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Same Sex Marriage

Singer Fantasia Barrino

Fantasia on Instagram: 'Gay marriage is legal, but yet I'm judged'

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EBONY - Even some Christians found fault with Fantasia’s post, saying her wording implies that same-sex marriage should be judged more harshly than adultery...
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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed attends NBC News Education Nation Job One Panel Discussion at Georgia Aquarium on May 7, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Moses Robinson/Getty Images for NBCUniversal)

Atlanta mayor reveals support for gay marriage

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has just announced his support of gay marriage, reversing the position he held during his 2010 mayoral campaign...
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Ravi Perry and Paris Prince

Jet's 1st male couple on gay rights in US: 'We're evolving'

Kyle Harvey
theGRIO REPORT - The first same sex male couple to be featured in Jet magazine’s weddings section appeared on MSNBC to share their story...
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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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Brendan Ayanbadejo #51 of the Baltimore Ravens looks on during his team's 34-14 loss to the San Diego Chargers during their NFL Game on December 18, 2011 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images)

Ravens linebacker approves of gay marriage vote

David Ginsburg, Associated Press
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo was delighted to learn that the majority of Maryland voters shared his opinion on same sex marriage...
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Sen. Richard Madaleno, D-Montgomery, center, celebrates onstage at an Election Night party in Baltimore, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, after voters passed a referendum approving same sex marriage in Maryland. Standing with Madaleno are Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, from left, Rep. Mary Washington, D-Baltimore City, and Rep. Luke Clippinger, D-Baltimore City. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Did Obama save marriage equality in Maryland?

Zerlina Maxwell
theGRIO REPORT - Exit polling shows that while not all Obama supporters also voted in favor of the marriage equality measure, about half did...
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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)

Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes

David Crary, Associated Press
(AP) -Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote...
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally at Doolittle Park on October 24, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Obama is on a 48-hour campaign tour of battleground states, including Colorado, Florida and Iowa. (Photo by John Gurzinski/Getty Images)

Obama backs gay marriage initiatives in 3 states

David Crary, Associate Press National Writer
(AP) - President Barack Obama on Thursday threw his support behind ballot measures in Maine, Maryland and Washington state that would legalize same-sex marriage...
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Angela McCaskill, chief diversity officer at Gallaudet University, using sign language and speaking through an interpreter, addresses a news conference on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 in Annapolis, Md., about being put on leave from her job after signing a petition to put Maryland’s same-sex marriage law on the ballot for voters to decide. She is asking to be reinstated to her position. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

Diversity officer who signed anti-gay marriage petition on hot seat

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Gallaudet University has announced that it would like its chief diversity officer to return to her post, after she was put on leave for signing a petition to reverse Maryland's same-sex marriage law...
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Minnesota Lynx WNBA basketball star and Olympic gold medalist Seimone Augustus talks about her relationship and engagement to LaTaya Varner, left, during an interview with The Associated Press in Minneapolis. With a wedding scheduled for May and a crucial vote in November that threatens to ban gay marriage in Minnesota, the intensely private Augustus is speaking out. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

WNBA star fights anti-gay marriage amendment

John Krawczynski, Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Seimone Augustus has always preferred to stay out of the public eye even as her basketball career has taken her to the heights of an Olympic gold medal and a WNBA championship...
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