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Freedom to Marry salutes Anthony LaPaglia as a Voice for Equality. Mr. LaPaglia is an Australian actor best known for his Golden Globe Award-winning role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series "Without a Trace", and for his Emmy Award-winning portrayal of Simon Moon on the TV show "Frasier".
Read MoreIowa candidates vying for the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination are ratcheting up their anti-gay rhetoric and fulfilling a promise to make the denial of the freedom to marry a central issue in this year's race.
Read MorePortugal's Constitutional Court has OK'd a freedom to marry bill approved by lawmakers. Portugal's Socialist-controlled Parliament, led by Prime Minister Jose Socrates, approved the bill on February 11. The president still has the option of vetoing the legislation, but Socrates has said he is prepared to overturn the veto.
Read MoreA Pennsylvania lawmaker is gathering legislative support for a bill that would make civil unions for same-sex couples a reality in the Keystone State. The measure, the first of its kind in the Pennsylvania legislature, is being spearheaded by Pennsylvania Rep. Mark Cohen (D-202nd Dist.).
Read MoreOn Thursday, May 6, 2010, the Federal District Court in Boston will hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), in the case of Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, brought by GLAD in March 2009. The hearing will address the central issue of the case – is DOMA constitutional? –six years after the first same-sex couples in the country started marrying in Massachusetts, the result of GLAD’s groundbreaking marriage case, Goodridge v. Department of Public Health.
Read MoreMichael Wigh and David Salinero of Tampa are the first gay couple to be featured on producer Jerry Seinfeld's 'The Marriage Ref.'"We didn't even know until we were in New York that we were the first gay couple," said Salinero, noting that judges Griffin and Lane have a huge gay fan base. "After the show, we got to meet Jerry Seinfeld, (who) said he was committed to having same-sex couples on," Salinero said. "We're just another average couple that has typical silly arguments. The more exposure of that, to me, the better." The show airs Thursday night at 10pm on NBC.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, Terrence McNally, the 71-year-old playwright, and his partner, Tom Kirdahy, 46, exchanged vows on the banks of the Potomac River under the new freedom to marry law in the U.S. capital.
Read MoreLouis Van Amstel and Niecy Nash made a strong statement in favor of the freedom to marry on Monday night's edition of "Dancing with the Stars", as the pair's dance set to Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright’s "With You I’m Born Again" was not only designed to entertain, but enlighten.
Read MoreMarriage equality got majority support in the latest Los Angeles Times/USC poll -- much like a similar poll by the Public Policy Institute of California earlier this spring. Registered voters surveyed in the latest poll said 52% to 40% that “same-sex couples should be allowed to become legally married in the state of California.”
Read MoreMexico City's officials say 88 same-sex couples have gotten married in Mexico's capital since a law legalizing the freedom to marry took effect last month.
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