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After Maine, the Battle Lines Over Gay Marriage Harden
When America’s Catholic bishops gather next week in Baltimore for a four-day conference, they will hear an update on the church’s ongoing fight to convince the country that marriage as an institution should never include gay couples, and they’ll get a sneak peek at how that fight will be waged in the coming year.
Priest among dozens held in Spain ‘marriage scam’
Spanish police have arrested a priest and 33 others in an alleged “marriage of convenience” scam in which mostly Colombians immigrants, linked to drug trafficking, wed Spaniards to get residency papers.
Rosie O’Donnell, spouse having ‘issues’
Rosie O’Donnell and spouse Kelli Carpenter “are working through their issues” and “nothing else will be said” about rumors the couple is splitting, according to O’Donnell’s publicist. Online buzz about the Carpenter-O’Donnell marriage grew louder this week after O’Donnell did not give a clear-cut denial in a USA Today interview on Tuesday
Louisiana newlyweds want justice of peace fired
Two newlyweds are fighting for the dismissal of the justice of the peace who refused them a marriage license because they are of different races. “We’ve retained an attorney, and we’re in the process of taking the next steps in order to make sure that (the justice of the peace) loses his job,” Beth McKay told CNN’s “American Morning” on Monday
Newlywed won’t tolerate ‘overt racism’ by Louisiana official
The woman who was denied a marriage license by a Louisiana justice of the peace because he refused to marry interracial couples said the official should lose his job. Beth McKay said she never could have expected what she heard from Tangipahoa Parish’s 8th Ward Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell when she called his office a week ago to officiate her marriage to her African-American fiance, Terence.
Interracial couple in Louisiana denied marriage license
Civil rights advocates in eastern Louisiana are calling for a justice of the peace of Tangipahoa Parish to resign after he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple.
Obama signs $7.5 billion Pakistan aid bill
President Obama signed legislation Thursday providing an additional $7.5 billion in assistance to the Pakistani government. The aid guarantee comes as the Pakistani government combats a wave of attacks believed to have been orchestrated by Taliban militants and as the Obama administration works on a comprehensive review of U.S.
Inside David Letterman’s love life
Nearly two weeks after David Letterman first revealed that he was the victim of an alleged $2 million blackmail plot — and shocked fans with his on-air confession that he had had sex with women who work for him — the veil over the “Late Show” host’s previously super-private love life has lifted. And, as friends and other sources reveal, that love life has always been both idiosyncratic — and messy
‘Obama, I know you are listening’: Gay activists march to Capitol
Calling for an end to the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and equality in marriage, thousands of gay rights supporters marched by the White House and on to the Capitol to rally. Sunday’s National Equality March coincided with National Coming Out Day, and came a day after President Obama delivered a supportive speech to the nation’s largest gay rights group