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Revelers celebrate during the Gay Pride parade on June 26, 2011 in New York City. The parade took on extra significance following Friday night's legalization of same-sex marriage in New York, often regarded as the birthplace of the gay rights movement. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

For 1st time, gay rights get shoutout in inaugural speech

Miranda Leitsinger, NBC News
NBC NEWS - When President Barack Obama noted 'our gay brothers and sisters' and their struggle for civil rights in his inaugural speech on Monday, he was making history...
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Actor Morgan Freeman attends 'The Dark Knight Rises' premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on July 16, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Morgan Freeman narrates new marriage equality ad

Carrie Healey
VIDEO - Morgan Freeman, the Oscar-winning actor whose distinct voice has backed countless commercials, is now lending his pipes to the Human Rights Campaign for Gay Marriage...
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Gay-marriage foes sought to split gays and blacks

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(AP) - The leading national organization opposing same-sex marriage has sought to split the Democratic Party base by pitting African-Americans and Hispanics against gay-rights groups...
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Black Illinois state senator fights for gay civil unions

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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP) - "I hear adulterers and womanizers and folks cheating on their wives and down-low brothers saying they're going to vote against this bill. It turns my stomach," he said...
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