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Same Sex Marriage

Reverend William Owens, founder and president of The Coalition of African American Pastors, prepares to speak at a rally supporting  the Marriage Protection Amendment in Upper Senate Park with black pastors from around the nation, organized by Owens and Bishop Harry Jackson, Chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition.

Black clergy group protests NAACP support of gay marriage

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The Coalition of African-American Pastors is protesting at the NAACP’s national convention in reaction the African-American civil rights organization’s support of gay marriage...
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Views shift little after Obama backs gay marriage

Dennis Junius and Philip Elliott, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage did little to shift the nation's views on the subject, with a new poll finding that the public remains evenly split on the issue...
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Kameron Slade, a student at PS 195 in Queens

5th grader not allowed to give speech on gay marriage

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A fifth grade student from New York City was told by his principal that he could not give a speech in support of gay marriage at his school’s graduation...
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Mildred Loving (born Mildred Delores Jeter) and Richard Perry Loving were the plaintiffs in the landmark case of Loving vs. Virginia, by which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws barring interracial marriage.

Loving Day for gay marriage, too?

Kevin Noble Maillard
OPINION - While interracial marriage pushed the marital envelope half a century ago, same sex marriage is doing the same thing today.
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DOMA declared unconstitutional by federal court

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BOSTON (AP) - A federal appeals court Thursday declared that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to married gay couples, a ruling all but certain to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court...
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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)

Black youth need a voice in gay politics

Clay Cane
OPINION - In the double consciousness of blackness and gayness, we are senselessly losing our youth...
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Jealous: NAACP gay marriage stance a 'game changer'

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BALTIMORE (AP) - NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Monday he hopes the group's resolution supporting same-sex marriage will encourage blacks to support marriage equality...
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Ben Jealous, President NAACP speaking in Sanford

NAACP backs same-sex marriage

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MIAMI (AP) - The NAACP passed a resolution Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts 'to codify discrimination or hatred into the law'...
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Obama's spiritual advisor still stands by him

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - One of Obama's spiritual advisers, Joel Hunter, is trying to balance his relationship with the president from his disagreement with Obama's stance on gay marriage.
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Religious gay marriage foes waver on Obama

Jay Scott Smith
theGRIO REPORT - Some members of the faith community met the president's announcement on same-sex marriage with confusion, and even anger...
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