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		<title>Maryland Senate postpones vote on same-sex marriage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Adam Bink Reports The Washington Post: The Maryland Senate has postponed debate on same-sex marriage legislation until Thursday at the request of bill opponents. After some initial discussion of the bill Wednesday morning, Senate Minority Whip Edward R. Reilly (R-Anne Arundel) requested that the bill be “laid over” to give his side more time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign to Stop Marriage in WA Ramping Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Matt Baume The fight&#8217;s not over in Washington: the governor may have signed the bill last week, but the campaign to overturn is just ramping up. Meanwhile, there&#8217;s incredible momentum for marriage around the country, with legislators passing bills in Maryland and New Jersey, a civil unions bill advancing in Colorado, and brand new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage equality&#8217;s uphill climb in Illinois</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jacob Combs Earlier this month, three gay members of the Illinois state legislature introduced a bill that would allow for full marriage equality in the state, which legalized civil unions just last summer.  As the Chicago Tribune reports, the bill faces an uphill climb given the state&#8217;s political landscape in 2012: The conventional wisdom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage equality heading to full Senate vote in Maryland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jacob Combs Today, the Maryland Senate&#8217;s Judicial Proceedings Committee voted 7-4 to advance a proposed gay marriage bill to a full Senate vote.  Two amendments to the legislation were rejected: one that would have legalized civil unions, and another that would have returned the bill&#8217;s effective date to its original fall timeframe. Senate President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking: Prop 8 proponents will seek full 9th Circuit review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jacob Combs Updated to include the petition for rehearing. Metro Weekly reports that Charles Cooper, lead attorney for the proponents of Prop 8, has informed them that his team will ask the full 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to review the 3-judge decision that earlier this month struck down the marriage ban as unconstitutional.  Metro Weekly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACLU report shows continued lack of enthusiasm for civil unions in Rhode Island</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jacob Combs Yesterday, WRNI covered a Rhode Island ACLU report showing that gay and lesbian couples in the state are still deeply skeptical about a civil union bill enacted last year, with most couples electing not to enter into civil unions due to the so-called &#8216;Corvese amendment,&#8217; an extremely broad religious exemption clause that puts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prop8trialtracker.com/2012/02/21/aclu-report-shows-continued-lack-of-enthusiasm-for-civil-unions-in-rhode-island/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=aclu-report-shows-continued-lack-of-enthusiasm-for-civil-unions-in-rhode-island</link>
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		<title>What tomorrow&#8217;s 9th Circuit deadline means for the Prop 8 case</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jacob Combs Tomorrow, February 21, marks a big deadline in the Prop 8 case that those of us who have been counting the days since the 9th Circuit&#8217;s decision have been eagerly anticipating: the last day that the proponents of Prop 8 can file a petition for rehearing with the 9th Circuit.  The proponents [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prop8trialtracker.com/2012/02/20/what-tomorrows-9th-circuit-deadline-means/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=what-tomorrows-9th-circuit-deadline-means</link>
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		<title>Marriage equality bill to move quickly through Maryland Senate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jacob Combs The Washington Post reports that the Maryland Senate plans to take quick action on the marriage equality bill that passed the House of Delegates last week.  From the Post: A Maryland Senate committee could vote on same-sex marriage as early as Tuesday, setting the stage for the legislation to get to Gov. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The problem with Gov. Christie&#8217;s veto</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jacob Combs Yesterday, just like he promised to, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed the marriage equality bill that passed the state legislature earlier this week. Along with his veto, Christie has called for a referendum on the issue in November while simultaneously issuing insert-foot-here arguments suggesting that African-American civil rights leaders would have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prop8trialtracker.com/2012/02/18/the-problem-with-gov-christies-veto/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-problem-with-gov-christies-veto</link>
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		<title>Maryland House of Delegates passes marriage equality bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Adam Bink Updated on 2/18 to reflect the correct vote count.  As in New Jersey, the button of a legislator in support of the bill did not work during voting. A remarkable week for equality. Just now, the Maryland House of Delegates passed legislation legalizing marriage equality for same-sex couples, 72-67. Many may remember [...]]]></description>
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