Tag Archives: gay marriage

On the campaign trail: Gay marriage is the current focus in 9th District race

Gay marriage takes center stage in the 9th Congressional District race; an anti-abortion group endorses Rep. Doug McKillip . . .

Tags: 9th Congressional District , abortions , Doug Collins , Doug McKillip , gay marriage , Georgia Right to Life , Martha Zoller , Regina Quick

Political Notes – Does the gay marriage issue hurt Obama?

President Obama’s statement on gay marriage doesn’t seem to have helped him among Georgians, but the issue could play differently on the national level . . .

Tags: Amanda F. Williams , Barack Obama , DOT minority/women hearings , gay marriage , George Hooks , Nathan Deal , Republican leadership , Roger Lane , Sue Everhart , University of Georgia commencement

Obama shifts to an endorsement of gay marriage

Just 24 hours after North Carolina voters approve a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages, President Barack Obama endorses them . . .

Tags: Barack Obama , gay marriage , John Lewis , Rush Limbaugh , Sue Everhart

On the campaign trail: NC voters pass gay marriage ban, Wisconsin recall proceeds

Like their counterparts in Georgia eight years ago, Tarheel State voters pass a state constitutional amendment that bans both marriages and civil unions for gay couples . . .

Tags: Barack Obama , Dick Lugar , gay marriage , Indiana , north carolina , Richard Mourdock , Scott Walker , Tom Barrett , Wisconsin recall

Some things never change

North Carolina voters, having once written anti-black sentiments into their state constitution, can add anti-gay sentiments as well . . .

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Political Notes – On gay marriage, K&S retreats under fire

King & Spalding decides that things go better with Coke, withdraws from its agreement to defend the “Defense of Marriage Act” on behalf of U.S. House Republicans . . .

Tags: A. D. Frazier , Coca-Cola Co. , gay marriage , King & Spalding , Sunday alcohol sales , tax revision , U.S. House Republicans

On the wrong side of history

Georgia voters banned gay marriages just as other states began the process of legalizing them . . .

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Counter-intuitive poll results

In a nationwide poll commissioned by the Associated Press, a majority favor gay marriage and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants . . .

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The wrong side of history

On the issue of gay marriage, Georgia remains stuck on the wrong side of history . . .

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Gay abandon

There were two significant developments on the gay marriage issue this week.  New Hampshire’s conservative Democratic governor, John Lynch, signed legislation that authorizes same-sex marriages in that state, which brings the number of states where it’s been legalized to six.  Former vice president Dick Cheney also said he supports gay marriage as long as it [...]

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