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Reverend Al Sharpton, Julian Bond, Melanie Campbell, and Reverend Dr. Joseph Lowry, all who are civil rights leaders, released an open letter embracing President Obama‘s position on equality for homosexuals. This followed several calls between faith and civil rights leaders organized by Reverend Sharpton to encourage a civil debate on this issue and encourage all […]

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NEW YORK  — Conservative groups filed a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court that challenges the legality of the state’s same-sex marriage law. Led by the New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedom (NYCF), the lawsuit seeks an injunction on the Marriage Equality Act, claiming that open meeting laws were violated, campaign contributions were promised, and […]

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While the state of New York is set to give its first marriage licenses to same-sex couples in two weeks, one senator who vehemently opposed gay marriage accused Mayor Michael Bloomberg of paying four Republican senators to vote in favor of the legislation. Sen. Ruben Diaz (D-N.Y.) wrote in a press release that senators Stephen […]