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Gay Candidates Get Support That Gay Causes May Not

Dec. 27, 2009
Openly gay candidates are winning elections in increasing numbers, even in states that passed bans on same-sex marriage.
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Iowa becomes gay marriage battleground

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- An activist who helped overturn California's law allowing same-sex marriage says he will urge Iowa voters to reverse that state's law allowing such marriages.

N.H. is 6th state to allow gay marriage

CONCORD, N.H., June 3 (UPI) -- Gays will be able to get married in New Hampshire starting in the new year after Gov. John Lynch signed same-sex marriage legislation Wednesday.

Rhode Islanders support gay marriage

PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 28 (UPI) -- A majority of Rhode Island voters would support legal gay marriage and an overwhelming majority support same-sex civil unions, a new poll indicates.

Gay marriage support grows in New York

NEW YORK, May 15 (UPI) -- A poll of New York state residents suggests support for legalized gay marriage in the state is growing, with 46 percent in favor and the same number opposing.

Anti-gay marriage measure stays on ballot

SACRAMENTO, July 17 (UPI) -- The California Supreme Court rejected a request to eliminate an initiative opposing gay marriage from the November ballot.

Most French against gay adoptions

PARIS, July 4 (UPI) -- A new poll finds most French oppose adoptions by homosexuals, despite a surge of gay pride in the country.

Spain legalizes gay marriage

MADRID, June 30 (UPI) -- Spanish lawmakers legalized gay marriage Thursday following criticism this week by conservative religious groups.

Spain: Anti-gay marriage group petitions

MADRID, June 29 (UPI) -- Opponents of gay marriage in Spain presented lawmakers Wednesday with a petition signed by 600,000 people against same-sex unions.

Same-sex marriage protests in Chicago

CHICAGO, May 17 (UPI) -- Dozens of gay activists marched outside Chicago's City Hall demanding the right to marry as the first same-sex couple was legally wed in Massachusetts.

Gay marriage bill blocked in Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky., March 24 (UPI) -- A proposed state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage failed by a single vote to advance from a Kentucky House committee.
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Russian Maria Sharapova signs autographs after winning her French Open womens first round match against Romanian Alexandra Cadantu at Roland Garros in Paris on May 29, 2012. Sharapova defeated Cadantu 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the next round. UPI/David Silpa