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• Minnesota governor to sign bill legalizing gay marriage

  May 14, 2013 3:26 AM

  This afternoon Minnesota will become the twelfth state to legalize gay marriage. That's when Governor Mark Dayton is scheduled to sign the bill into law on the steps of the capitol. Yesterday the Minnesota Senate voted 37 to 30 to make gay marriage legal. Last week the House passed the... more »

• Gay marriage now legal in Rhode Island

  May 3, 2013 4:00 AM

  Gay marriage is now legal in the state of Rhode Island. That state became the tenth in the nation yesterday to legalize same sex marriages. The governor addressed a large crowd of supporters of the bill in front of the state house, thanking the many individuals who worked to... more »

• Same sex couples exchange vows at Pueblo Courthouse Play Video

  May 1, 2013 9:40 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - Civil unions officially became legal across Colorado Wednesday and as gay and lesbian couples celebrated across the state, a community rally and mass ceremony marked the occasion in Pueblo. At least 16 couple's applied for and received the first civil union licenses to be granted in... more »

• Calif. gay marriage argument at high court Tuesday

  March 26, 2013 8:44 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is wading into the fight over same-sex marriage at a time when public opinion is shifting rapidly in favor of permitting gay and lesbian couples to wed, but 40 states don't allow it. The court's first major examination of gay rights in 10 years... more »

• Supreme Court begins new term Monday

  September 29, 2012 1:10 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - With health care reform in the rear-view mirror, the U.S. Supreme Court is about to embark on a term that could be just as important as the last one. One of the first cases the court will take up is the limited use of race to help... more »

• Civil unions bill hits close to home Play Video

  May 10, 2012 12:32 AM

  The ongoing debate over gay marriage and civil unions is hitting close to home for one Springs family. She's the daughter of same-sex partners- who have been together for 25 years- and she's calling for action from our legislators. But, her cries for equality are just as loud as conservative... more »

• Perry backs a constitutional limit on marriage

  July 30, 2011 4:05 PM

  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he supports ac constitutional amendment limiting marriage to a man and a woman, though just last week he said New York's gay marriage law is fine with him. In an interview Saturday with The Associated Press, Perry said he supports federal... more »

• Potential republican candidate Gov. Perry Perry stresses personal opposition to gay marriage

  July 30, 2011 6:51 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Potential Republican presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry of Texas repeated his personal opposition to gay marriage in a speech to conservatives in Denver on Friday. But Perry didn't back track on his statement last week in Aspen that New York's recent decision to allow gay marriage is... more »

• Perry keynotes Conservative Summit in Denver

  July 29, 2011 9:59 PM

  DENVER (AP) - GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum took Texas Gov. Rick Perry to task over gay marriage in a Denver speech Friday. Perry said in Aspen last week that he was "fine with" states allowing gays to marry, though he personally opposes same-sex unions. Santorum told about 1,000... more »

• Pot, marriage could play roles in '12 Colo. races

  July 24, 2011 11:48 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado's position as a key battleground state in the 2012 presidential race comes with a wrinkle neither party seems to like: A freewheeling ballot initiative tradition that could put both legalizing marijuana and gay marriage before voters on Election Day next year. Marijuana activists have begun... more »

• Obama says gay couples deserve same rights as all

  June 23, 2011 8:36 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama is praising New York lawmakers who are debating historic legislation to legalize gay marriage. The president says that's what democracies are supposed to do, and that marriage has traditionally been decided by the states. Obama also said he believes that gay couples... more »

• Gay marriage notices denied

  October 24, 2010 8:29 AM

  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire's largest newspaper is defending its decision to refuse to publish marriage notices for gay couples. New Hampshire is one of five states to have legalized gay marriage. Two men getting married in Portsmouth on Saturday wanted to publish a marriage notice in the... more »

• Same sex marriage should resume in California

  August 12, 2010 10:18 PM

  A federal judge has ruled gay marriages should resume in California, but not quite yet. Supporters of same sex marriage cheered in San Francisco today where Judge Vaughn Walker ruled the marriages should resume. He gave opponents until August 18th to get a ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of... more »

• Judge overturns California gay marriage ban

  August 5, 2010 8:06 AM

  A federal judge overturned California's gay marriage ban Wednesday with an unequivocal ruling that could eventually force the U.S. Supreme Court to confront the question of whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to wed. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's strongly worded opinion in the landmark case -... more »

• Washington weddings begin for same-sex couples

  March 9, 2010 9:16 AM

  It's a day of wedding bells for some gay couples in Washington. Couples who applied for marriage licenses on the first day they were available last week can pick them up Tuesday and tie the knot. Three weddings are planned at the city's Human Rights Campaign office. The advocacy group... more »

• Polis joins effort to repeal gay marriage ban

  September 15, 2009 9:49 AM

  Colorado Democrat Jared Polis is joining 75 other House members to sponsor a bill that would repeal the federal ban on recognition of gay couples. The bill being introduced Tuesday would repeal a 1996 law denying federal benefits to same-sex couples. However, backers concede there is little chance the bill... more »

• Same-sex unions begin in Vermont

  September 1, 2009 11:39 AM

  Some couples had been waiting so long for gay marriage to become legal they held midnight ceremonies, but officials in Vermont say there hasn't been a rush of applications for licenses. A new state law went into effect today allowing same-sex marriage. That makes the Green Mountain state the fifth... more »