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• Peace Corps to accept same-sex couples

  The Peace Corps says it will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas. 

• French president signs gay marriage into law

  France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption ... 

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  ACLU: Time for 'Modern Family' gay couple to wed

  The ACLU is lobbying for the gay couple on "Modern Family" to get married. ACLU Action started a campaign to urge the show's producers to write a ... 

• Brazilian must register gay unions as marriages

  Brazilian notary publics must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it, the country's National Council of Justice said ... 

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  Minn. governor to sign bill allowing gay marriage

  With marriages to be available for Minnesota's gay couples starting Aug. 1, Duluth residents Gary Anderson and Gary Boelhower are getting ready to do ... 

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  Same-sex couples welcome Del. gay marriage law

  Mikki Snyder-Hall married her partner, Claire, in California in 2008, and moved two years ago to Rehoboth, a gay-friendly Delaware beach town. 

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  Delaware becomes 11th state with gay marriage

  Delaware became the 11th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage when Democratic Gov. Jack Markell signed a gay marriage bill into law just ... 

• Minnesota appears poised to legalize gay marriage

  Minnesota appears poised to legalize gay marriage, as the Democratic speaker of the state House said Tuesday that a gay marriage bill endorsed by the ... 

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  Disabled couple seek life together in group home

  With the beaming smiles of newlyweds, Paul Forziano and Hava Samuels hold hands, exchange adoring glances and complete each other's sentences. 

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  Obama: US, Latin America must strengthen economies

  President Barack Obama came to Latin America eager to move the region's relationship with the U.S. beyond fighting drugs and organized crime, yet the ... 

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  Obama supports including gays in immigration bill

  President Barack Obama says he supports recognizing gay unions in a broad immigration bill pending in Congress but won't say whether he would sign ... 

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  RI now 10th state to allow gay marriage

  Rhode Island has become the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, after a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this ... 

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  Rhode Island becomes 10th state with gay marriage

  Rhode Island on Thursday became the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, as a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this ... 

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  Colorado ushers in new law with midnight unions

  The first gay couple granted a civil union in Colorado said their vows before hundreds of people early Wednesday morning at a downtown Denver ... 

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  RI on way to be 10th state to allow gay marriage

  Rhode Island is on a path to becoming the 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry after a landmark vote in the state's Senate on ... 

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  RI Senate leader plays key role in marriage debate

  If Rhode Island joins the rest of New England in allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed, it will be because a formidable opponent, Senate President ... 

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  French protest against gay marriage turns violent

  France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation's heartland and triggered huge ... 

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  Cheers and Maori song as NZealand OKs gay marriage

  The halls of Parliament echoed with a traditional Maori love song after lawmakers made New Zealand the 13th country in the world and the first in the ... 

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  NZealand is 13th country to legalize gay marriage

  Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advocates celebrated at New Zealand's Parliament as the country became the 13th in the world and the first in the ... 

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  French Senate passes gay marriage bill

  The French Senate voted Friday to legalize same-sex marriage in France, putting a landmark bill on track to become law by summer. The vote in the ... 

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  Republicans debate message, battle bad messengers

  National Republican leaders made waves recently with a dim view of the party's future if it fails to expand its core support beyond white males and ... 

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  SD Sen. Johnson says he now supports gay marriage

  South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson, who announced his retirement last month, has reversed his position on gay marriage, saying Monday that he supports the ... 

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  Beyonce, Jay-Z turn heads in Havana

  Beyonce and Jay-Z caused a big stir in Havana as they marked their fifth wedding anniversary Thursday. R&B's power couple was mobbed by dozens of ... 

• Pa. Sen. Casey says he now supports gay marriage

  Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey announced Monday that he favors gay marriage, the latest of several lawmakers to change positions on the issue now ... 

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  However court rules, gay marriage debate won't end

  However the Supreme Court rules after its landmark hearings on same-sex marriage, the issue seems certain to divide Americans and states for many ...