage" href="/topic/National+Organization+for+Marriage" &gt;National Organization for Marriage (NOM)&lt;/a&gt; announced Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, had joined &lt;a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U....</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="Minnesota"></category><category term="Ron Paul"></category><category term="Newt Gingrich"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Mitt Romney"></category><category term="Tim Pawlenty"></category><category term="Rick Perry"></category><category term="Rick Santorum"></category><category term="National Organization for Marriage"></category><category term="Michele Bachmann"></category><category term="Brian Brown"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="Mike Heath"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category></entry><entry><title>Gay Veteran Bob Garon Says Mitt Romney 'Doesn't Know About The Constitution'</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/gay-veteran-bob-garon-mitt-romney-doesnt-constitution-4876848a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-15T08:30:12Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-15:/gay-veteran-bob-garon-mitt-romney-doesnt-constitution-4876848a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Bob Garon, the &lt;a title="Vietnam" href="/topic/Vietnam" &gt;Vietnam&lt;/a&gt; veteran who asked &lt;a title="Mitt Romney" href="/topic/Mitt+Romney" &gt;Mitt Romney&lt;/a&gt; his thoughts on gay marriage, says Romney 'doesn't know about the Constitution'&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Bob Garon, the Vietnam veteran who asked Mitt Romney his thoughts on gay marriage, says Romney &amp;#8220;doesn't know about the Constitution.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Romney approached Garon, 63, on Monday during a campaign stop at &lt;a tit...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Vietnam"></category><category term="Southeast Asia"></category><category term="MSNBC Interactive News LLC"></category><category term="Mitt Romney"></category><category term="Manchester (New Hampshire)"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Chez Vachon"></category></entry><entry><title>Rick Santorum Blames Gay Marriage For All-Time Low Marriage Rate</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/rick-santorum-blames-gay-marriage-alltime-marriage-rate-4876253a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-14T12:30:12Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-14:/rick-santorum-blames-gay-marriage-alltime-marriage-rate-4876253a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Rick Satorum has pinned gay marriage as the reason fewer Americans are getting married&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rick Satorum has pinned gay marriage as the reason fewer Americans are getting married.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;According to a report released Wednesday by the &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington D.C.&lt;/a&gt; think tank &lt;a title="Pew Research Center" href="/topic/Pew+Research+Center" &gt;Pew Research Center&lt;/a&gt;, the current number of married adults over 18 has droppe...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Weddings"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Pew Research Center"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="D'Vera Cohn"></category><category term="Huffington Post"></category></entry><entry><title>Newt Gingrich Vows To Defend Gay Marriage Ban DOMA</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/newt-gingrich-vows-defend-gay-marriage-ban-doma-4875290a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-13T09:00:22Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-13:/newt-gingrich-vows-defend-gay-marriage-ban-doma-4875290a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Newt Gingrich" href="/topic/Newt+Gingrich" &gt;Newt Gingrich&lt;/a&gt; on Tuesday vowed to defend the &lt;a title="Defense of Marriage Act" href="/topic/Defense+of+Marriage+Act" &gt;Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)&lt;/a&gt; and remain faithful to his wife&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Newt Gingrich on Tuesday vowed to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and remain faithful to his wife, the &lt;a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/12/13/bloomberg_articlesLW44NM6K50XS.DTL"&gt;&lt;i&gt;...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Constitutional Law"></category><category term="First Amendment Rights"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Marriage"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="San Francisco Chronicle"></category><category term="Newt Gingrich"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="Bob Vander Plaats"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Religious Freedom and Discrimination"></category></entry><entry><title>'NCIS' Pauley Perrette Won't Marry Fiance Until Gay Marriage Ban Prop 8 Is Gone</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/ncis-pauley-perrette-wont-marry-fiance-gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-4875241a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-13T08:00:08Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-13:/ncis-pauley-perrette-wont-marry-fiance-gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-4875241a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;'NCIS' co-star &lt;a title="Pauley Perrette" href="/topic/Pauley+Perrette" &gt;Pauley Perrette&lt;/a&gt; won't marry fiance &lt;a title="Thomas Arklie" href="/topic/Thomas+Arklie" &gt;Thomas Arklie&lt;/a&gt; until &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban, is gone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;#65279;NCIS &lt;/i&gt;co-star Pauley Perrette won't marry fiance Thomas Arklie until Proposition 8, California's ...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Weddings"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Twitter Inc."></category><category term="Pauley Perrette"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="People's Choice Awards"></category><category term="NOH8 Campaign"></category><category term="Thomas Arklie"></category></entry><entry><title>Congress Dumps Military Gay Marriage Ban; Keeps Sodomy Policy</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/congress-dumps-military-gay-marriage-ban-sodomy-policy-4875102a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-13T04:30:15Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-13:/congress-dumps-military-gay-marriage-ban-sodomy-policy-4875102a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A Congressional conference committee to reconcile differences between House and Senate defense bills has dropped two anti-gay measures&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;A Congressional conference committee to reconcile differences between House and Senate defense bills has dropped two anti-gay measures but kept the military's sodomy provision.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Leaders of the House and &lt;a title="U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services" href="/topic/U.S.+Senate+Committee+on+Armed+Services" &gt;Senate ...</summary><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Armed Forces"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Military and Defense Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Missouri"></category><category term="U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services"></category><category term="Aubrey Sarvis"></category><category term="Servicemembers Legal Defense Network"></category><category term="Evan Wolfson"></category><category term="Roger Wicker"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="Todd Akin"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Vicky Hartzer"></category><category term="Readiness Clifford"></category><category term="Cox Commission"></category></entry><entry><title>Mitt Romney Tells Gay Veteran He Opposes New Hampshire's Gay Marriage Law</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/mitt-romney-tells-gay-veteran-opposes-new-hampshires-gay-marriage-law-4874631a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-12T13:00:18Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-12:/mitt-romney-tells-gay-veteran-opposes-new-hampshires-gay-marriage-law-4874631a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Mitt Romney" href="/topic/Mitt+Romney" &gt;Mitt Romney&lt;/a&gt; on Monday told a gay veteran that he supports repeal of &lt;a title="New Hampshire" href="/topic/New+Hampshire" &gt;New Hampshire&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage law&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Mitt Romney on Monday told a gay veteran that he supports repeal of New Hampshire's gay marriage law, the &lt;a href="http://bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2011/12/12/romney-quizzed-gay-veteran/YQdHNc760qB9TqxP3DWL9H/story.html"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a title="The Bo...</summary><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="New Hampshire"></category><category term="Manchester"></category><category term="The Boston Globe"></category><category term="Mitt Romney"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Bob Garon"></category><category term="Chez Vachon"></category></entry><entry><title>Illinois Celebrates Over 3,700 Civil Unions In 6 Months</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/illinois-celebrates-3700-civil-unions-6-months-4873972a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-11T09:00:12Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-11:/illinois-celebrates-3700-civil-unions-6-months-4873972a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;More than 3,700 couples in &lt;a title="Illinois" href="/topic/Illinois" &gt;Illinois&lt;/a&gt; have applied for a civil union license during the first six months since the law took effect&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More than 3,700 couples in Illinois have applied for a civil union license during the first six months since the law took effect, &lt;a href="http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/24207921"&gt;ChicagoPride.com&lt;/a&gt; reported.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The large numbers of people getting thei...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Family Law"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="Illinois"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Hawaii"></category><category term="Nevada"></category><category term="Rhode Island"></category><category term="Delaware"></category><category term="Cook County"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Bernard Cherkasov"></category></entry><entry><title>Rick Santorum Says Gay Marriage Would Normalize 'Same-Sex Values'</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/rick-santorum-gay-marriage-normalize-samesex-values-4873591a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-10T10:30:14Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-10:/rick-santorum-gay-marriage-normalize-samesex-values-4873591a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Rick Santorum" href="/topic/Rick+Santorum" &gt;Rick Santorum&lt;/a&gt; on Friday said he objects to gay marriage because it would lead to the normalization off 'same-sex values'&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Rick Santorum on Friday said he objects to gay marriage because it would lead to the normalization off &amp;#8220;same-sex values.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The 53-year-old Santorum made his remarks during a presidential forum on education hosted by the &lt;a title="University of Northern Iowa" h...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Cedar Falls"></category><category term="Rick Santorum"></category><category term="University of Northern Iowa"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category></entry><entry><title>Plurality Of Colorado Voters Support Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/plurality-colorado-voters-support-gay-marriage-4873581a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-10T10:00:05Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-10:/plurality-colorado-voters-support-gay-marriage-4873581a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A plurality of &lt;a title="Colorado" href="/topic/Colorado" &gt;Colorado&lt;/a&gt; voters support giving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry, a new poll has found&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;A plurality of Colorado voters support giving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry, a new poll has found.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_CO_12091205.pdf"&gt;The &lt;a title="Public Policy Polling" href="/topic/Public+Policy+Polling" &gt;Public Policy Polling&lt;/...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Family Law"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Colorado"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Public Policy Polling"></category></entry><entry><title>Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Urges Marylanders To Support Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/baltimore-mayor-stephanie-rawlingsblake-urges-marylanders-support-gay-marriage-4873000a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-09T09:00:30Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-09:/baltimore-mayor-stephanie-rawlingsblake-urges-marylanders-support-gay-marriage-4873000a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Baltimore &lt;a title="Stephanie Rawlings-Blake" href="/topic/Stephanie+Rawlings-Blake" &gt;Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake&lt;/a&gt; is the latest politician to join HRC's Marylanders for Marriage Equality campaign&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is the latest politician to join the &lt;a title="Human Rights Campaign" href="/topic/Human+Rights+Campaign" &gt;Human Rights Campaign&lt;/a&gt;'s (HRC) Marylanders for Marriage Equality campaign.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I believe that all cou...</summary><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Maryland"></category><category term="National Football League"></category><category term="American Football Conference"></category><category term="Cleveland Browns"></category><category term="NAACP"></category><category term="Baltimore Ravens"></category><category term="Martin O'Malley"></category><category term="Human Rights Campaign"></category><category term="Julian Bond"></category><category term="Mo'Nique"></category><category term="Brendon Ayanbadejo"></category><category term="Scott Fujita"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Stephanie Rawlings-Blake"></category><category term="Maryland General Assembly"></category><category term="AFC North"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="Maryland Politics"></category><category term="Equality Maryland"></category></entry><entry><title>Appeals Court Reluctant To Dismiss Prop 8 Ruling Over Gay Judge</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/appeals-court-reluctant-dismiss-prop-8-ruling-gay-judge-4872994a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-09T09:00:19Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-09:/appeals-court-reluctant-dismiss-prop-8-ruling-gay-judge-4872994a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Appeals court reluctant to dismiss ruling against gay marriage ban &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Prop 8&lt;/a&gt;; skeptical of argument that gay judge was biased&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;A federal appeals court on Thursday sounded skeptical of the argument that last year's ruling against &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban, Proposition 8, should be tossed out because the judge in the case did not disclose that he ...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Los Angeles Times"></category><category term="Charles Cooper"></category><category term="Michael Daly"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="Stephen Reinhardt"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="N. Randy Smith"></category></entry><entry><title>Jon Huntsman Believes Gay Marriage Ban DOMA Is 'Useful'</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/jon-huntsman-believes-gay-marriage-ban-doma-4872878a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-09T06:30:12Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-09:/jon-huntsman-believes-gay-marriage-ban-doma-4872878a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Jon Huntsman" href="/topic/Jon+Huntsman" &gt;Jon Huntsman&lt;/a&gt; has said that the &lt;a title="Defense of Marriage Act" href="/topic/Defense+of+Marriage+Act" &gt;Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)&lt;/a&gt; 'serves a useful purpose'&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Jon Huntsman has said that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) &amp;#8220;serves a useful purpose,&amp;#8221; gay weekly &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/12/08/huntsman-doma-serves-a-useful-purpose/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a title="The Washington Blad...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Utah"></category><category term="National Press Club"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Cable News Network"></category><category term="Jon Huntsman"></category><category term="The Washington Blade"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Piers Morgan Tonight"></category></entry><entry><title>Appeals court skeptical of California gay marriage appeal</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/appeals-court-skeptical-california-gay-marriage-appeal-4872649a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-08T18:30:39Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-08:/appeals-court-skeptical-california-gay-marriage-appeal-4872649a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;SAN FRANCISCO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A &lt;span&gt;U.S.&lt;/span&gt; appeals court appeared skeptical on Thursday toward attempts by &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt; gay marriage opponents to overturn a landmark court decision because the judge overseeing the case did not disclose his own long-term homosexual relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cali...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Charles Cooper"></category><category term="Michael Daly"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="Randy Smith"></category><category term="James Ware"></category><category term="David Boies"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>California's Gay Marriage Ban Prop 8 Back In Court</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/californias-gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-court-4872191a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-08T09:30:18Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-08:/californias-gay-marriage-ban-prop-8-court-4872191a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A federal appeals court on Thursday will hear arguments on two motions in connection with &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s gay marriage ban &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A federal appeals court on Thursday will hear arguments on two motions in connection with California's gay marriage ban Proposition 8.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;At the 2:30PM hearing, a three-judge panel of the &lt;a title="U.S. Court of Appea...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Trials"></category><category term="Appellate Trials"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Vaughn Walker"></category><category term="James Ware"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Iowa Economy Netted More Than $12 Million From Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/iowa-economy-netted-12-million-gay-marriage-4872139a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-08T08:30:16Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-08:/iowa-economy-netted-12-million-gay-marriage-4872139a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;The legalization of gay marriage has boosted &lt;a title="Iowa" href="/topic/Iowa" &gt;Iowa&lt;/a&gt;'s economy, a new study from the &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;-based &lt;a title="Williams Institute" href="/topic/Williams+Institute" &gt;Williams Institute&lt;/a&gt; has found&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The legalization of gay marriage has boosted Iowa's economy, a new study from the California-based &lt;a href="http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/economic-impact-report...</summary><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Weddings"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Williams Institute"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category></entry><entry><title>Nigeria pushes ahead with anti-gay bill despite US moves</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/nigeria-pushes-antigay-bill-moves-4871772a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-07T16:30:28Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-07:/nigeria-pushes-antigay-bill-moves-4871772a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Nigeria" href="/topic/Nigeria" &gt;Nigeria&lt;/a&gt;'s parliament pushed ahead with a bill on Wednesday that would harshly crack down on gay rights despite moves from &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;US President Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;'s administration to counter such legislation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The bill was introduced into Nigeria's House of Representatives on Wednesday after the Senate last week approved the measure that would outlaw gay marriage and ban public displays of affecti...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="International Relations"></category><category term="Foreign Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="European Politics"></category><category term="British Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Nigeria"></category><category term="Africa"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="West Africa"></category><category term="David Cameron"></category><category term="Goodluck Jonathan"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Maku"></category></entry><entry><title>Cleveland Browns' Scott Fujita Urges Americans To Support Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/cleveland-browns-scott-fujita-urges-americans-support-gay-marriage-4871515a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-07T11:00:17Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-07:/cleveland-browns-scott-fujita-urges-americans-support-gay-marriage-4871515a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Cleveland Browns" href="/topic/Cleveland+Browns" &gt;Cleveland Browns&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Scott Fujita" href="/topic/Scott+Fujita" &gt;linebacker Scott Fujita&lt;/a&gt; is the second professional athlete to record an ad for HRC's Americans for Marriage Equality campaign&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita is the second professional athlete to record an ad for the &lt;a title="Human Rights Campaign" href="/topic/Human+Rights+Campaign" &gt;Human Rights Campaign&lt;/a...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Celebrity News"></category><category term="Movie Stars"></category><category term="Movies"></category><category term="Advertising"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="African-American Issues"></category><category term="Football"></category><category term="Professional Football"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Maryland"></category><category term="National Football League"></category><category term="American Football Conference"></category><category term="Cleveland Browns"></category><category term="NAACP"></category><category term="Baltimore Ravens"></category><category term="Neil Patrick Harris"></category><category term="Human Rights Campaign"></category><category term="Julian Bond"></category><category term="Mo'Nique"></category><category term="Scott Fujita"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="The Good Wife"></category><category term="AFC North"></category></entry><entry><title>Nigerian Bill Criminalizing Gay Marriage Threatens AIDS Funding</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/nigerian-bill-criminalizing-gay-marriage-threatens-aids-funding-4869846a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-05T07:30:30Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-05:/nigerian-bill-criminalizing-gay-marriage-threatens-aids-funding-4869846a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A bill approved last week by the &lt;a title="Senate of Nigeria" href="/topic/Senate+of+Nigeria" &gt;Nigerian Senate&lt;/a&gt; that would criminalize gay marriage could jeopardize Western aid for HIV/AIDS programs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A bill approved last week by the Nigerian Senate that would criminalize gay marriage could jeopardize Western aid for HIV/AIDS programs, the &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iYfU6elFmJ8O6TO24qlZTdt-q3Gg?docId=ee4ad40e619644288e4653d41207...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="African Politics"></category><category term="Contagious and Infectious Diseases"></category><category term="HIV and AIDS"></category><category term="Sexually Transmitted Diseases"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="Nigeria"></category><category term="Africa"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="United Nations"></category><category term="West Africa"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Nigerian Politics"></category><category term="Senate of Nigeria"></category><category term="Domingo Obende"></category></entry><entry><title>Santorum says Iowa race still wide open with month to go</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/santorum-iowa-race-wide-open-month-4869547a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-04T19:30:17Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Politics News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-04:/santorum-iowa-race-wide-open-month-4869547a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Council Bluffs" href="/topic/Council+Bluffs" &gt;COUNCIL BLUFFS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;a title="Iowa" href="/topic/Iowa" &gt;Iowa&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Republican &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="The White House" href="/topic/The+White+House" &gt;White House&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; hopeful &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Rick Santorum" href="/topic/Rick+Santorum" &gt;Rick Santorum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, pulling single-digit support in Iowa, said on Sunday that the race to win t...</summary><category term="United States"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="Pennsylvania"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Newt Gingrich"></category><category term="Mitt Romney"></category><category term="Council Bluffs"></category><category term="Rick Santorum"></category><category term="The Des Moines Register"></category></entry><entry><title>Michele Bachmann On Fox News Says Gay Marriage In Iowa Is Not All Right</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/michele-bachmann-fox-news-gay-marriage-iowa-4869348a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-04T12:30:24Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-04:/michele-bachmann-fox-news-gay-marriage-iowa-4869348a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Michele Bachmann" href="/topic/Michele+Bachmann" &gt;Michele Bachmann&lt;/a&gt; has said that gay marriage in &lt;a title="Iowa" href="/topic/Iowa" &gt;Iowa&lt;/a&gt; is not all right&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Michele Bachmann has said that gay marriage in Iowa is not all right.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;During an appearance on &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-news-sunday/index.html"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a title="FOX News Network LLC" href="/topic/FOX+News+Network+LLC" &gt;Fox News&lt;/a&gt; Sunday&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, host &lt;a title="Chris Wal...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="FOX News Network LLC"></category><category term="Chris Wallace"></category><category term="Michele Bachmann"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category></entry><entry><title>Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain Attacked On Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/ron-paul-newt-gingrich-herman-cain-attacked-gay-marriage-4869293a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-04T10:30:07Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-04:/ron-paul-newt-gingrich-herman-cain-attacked-gay-marriage-4869293a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Ron Paul" href="/topic/Ron+Paul" &gt;Ron Paul&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Newt Gingrich" href="/topic/Newt+Gingrich" &gt;Newt Gingrich&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Herman Cain" href="/topic/Herman+Cain" &gt;Herman Cain&lt;/a&gt; have been attacked for not signing an anti-gay marriage pledge&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain have been attacked for not signing an anti-gay marriage pledge.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Maggie Gallagher" href="/topic/Maggie+Gallagher" &gt;Maggie Gallagher&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a ...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Supreme Court"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Ron Paul"></category><category term="Newt Gingrich"></category><category term="Rick Warren"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Mitt Romney"></category><category term="Gary Johnson"></category><category term="National Organization for Marriage"></category><category term="RealClearPolitics.com"></category><category term="Maggie Gallagher"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category><category term="Herman Cain"></category></entry><entry><title>Ron Paul, Gary Johnson Refuse To Bash Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/ron-paul-gary-johnson-refuse-bash-gay-marriage-4869220a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-04T07:00:41Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-04:/ron-paul-gary-johnson-refuse-bash-gay-marriage-4869220a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Ron Paul" href="/topic/Ron+Paul" &gt;Ron Paul&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Gary Johnson" href="/topic/Gary+Johnson" &gt;Gary Johnson&lt;/a&gt; have joined &lt;a title="Fred Karger" href="/topic/Fred+Karger" &gt;Fred Karger&lt;/a&gt; as the three &lt;a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" &gt;GOP&lt;/a&gt; presidential candidates not openly hostile to gay marriage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ron Paul and Gary Johnson have joined Fred Karger as the three GOP presidential candidates not openly hosti...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Utah"></category><category term="New Mexico"></category><category term="Ron Paul"></category><category term="Newt Gingrich"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Mitt Romney"></category><category term="Gary Johnson"></category><category term="Rick Perry"></category><category term="Jon Huntsman"></category><category term="Rick Santorum"></category><category term="Fred Karger"></category><category term="The Des Moines Register"></category><category term="Michele Bachmann"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Herman Cain"></category></entry><entry><title>Thousands Rally In Support Of Gay Marriage In Australia</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/thousands-rally-support-gay-marriage-australia-4868933a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-03T12:00:15Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-03:/thousands-rally-support-gay-marriage-australia-4868933a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A rally in support of the legalization of gay marriage in &lt;a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" &gt;Australia&lt;/a&gt; drew thousands on Saturday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;A rally in support of the legalization of gay marriage in Australia drew thousands on Saturday, &lt;a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/in-depth/thousands-march-calling-for-gay-marriage-to-be-recognised-in-law/story-fnba0rxe-1226213021919"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Australian&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; reported.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Police esti...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Asia-Pacific Politics"></category><category term="Australian Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Australia"></category><category term="Stephen Jones"></category><category term="Oceania"></category><category term="Julia Gillard"></category><category term="Anthony Albanese"></category><category term="Hyde Park (Sydney)"></category><category term="Darling Harbour"></category><category term="Doug Cameron"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Australian Labor Party"></category><category term="Peter Urmson"></category></entry><entry><title>Australian Labor Party Votes To Back Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/australian-labor-party-votes-gay-marriage-4868866a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-03T07:00:28Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-03:/australian-labor-party-votes-gay-marriage-4868866a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" &gt;Australia&lt;/a&gt;'s dominant party has voted to endorse gay marriage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Australia's dominant party has voted to endorse gay marriage.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;At its annual conference in &lt;a title="Sydney (Australia)" href="/topic/Sydney+(Australia)" &gt;Sydney&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a title="Australian Labor Party" href="/topic/Australian+Labor+Party" &gt;Australian Labor Party&lt;/a&gt; (ALP) agreed to alter its long-standing party platform on the issue.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Bu...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Asia-Pacific Politics"></category><category term="Australian Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Sydney (Australia)"></category><category term="Australia"></category><category term="Stephen Jones"></category><category term="Oceania"></category><category term="Julia Gillard"></category><category term="Penny Wong"></category><category term="Andrew Barr"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Australian Labor Party"></category><category term="Alex Greenwich"></category></entry><entry><title>Australia's ruling Labor Party backs gay marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/australias-ruling-labor-party-backs-gay-marriage-4868817a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-03T02:30:07Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-03:/australias-ruling-labor-party-backs-gay-marriage-4868817a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" &gt;Australia&lt;/a&gt;'s ruling Labor Party agreed to support gay marriage, but consented to lawmakers voting with their conscience on the issue should a same-sex marriage bill come to parliament.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After passionate and emotional speeches from both sides of the debate at the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Australian Labor Party" href="/topic/Australian+Labor+Party" &gt;Australian Labor Party&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; conference in &lt;span&gt;Sydney&lt;/span&gt; on Saturday, delegates agreed...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Asia-Pacific Politics"></category><category term="Australian Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Australia"></category><category term="Oceania"></category><category term="Julia Gillard"></category><category term="Penny Wong"></category><category term="Darling Harbour"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Australian Labor Party"></category></entry><entry><title>Delaware Clerk To Open Sunday, January 1 To Issue Civil Union Licenses</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/delaware-clerk-open-sunday-january-1-issue-civil-union-licenses-4868443a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-02T11:00:18Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-02:/delaware-clerk-open-sunday-january-1-issue-civil-union-licenses-4868443a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;News Castle County Clerk of the Peace Ken Boulden will open Sunday, January 1, the first day &lt;a title="Delaware" href="/topic/Delaware" &gt;Delaware&lt;/a&gt;'s civil union law takes effect&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;News Castle County Clerk of the Peace Ken Boulden has announced he'll open Sunday, January 1, the first day Delaware's civil union law takes effect, the &lt;a href="http://www.newarkpostonline.com/articles/2011/12/02/news/doc4ed8f6e781075417927121.txt"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a title="Newark (New J...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Family Law"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="Illinois"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Hawaii"></category><category term="Newark (New Jersey)"></category><category term="Rhode Island"></category><category term="Delaware"></category><category term="Jack Markell"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category></entry><entry><title>GOPer Gary Johnson Supports Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/goper-gary-johnson-supports-gay-marriage-4868274a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-02T07:00:41Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-02:/goper-gary-johnson-supports-gay-marriage-4868274a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson on Thursday announced he backs gay marriage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson on Thursday announced he backs gay marriage.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Johnson, whose common sense and good judgment were recently lauded in a &lt;a href="http://gq.tumblr.com/post/10727256579/gary-johnson-gop-president-2012"&gt;&lt;i&gt;GQ&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; story titled &lt;i&gt;Is &lt;a title="Gary Johnson" href="/topic/Gary+Johnson" &gt;Gary Johnson&lt;/a&gt; the Sanest Man Running for Presiden...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Gary Johnson"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="GOProud"></category><category term="Jimmy LaSalvia"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="New Mexico Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Majority Of Pennsylvanians Say Gay Couples Deserve Legal Recognition</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/majority-pennsylvanians-gay-couples-deserve-legal-recognition-4867438a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-01T07:30:17Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-01:/majority-pennsylvanians-gay-couples-deserve-legal-recognition-4867438a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A poll released on Wednesday found that a majority of &lt;a title="Pennsylvania" href="/topic/Pennsylvania" &gt;Pennsylvania&lt;/a&gt; voters say gay and lesbian couples deserve legal recognition&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A poll released on Wednesday found that a majority of Pennsylvania voters say gay and lesbian couples deserve legal recognition.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_PA_1129513.pdf"&gt;&lt;a title="Public Policy Polling" href="/topic/Public+Policy+Poll...</summary><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Pennsylvania"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Public Policy Polling"></category><category term="Polls and Approval Ratings"></category><category term="Daryl Metcalfe"></category></entry><entry><title>Maryland Marriage Alliance To Fight Proposed Gay Marriage Bill</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/maryland-marriage-alliance-fight-proposed-gay-marriage-bill-4867432a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-01T07:30:10Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-01:/maryland-marriage-alliance-fight-proposed-gay-marriage-bill-4867432a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;A group of religious leaders in &lt;a title="Maryland" href="/topic/Maryland" &gt;Maryland&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday launched an effort to oppose a proposed bill that would legalize gay marriage in the state&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A group of religious leaders in Maryland on Wednesday launched an effort to oppose a proposed bill that would make Maryland the seventh state to legalize gay marriage, &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/religious-coalition-vows-to-fight-same-sex-marr...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Maryland"></category><category term="The Washington Post Company"></category><category term="Martin O'Malley"></category><category term="Prince George's County"></category><category term="National Organization for Marriage"></category><category term="Temple Hills"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Derek McCoy"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="Maryland Politics"></category><category term="Maryland Catholic Conference"></category><category term="Victor Kirk"></category><category term="Sharon Bible Fellowship"></category></entry><entry><title>Adam Lambert: I'm Not Considering Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/adam-lambert-im-marriage-4867408a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-01T06:30:25Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-12-01:/adam-lambert-im-marriage-4867408a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Adam Lambert" href="/topic/Adam+Lambert" &gt;Singer Adam Lambert&lt;/a&gt; has clarified comments he made in a recent '&lt;a title="Rolling Stone LLC" href="/topic/Rolling+Stone+LLC" &gt;Rolling Stone&lt;/a&gt;' interview about marriage&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Singer Adam Lambert has clarified comments he made in a recent &lt;i&gt;Rolling Stone&lt;/i&gt; interview about marriage.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The 29-year-old Lambert said that he &amp;#8220;never considered marriage before. But now that I am, I can't do it.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Celebrity News"></category><category term="Music Stars"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Rolling Stone LLC"></category><category term="Adam Lambert"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Sauli Koskinen"></category></entry><entry><title>News Corporation's Gay Marriage Glossy 'Wedding Pride' Called 'Flawed'</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/news-corporations-gay-marriage-glossy-wedding-pride-called-flawed-4866717a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-30T11:30:48Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-11-30:/news-corporations-gay-marriage-glossy-wedding-pride-called-flawed-4866717a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;'Wedding Pride,' &lt;a title="News Corp." href="/topic/News+Corp." &gt;News Corporation&lt;/a&gt;'s glossy devoted to gay and lesbian weddings, has been described as 'flawed' by gay rights proponents&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Wedding Pride&lt;/i&gt;, News Corporation's glossy devoted to gay and lesbian weddings, has been described as &amp;#8220;flawed&amp;#8221; by gay rights proponents.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Wedding Pride: The Magazine for Gay and Lesbian Wedding Planning&lt;/i&gt; is published by CNG Publications, a unit of ...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Media"></category><category term="Television"></category><category term="TV News Shows"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Weddings"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Media Sector"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Community Newspaper Holdings Inc."></category><category term="Cable News Network"></category><category term="FOX News Network LLC"></category><category term="MSNBC Interactive News LLC"></category><category term="News Corp."></category><category term="NYP Holdings Inc."></category><category term="Rupert Murdoch"></category><category term="Gersh Kuntzman"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Carlos Maza"></category></entry><entry><title>Josh Charles Urges Americans To Support Gay Marriage</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/josh-charles-urges-americans-support-gay-marriage-4866577a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-30T08:00:21Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-11-30:/josh-charles-urges-americans-support-gay-marriage-4866577a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Actor &lt;a title="Josh Charles" href="/topic/Josh+Charles" &gt;Josh Charles&lt;/a&gt; is the latest celebrity to record an ad for the &lt;a title="Human Rights Campaign" href="/topic/Human+Rights+Campaign" &gt;Human Rights Campaign&lt;/a&gt;'s (HRC) Americans for Marriage Equality campaign&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Actor Josh Charles is the latest celebrity to record an ad for the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Americans for Marriage Equality campaign.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The 40-year-old Charles currently plays lawyer &lt;a t...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Celebrity News"></category><category term="Movie Stars"></category><category term="Movies"></category><category term="Advertising"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="African-American Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Maryland"></category><category term="National Football League"></category><category term="CBS Corporation"></category><category term="American Football Conference"></category><category term="NAACP"></category><category term="Baltimore Ravens"></category><category term="Neil Patrick Harris"></category><category term="Human Rights Campaign"></category><category term="Julian Bond"></category><category term="Josh Charles"></category><category term="Mo'Nique"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="The Good Wife"></category><category term="Human Rights"></category><category term="AFC North"></category><category term="Will Gardner"></category></entry><entry><title>Judge allows suit challenging New York same-sex marriage law</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/judge-suit-challenging-new-york-samesex-marriage-law-4866085a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-29T16:00:32Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Domestic News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-11-29:/judge-suit-challenging-new-york-samesex-marriage-law-4866085a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Albany" href="/topic/Albany" &gt;ALBANY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;a title="New York" href="/topic/New+York" &gt;New York&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A conservative religious group may proceed with a lawsuit seeking to overturn New York's new law legalizing same-sex marriage, a state judge has ruled.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms" href="/topic/New+Yorkers+for+Constitutional+Freedoms" &gt;New Yorke...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Religion"></category><category term="Christianity"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Albany"></category><category term="Andrew Cuomo"></category><category term="New York State Senate"></category><category term="New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Open Meetings Act"></category></entry><entry><title>Neil Patrick Harris, Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore Attend HRC Gay Marriage Event</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/neil-patrick-harris-robert-de-niro-julianne-moore-attend-hrc-gay-marriage-event-4865626a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-29T07:00:41Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-11-29:/neil-patrick-harris-robert-de-niro-julianne-moore-attend-hrc-gay-marriage-event-4865626a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Neil Patrick Harris" href="/topic/Neil+Patrick+Harris" &gt;Neil Patrick Harris&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Robert De Niro" href="/topic/Robert+De+Niro" &gt;Robert De Niro&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a title="Julianne Moore" href="/topic/Julianne+Moore" &gt;Julianne Moore&lt;/a&gt; were among the celebrities attending HRC's Americans for Marriage Equality event&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#65279;Neil Patrick Harris, Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore were among the celebrities attending the &lt;a title="Human Rights Campaign" h...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Celebrity News"></category><category term="Movie Stars"></category><category term="Movies"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Local Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="African-American Issues"></category><category term="New York City"></category><category term="Jerry Seinfeld"></category><category term="National Hockey League"></category><category term="NHL Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Robert De Niro"></category><category term="Courtney Love"></category><category term="New York Rangers"></category><category term="NAACP"></category><category term="Christine Quinn"></category><category term="Anna Wintour"></category><category term="Neil Patrick Harris"></category><category term="Human Rights Campaign"></category><category term="Julian Bond"></category><category term="Calvin Klein Collection"></category><category term="Sean Avery"></category><category term="John Leguizamo"></category><category term="Julianne Moore"></category><category term="Francisco Costa"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="NHL Atlantic"></category><category term="New Yorkers for Marriage Equality"></category></entry><entry><title>Barney Frank Challenges Newt Gingrich To Gay Marriage Ban DOMA Debate</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/barney-frank-challenges-newt-gingrich-gay-marriage-ban-doma-debate-4865562a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-11-29T05:30:11Z</updated><author><name>On Top Magazine</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2011-11-29:/barney-frank-challenges-newt-gingrich-gay-marriage-ban-doma-debate-4865562a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Massachusetts &lt;a title="Barney Frank" href="/topic/Barney+Frank" &gt;Rep. Barney Frank&lt;/a&gt; challenged &lt;a title="Newt Gingrich" href="/topic/Newt+Gingrich" &gt;Newt Gingrich&lt;/a&gt; to a debate on the &lt;a title="Defense of Marriage Act" href="/topic/Defense+of+Marriage+Act" &gt;Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)&lt;/a&gt; in his retirement speech&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank challenged Newt Gingrich to a debate on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in his retirement speech.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;D...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Barney Frank"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Newt Gingrich"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Defense of Marriage Act"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>APTOPIX Gay Marriage Trial Reax</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/aptopix-gay-marriage-trial-reax-2393518p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-07T00:02:11Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-12-07:/aptopix-gay-marriage-trial-reax-2393518p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Bill Walker" href="/topic/Bill+Walker" &gt;Bill Walker&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a title="Los Angeles" href="/topic/Los+Angeles" &gt;Los Angeles&lt;/a&gt; watches closely at a viewing of televised &lt;a title="U.S. Court of Appeals" href="/topic/U.S.+Court+of+Appeals" &gt;U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals&lt;/a&gt; proceedings on the constitutionality of &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;, the voter-approved state constitution...</summary><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Weddings"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Redmond"></category><category term="Bill Walker"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>APTOPIX Gay Marriage Trial</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/aptopix-gay-marriage-trial-2393517p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-07T00:02:10Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-12-07:/aptopix-gay-marriage-trial-2393517p/</id><summary type="html">Co-lead counsel of the legal team challenging &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;'s same-sex marriage ban, &lt;a title="David Boies" href="/topic/David+Boies" &gt;David Boies&lt;/a&gt;, standing, argues during a hearing in the &lt;a title="U.S. Court of Appeals" href="/topic/U.S.+Court+of+Appeals" &gt;Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals&lt;/a&gt;, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, in &lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;San Francisco&lt;/a&gt;. The federal appeals court in San Francisco was schedul...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Constitutional Law"></category><category term="Civil Rights"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="David Boies"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category></entry><entry><title>Gay Marriage Trial</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/gay-marriage-trial-2393251p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-06T12:32:04Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-12-06:/gay-marriage-trial-2393251p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Nils Nelson" href="/topic/Nils+Nelson" &gt;Nils Nelson&lt;/a&gt; holds up a sign in favor of &lt;a title="Proposition 8" href="/topic/Proposition+8" &gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt; outside of the courthouse before a hearing in the &lt;a title="U.S. Court of Appeals" href="/topic/U.S.+Court+of+Appeals" &gt;Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals&lt;/a&gt;, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, in &lt;a title="San Francisco" href="/topic/San+Francisco" &gt;San Francisco&lt;/a&gt;. The federal appeals court in San Francisco plans to hear two hours of arguments ...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Constitutional Law"></category><category term="Civil Rights"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Referenda"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Court of Appeals"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="San Francisco"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Proposition 8"></category><category term="Nils Nelson"></category></entry><entry><title>Hawaii Civil Unions</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/hawaii-civil-unions-2376270p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-06T12:31:20Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-06:/hawaii-civil-unions-2376270p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Oahu" href="/topic/Oahu" &gt;Oahu&lt;/a&gt; residents both for and against &lt;a title="Hawaii" href="/topic/Hawaii" &gt;Hawaii&lt;/a&gt;'s same-sex civil unions bill civil gathered at the &lt;a title="Hawaii State Capitol" href="/topic/Hawaii+State+Capitol" &gt;Hawaii State Capitol building&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title="Honolulu" href="/topic/Honolulu" &gt;Honolulu&lt;/a&gt; to learn if &lt;a title="Linda Lingle" href="/topic/Linda+Lingle" &gt;Gov. Linda Lingle&lt;/a&gt; will pass or veto the bill on July 6, 2010. Civil unions for Hawaii gay co...</summary><category term="Law"></category><category term="Family Law"></category><category term="Relationships"></category><category term="Gay and Lesbian Relationships"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Parties"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Hawaii"></category><category term="Oahu"></category><category term="Honolulu"></category><category term="Linda Lingle"></category><category term="Neil Abercrombie"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="Hawaii State Capitol"></category><category term="U.S. Liberal Politics"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="Hawaii Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Targeting Judges</title><link href="http://gaymarriageissues.com/targeting-judges-2375787p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-05T15:01:11Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:gaymarriageissues.com,2010-11-05:/targeting-judges-2375787p/</id><summary type="html">FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2010 file photo, demonstrators hold signs during a rally held before a bus tour by gay marriage opponents through the state trying to remove three state Supreme Court justices who joined in a unanimous ruling legalizing gay marriage in &lt;a title="Des Moines" href="/topic/Des+Moines" &gt;Des Moines&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Iowa" href="/topic/Iowa" &gt;Iowa&lt;/a&gt;. Emboldened by the success of a campaign to oust several Iowa judges who supported gay marriage, conservative activists are looking...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Same-Sex Marriage"></category><category term="Travel and Tourism"></category><category term="Tourism"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Social Policy"></category><category term="Immigration Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Abortion"></category><category term="Immigration"></category><category term="Protests and Demonstrations"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Iowa"></category><category term="Des Moines"></category><category term="Illegal Immigration and Deportation"></category><category term="LGBT Issues"></category><category term="U.S. Conservative Politics"></category></entry></feed>
