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France to hold its first same-sex wedding
PARIS -- France will mark its first gay marriage Wednesday after months of often bitter debate and violent protest that have divided the nation. In what is expected to be a simple ceremony, billed by the French media as the "marriage of the century,"...Tags: Family, Laws, Francois Hollande, Justice System, France
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Illinoisans don't want gay marriage
The Chicago Tribune editorial board Wednesday (“Stand up for marriage equality,” May 29) urged the Illinois House to approve redefinition of marriage legislation before the legislative session ends on Friday, claiming public support for same-...Tags: Justice System, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Freedom of Religion, Family
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Mitt Romney still at work on his next act
PARK CITY, Utah — Inside the ballroom of a posh resort in Deer Valley, the old Mitt Romney was back. Outlining the biggest challenges facing the country before an intimate gathering of 200 of his biggest donors, the man whose political career was...Tags: Marco Rubio, Economy, Business and Finance, Parties and Movements, Elections, Executive Branch
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NFL moves back 2014 draft by two weeks
The NFL took another step Tuesday toward becoming a round-the-calendar league, announcing that its 2014 draft will take place at New York's Radio City Music Hall on May 8-10, two weeks later than it is typically scheduled. Although the league said the...
Tags: Robert Griffin III, Radio City Music Hall, Football, Sports
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Greatest hits
Oh, how the Ames, Iowa, Straw Poll mighty have fallen. With her surprise website announcement Wednesday that she will not seek a fifth term in the 2014 elections, Rep. Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota Republican who ranks as a leading voice of the tea...Tags: U.S. Congress, National Government, Government, Tea Party Movement, Michael Steele
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Adrian Peterson says gay marriage is 'not something I believe in'
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson says he loves his gay relatives. He just doesn't think that they, or any other homosexual people, should have the right to get married. “To each his own. I’m not with it," the reigning NFL MVP...
Tags: Family, National Football League, Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings, Football
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What we think: Time for Boy Scouts to take next inclusive step
As the saying goes, you must crawl before you walk. It certainly applies to the Boy Scouts of America. It was a long crawl before the organization, prodded by surveys and votes, decided to consider officially joining the 21st century. Then, last week,...Tags: Youth Organizations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Elections, U.S. Supreme Court, Boy Scouts of America
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Efforts to restore capital punishment fall short
Maryland's death penalty will be wiped from the books in October now that efforts to reinstate capital punishment have fallen short. The petition drive to halt repeal of the death penalty ended Friday afternoon, when organizers said they could not...
Tags: Baltimore County, Gun Control, Prosecution, Annapolis, Interior Policy
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Same-sex marriage should be legalized
I wanted to congratulate Adrian Shanker and Brandon Pariser on their marriage and applaud their willingness to come forward with their story. I hope that, some day soon, their marriage — and the commitments of so many other same-sex couples —... -
Same-sex marriage 'inevitable,' most Americans say
Even as they await rulings from the Supreme Court this month on the legal rights of gay and lesbian couples, supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage agree on one point -- legal recognition has become inevitable. Nearly three-quarters of...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Religious Conflicts, Medical Research, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Elections
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A marriage milestone observed
Thank you, Baltimore Sun, for featuring a same-sex couple in your Scene section this past Sunday. The article "A step delayed 12 years" (June 2) shows a loving male couple in white dinner jackets on their wedding day in Maryland. The article describes how...Tags: Family, Martin O'Malley, Timonium, Marriage
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In a word: plebiscite
The Baltimore SunEach week The Sun's John McIntyre presents a relatively obscure but evocative word with which you may not be familiar, another brick to add to the wall of your working vocabulary. This week's word: PLEBISCITE Last year in Maryland, petition drives...Tags: Politics, Elections, Referenda
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