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2 Lawsuits Challenge Defense Of Marriage Act
NEW YORK (AP) — Two new lawsuits have been filed on behalf of gay and lesbian couples in four states to challenge a 1996 law denying married gay couples federal benefits. The lawsuits were filed...
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President Obama Speaks At LGBT Fundraiser As NY Weighs Same-Sex Marriage
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – President Barack Obama’s “evolving” stance on gay marriage was headed for a high-profile test Thursday as he prepared for his first-ever fundraiser for gay donors just as New...
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Forum To Address Challenges NYC Same-Sex Married Couples Face
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) - Even though New York is one of the few states in the nation to recognize same-sex marriage, St. Sen. Daniel Squadron points out that the federal government still doesn’t. WCBS...
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New York Appeals Court Strikes Down Defense Of Marriage Act
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A federal appeals court in Manhattan has become the second in the nation to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
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City, State Lawmakers: LGBT Equality Needs To Be Reality Across America
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – New York lawmakers have met with gay rights activists to discuss efforts to push for federal Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender legislation. U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand...
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New Jersey Activists Hope Supreme Court Will Rule For Gay Marriage
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Gay rights activists in New Jersey hope the U.S. Supreme Court will establish a constitutional right to gay marriage and end a prohibition in that state. As 1010 WINS’...
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Hundreds Rally For Gay Rights At Washington Square Park
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Elected officials joined hundreds of demonstrators in Greenwich Village on Sunday afternoon for a march and rally for gay marriage rights. The march began at the famous...
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Supreme Court To Hear Arguments On 2 Same-Sex Marriage Cases This Week
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Tuesday will mark the moment thousands of couples across the Tri-State Area and the entire nation have been waiting for. The U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on...
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Supreme Court To Take Up New Yorker’s Historic DOMA Case
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – While the Supreme Court takes on California’s same-sex marriage ban, one New Yorker’s historic case will also be heard. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will take up the...
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Supreme Court Grounds Packed On First Day Of California Same-Sex Marriage Case
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) – They mostly kept their distance — supporters and opponents of gay marriage — as they massed Tuesday in front of the Supreme Court to proclaim with signs and slogans their...
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NYC Woman At Center Of DOMA Case Hopeful Outcome Is ‘Going To Be Good’
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) – Concluding two days of intense debate, the U.S. Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it could give a boost to same-sex marriage by striking down the federal law that denies...
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Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA Provision, Dismisses Prop. 8 Case
WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) – In significant but incomplete victories for gay rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a provision of a federal law denying federal benefits to married gay...
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Christie Says He’d Veto Same-Sex Marriage Bill A Second Time
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday that he would veto a same-sex marriage bill again. Appearing on TownSquare Media’s “Ask the Governor,” Christie said...
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Crowds Rally In NYC To Celebrate High Court’s Ruling On DOMA
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Crowds rallied in the West Village on Wednesday, celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision striking down a provision of a federal law that denied federal benefits to gay...
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New Push On For Gay Marriage In New Jersey
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) - On the heels of Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court rulings, there is a renewed push for marriage equality in New Jersey. The high court struck down the federal Defense of...
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DOMA Suit Plaintiff Windsor To Serve As Pride March Marshal
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Edith Windsor, the plaintiff who filed the lawsuit that led to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the Defense of Marriage Act this week, will be among the grand marshals for...
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2 Million Turn Out For Annual New York Gay Pride Parade
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) - Throngs of marchers hoisting signs and rainbow flags made their way down Fifth Avenue, West 8th Street and Christopher Street Sunday for New York City’s Gay Pride March. The...
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State To Provide Refunds For Estate Taxes Paid By Same-Sex Spouses
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The State of New York said Tuesday that it will give same-sex spouses refunds for estate taxes they were forced to pay because federal law didn’t recognize gay marriage....
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NJ Legal Hearing To Test Federal Gay Marriage Ruling
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – A New Jersey court case headed for oral arguments this week is among the first to test what a June U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down key parts of a law barring...
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N.J. Judge: Same-Sex Couples Must Be Allowed To Marry
TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A New Jersey judge has ruled that the state must allow same-sex couples to marry. In a summary judgment issued Friday, Judge Mary Jacobson says now that the federal...
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