By an overwhelming 60-40 vote, North Carolinians went to the polls yesterday and voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that makes marriage between one man and one woman the only legal union recognized by the state, banning not only same-sex marriage but civil unions as well.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has shredded a major talking point for advocates of same-sex marriage when it issued a ruling saying that same-sex marriage is not a human right.
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The bishops of North Carolina have issued a strong statement criticizing President Barack Obama for inserting himself into the debate over an amendment on the May 8 ballot that would define marriage in North Carolina as being between one man and one woman.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
A lesbian in the state of Maryland who was denied communion at the funeral Mass for her mother is now demanding that the priest be removed from ministry because he refused to give her communion.
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Two Catholic governors oversaw the passage of same-sex marriage laws by legislative fiat in their states this week, and another is on the verge of seeing a similar bill pass, but the way the three responded could not have been more dissimilar.
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One of the same-sex couples who originally challenged the Proposition 8 ballot initiative in California has filed for divorce.
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In a ruling that surprised no one, a three-judge panel of the liberal 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court judge correctly decided that California's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional and allowed his decision to stand.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The state of Maryland is once again debating the issue of same-sex marriage and could become the seventh state to legalize the unions, which is why participation in a new poll, regardless of where you live, is so critical!
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The Senate Judiciary Committee began consideration today of the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation introduced earlier this year that would repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Same-sex marriage has already forced the Church out of the adoption business in many U.S. states where the unions are sanctioned, but it is now threatening to force the Church out of the marriage business too, says Archbishop Barry Hickey of the Archdiocese of Perth, Australia, who says he'll stop performing marriages altogether if forced to conduct the unions.
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