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Search results for "new york city marriage equality"

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Fact-checks (15822)

Nadine Smith stated on March 27, 2013 in a press release:
"The financial penalties imposed" on gay couples "can cost us more than $300,000 compared with married heterosexual couples over a lifetime."
By Amy Sherman• April 8, 2013
Sheila Oliver stated on January 09, 2012 in a news conference:
"In 1958, there were 16 states in this country that prohibited -- prohibited -- an African-American and a Caucasian from being married."
By Erin O'Neill• January 15, 2012
Hillary Clinton stated on March 18, 2013 in a video with the Human Rights Campaign.:
On same-sex marriage.
By Amy Sherman• June 17, 2015
Sean Patrick Maloney stated on July 28, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Donald Trump is "against marriage equality. He wants to go back."
By Dan Clark• August 15, 2016
David Boies stated on April 08, 2014 in the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library:
Every one of "more than 30 federal judges who have considered the issue of gay and lesbian rights since last June… ruled that marriage is a constitutional right and you cannot deprive individual citizens of that right based on their sexual orientation."
By W. Gardner Selby• April 16, 2014
Hillary Clinton stated on November 02, 2016 in a campaign speech:
Says Donald Trump "wants to undo marriage equality."
By Joshua Gillin• November 3, 2016
Steven Goldstein stated on July 24, 2011 in an opinion column in The Star-Ledger:
"Polls now show a majority of Catholics favor marriage equality."
By Erin O'Neill• July 31, 2011
Joe Biden stated on June 10, 2023 in a speech:
In the U.S., “a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon.”
By Grace Abels, Nuria Diaz Muñoz• June 16, 2023
Stephen Sweeney stated on June 01, 2013 in an interview on NJTV's 'On The Record With Michael Aron' :
"Seventy percent of the people in the state of New Jersey want marriage equality."
By Caryn Shinske• June 16, 2013
Get EQUAL Texas stated on February 09, 2011 in a press release.:
"Between Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas over 8,000 same-sex couples are raising children."
By W. Gardner Selby• February 14, 2011
Leah Ward Sears stated on February 05, 2013 in newspaper column:
"I was never against same-sex marriage."
By Janel Davis, Eric Stirgus• February 13, 2013
Mitt Romney stated on September 14, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC:
"I have not changed my position on the (gay) marriage amendment or anything else related to marriage."
By Miranda Blue, Ryan Kelly• October 5, 2007
Mitt Romney stated on May 09, 2012 in statements to the media.:
On support for gay marriage.
By Louis Jacobson• May 15, 2012
AlternativePAC stated on September 25, 2016 in an online ad:
Says Dick Cheney "supported gay marriage sooner" than Hillary Clinton.
By Alan Gathright• September 8, 2016
Kasim Reed stated on December 11, 2012 in :
On same-sex marriage
By Willoughby Mariano• January 9, 2013
Alex Wan stated on December 03, 2012 in a resolution:
"The city of Atlanta has one of the highest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender populations per capita, ranking third among major American cities."
By Eric Stirgus• December 7, 2012
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops stated on February 19, 2013 in a committee hearing on domestic partnerships:
"In other jurisdictions where (a domestic partnership registry) has been enacted, we have seen that fewer people enter into marriage."
By Katie Sanders• February 22, 2013
Reed Gusciora stated on January 09, 2012 in a news release:
"Opinion polls show that the majority of Americans, and the majority of New Jerseyans, favor marriage equality for same sex couples."
By Bill Wichert• January 12, 2012
Martin Frost stated on August 12, 2011 in a column in "POLITICO":
Says Rick Perry flip-flopped on gay marriage by first saying it was a state’s rights issue and then saying he was in favor of a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
By Martha M. Hamilton• August 19, 2011
Tony Perkins stated on June 30, 2013 in a TV interview:
"We're already seeing bakers and florists and photographers forced to participate in same-sex marriages under the threat of law and in some cases even jail."
By Amy Sherman• July 8, 2013

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What might the Supreme Court decide on same-sex marriage?

By Louis Jacobson• June 24, 2013

As the Supreme Court takes up same-sex marriage cases, here's a primer

By Louis Jacobson• March 25, 2013

As the Supreme Court takes up same-sex marriage cases, here's a primer

By Louis Jacobson• March 25, 2013

Tracking the shift after Joe Biden’s same-sex marriage ‘epiphany’

By Matthew Crowley• March 17, 2023

Obama announces support for gay marriage

By Bill Wichert• May 9, 2012

Fact-checking TV ads in California governor’s race

By Chris Nichols• April 25, 2018

Romney's nuances on gay issues

By Miranda Blue, Ryan Kelly• October 5, 2007

In Context: Scott Walker's "healthy balance" remark

By Tom Kertscher• November 29, 2013

Same-sex marriage claims on the Truth-O-Meter

By April Hunt• April 28, 2015

Truth-O-Meter tackles national topics in New Jersey: gay marriage, health care

By Caryn Shinske• March 27, 2012

PAC's newspaper ad makes multiple false claims about Obama

By Becky Bowers, Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead, Katie Sanders• September 27, 2012

PAC's newspaper ad filled with falsehoods

By Becky Bowers, Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead, Katie Sanders• September 26, 2012

Mailbag: 'You guys are really being finicky'

By Louis Jacobson• February 20, 2014

Looking for Mr. Right

By Wes Allison• November 27, 2007

Explaining the NCAA's logic in singling out North Carolina

By Will Doran• September 13, 2016

Fact-checking claims about same-sex marriage

By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2015

Fact-checking claims about social justice, children

By Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• October 3, 2014

Where Trump and Biden stand on key LGBTQ+ issues

By Grace Abels• June 18, 2024

In Context: Gov. Scott Walker's much-scrutinized comments on the state's gay marriage ban

By Dave Umhoefer• May 30, 2014

Thompson on his own, 99-1

By Wes Allison• September 12, 2007