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breakingnews | New Zealand leads way in Pacific with gay marriage law | New Zealand has become the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage. The bill was passed by parliament 77 votes to 44, making New Zealand the 13th nation worldwide to take the measure. The law redefines marriage as a union between two people, rather than a man and woman. Photo: Prime Minister John Key. (Phil Walter / Getty Images)

breakingnews | New Zealand leads way in Pacific with gay marriage law | New Zealand has become the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage. The bill was passed by parliament 77 votes to 44, making New Zealand the 13th nation worldwide to take the measure. The law redefines marriage as a union between two people, rather than a man and woman.

Photo: Prime Minister John Key. (Phil Walter / Getty Images)

The GAY Agenda

The GAY Agenda

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FRANCE | Senate says ‘I do’ | Passes marriage equality

FRANCE | Senate says ‘I do’ | Passes marriage equality

fuckyeahmovieposters | Milk 

fuckyeahmovieposters | Milk 

How many homophobes does it take to change a lightbulb?

How many homophobes does it take to change a lightbulb?

PHOTO of the day | March 17, 2013 | Adam LEVINE

PHOTO of the day | March 17, 2013 | Adam LEVINE

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How many HOMOPHOBES does it take to change a lightbulb?

How many HOMOPHOBES does it take to change a lightbulb?

Queen Elizabeth will tomorrow back an historic pledge to promote gay rights and ‘gender equality’ | In a live television broadcast, she will sign a new charter designed to stamp out discrimination against homosexual people and promote the ‘empowerment’ of women – a key part of a new drive to boost human rights and living standards across the Commonwealth. Insiders say her decision to highlight the event is a ‘watershed’ moment – the first time she has clearly signalled her support for gay rights in her 61-year reign.

Queen Elizabeth will tomorrow back an historic pledge to promote gay rights and ‘gender equality’ | In a live television broadcast, she will sign a new charter designed to stamp out discrimination against homosexual people and promote the ‘empowerment’ of women – a key part of a new drive to boost human rights and living standards across the Commonwealth.

Insiders say her decision to highlight the event is a ‘watershed’ moment – the first time she has clearly signalled her support for gay rights in her 61-year reign.

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glaad | Did you see today’s big news? Madonna will appear with Anderson Cooper on March 16 at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York. You don’t want to miss this unbelievable night! Get your tickets now!

glaad | Did you see today’s big news? Madonna will appear with Anderson Cooper on March 16 at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York.

You don’t want to miss this unbelievable night! Get your tickets now!

Ian McKELLAN

Ian McKELLAN

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We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths — that all of us are created equal — is the star that guides us still, just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall.
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“Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law” | White House

“Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law” | White House

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Obama’s Unusually Direct Inaugural Address

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election | For an inaugural address, President Obama’s speech today was striking because it was unapologetically liberal and unusually direct.

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The President’s social agenda left no doubt about his definition of equality today. In the first explicit call for gay rights in inaugural history, Obama linked marriage equality to the civil rights movement, suggesting a moral connection between the battles in Selma and Stonewall.  

“Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law,” he said, “for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.”

Those words were politically unthinkable for every other incoming President in history.  Just eight years ago today, a re-elected president was sworn in after running on a proposal to amend the Constitution to ban gay marriage.  But we needn’t go back that far.  In 2009, a new President was elected with the same core position, opposing gay marriage as a legal right.

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| Ari Melber

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