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Gabriela Fore, 6, of Upper Darby Pa., holds a sign with her moms in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2013, as the court heard arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). In the second of back-to-back gay marriage case, the Supreme Court is turning to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Supreme Court doubts Defense of Marriage Act

Mark Sherman, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is indicating it could strike down the law that prevents legally married gay couples from receiving a range of federal benefits that go to married people...
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Representative David Scott(D-GA) walks out after the vote on the 2nd part of the U.S. House of Representatives vote to hold Attorny General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress on June 28, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The House was scheduled for the contempt vote after Holder was accused for not submitting some of the documents in the Fast and Furious program, a federal law enforcement operation that allowed guns to circulate across the border between the U.S. and Mexico, to a House panel investigating it. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images)

3 Black Caucus members still oppose marriage equality

Zerlina Maxwell
OPINION - As up-and-coming black politicians with their eyes on CBC membership, look at the wave of public opinion, they will see opportunity...
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Revelers celebrate during the Gay Pride parade on June 26, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Equality includes everyone

Rev. Al Sharpton
OPINION - As Americans, it is up to each and every one of us to fight injustice and inequality when we are faced with it...
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People wave flags during the 2011 NYC LGBT Pride March on the streets of Manhattan on June 26, 2011 in New York City. Thousands of revelers had reason to celebrate since New York state legislators approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage which Governor Cuomo signed in to law on Friday June 24. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

How Obama changed the gay marriage debate

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - As the Supreme Court considers two cases on gay marriage, it's clear Obama's words profoundly changed the gay marriage debate...
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers her farewell address to the staff in the C Street lobby of the State Department on February 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. Clinton is leaving the State Department and the Obama Administration after travling 956,733 miles and visiting some 112 countries.She will be replaced by U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA). (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Hillary Clinton announces support for gay marriage

Julie Pace and Ken Thomas, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for gay marriage Monday, putting her in line with other potential Democratic presidential candidates on a social issue that is rapidly gaining public approval...
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In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 photo released by the Coahoma County (Miss.) Sheriff's Office, Lawrence Reed, 22, poses or a portrait.(AP Photo/Coahoma County (Miss.) Sheriff's Office)/This Jan. 20, 2007 photo shows Marco McMillian, 34, a candidate for mayor of Clarksdale, Miss., who was found dead on the Mississippi River levee Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 between Sherard and Rena Lara, Miss.(AP Photo/The Clarksdale Press Register, Troy Catchings)

FBI monitoring investigation of Miss. candidate's death

Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The FBI said Wednesday that it has been monitoring the state investigation into the death of an openly gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi, but the agency didn't indicate it had opened its own investigation...
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Marco Millian, 34, was widely noted as one of the first openly gay candidates for public office in Mississippi. (Photo/marcomcmillian.com)

Congressman asks FBI to review candidate death

Emily Wagster Pettus and Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - A Mississippi congressman on Tuesday asked the FBI to review the slaying of an openly gay mayoral candidate to determine if any federal laws might have been violated...
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In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 photo released by the Coahoma County (Miss.) Sheriff's Office, Lawrence Reed, 22, poses or a portrait.(AP Photo/Coahoma County (Miss.) Sheriff's Office)/This Jan. 20, 2007 photo shows Marco McMillian, 34, a candidate for mayor of Clarksdale, Miss., who was found dead on the Mississippi River levee Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 between Sherard and Rena Lara, Miss.(AP Photo/The Clarksdale Press Register, Troy Catchings)

Man charged in death of Miss. candidate

Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A 22-year-old man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of a mayoral candidate, whose body was found near a river levee in the Mississippi Delta this week...
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People celebrate early election returns favoring Washington state Referendum 74, which would legalize gay marriage, during a large impromptu street gathering in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The re-election of President Barack Obama and Referendum 74 drew the most supporters to the streets. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Obama urges Supreme Court to overturn gay marriage ban

Julie Pace and Mark Sherman, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a historic argument for gay rights, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban...
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Marco Millian, 34, was widely noted as one of the first openly gay candidates for public office in Mississippi. (Photo/marcomcmillian.com)

Openly gay mayoral candidate found dead

M. Alex Johnson, NBC News
NBC NEWS - The body of a candidate for mayor of Clarksdale, Miss., was found about 15 miles west of town Wednesday, and a person was in custody, sheriff's officials said...
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