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- GAY MARRIAGE
- U.S. SENATE LIKELY TO LAY BILL ON GAY MARRIAGE UNTIL SEPTEMBER
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
GAY MARRIAGE
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U.S. SENATE LIKELY TO LAY BILL ON GAY MARRIAGE UNTIL SEPTEMBER
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CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
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"The rights and eedoms that we have e to cherish will vanish to a cloud of radil iology and dub legal reasong, " Nadler said a statement on the Hoe bill, stat uld still rtrict gay marriage if the Supreme Court overturns s prr lg.
Tammy Baldw, D-Wis., the first openly gay person elected to the Senate — would ensure that the feral ernment regniz marriag that were validly performed and guarantee full benefs “regardls of the uple’s sex, race, ethnicy, or natnal orig.