Trend Results : Senate Passes Marriage Equality
Blog Post Results (1-20 of 420)
FILTER RESULTS ►BREAKING: Illinois House To Adjourn Without Passing Marriage Equality
The Illinois House of Representatives will adjourn Friday without voting on marriage equality. The Senate passed its version of the bill back on Valentine’s Day, and Gov. Pat Quinn (D) had promised to sign it into law. As supporters jeered from the gallery, the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Greg Harris (D), announced that several colleagues indicated [...]
Marriage equality: Will Illinois make it 13?
The Illinois House has until the end of the day Friday to pass marriage equality legislation. Gov. Pat Quinn is ready and willing to sign the bill into law (the Senate already passed it) as soon as the House acts, which could be anyShow More Summary
President Obama again calls on Illinois to pass marriage equality
By Scottie Thomaston The Illinois General Assembly adjourns tomorrow, leaving the state house with only the next two days to pass the marriage equality bill. The state senate passed the bill on Valentine’s Day and since then, legislators have been wrangling privately over the vote: 60 votes are required for passage, and it’s expected to [...]
The Illinois House Has Four Days to Pass Marriage Equality
The Illinois House of Representatives has until Friday to pass a marriage equality bill as the session adjourns on May 31. May 24 marked the deadline for consideration on Senate bills sent to the House, but the deadline on the...
Nevada Moves One Step Closer to Marriage Equality as Assembly Advances Resolution 27-14
The Nevada Assembly yesterday passed the final vote for this year on a constitutional amendment that would send same-sex marriage to the ballot in 2016, the Review Journal reports: Senate Joint Resolution 13 passed the Assembly on a 27-14 vote,...
NY Senators Put Pressure On State Legislature To Pass Transgender Protections
In one of those inexpiable political twists, what seems to have been a far bigger lift — marriage equality —passed the state legislature two years ago, while bills to protect transgender New Yorkers keep dying. Now, the state’s two U.S. Senators, Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand, are making it clear that the state should correct that problem [...]
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signs marriage equality bill into law
By Scottie Thomaston Minnesota’s Governor Mark Dayton signed the marriage equality bill late this afternoon; The bill passed the Senate yesterday, 37-30, and it passed the state House last week, 75-59. BREAKING: Governor Dayton has just signed the freedom to marry into law. #time4marriage #mnmarriage — Minnesotans United (@MN4allfamilies) May 14, 2013 Daily Kos has [...]
The United Nations Has a Message for Every Gay Person in the World: "You Are Not Alone."
Tags: politics The United Nations marriage equality video It seems like LGBTQ people all over the world are getting good news all the time these days. Yesterday, here in the States, the Minnesota Senate passed marriage equality legislation that the governor has already promised to sign into law. Show More Summary
Free to Marry, Free to Work
AP Photo/Jim Mone
Thousands filled the Minnesota State Capitol as they waited for word that the Senate had passed the gay marriage bill yesterday.
L ast month, Rhode Island came over into the marriage equality column. Last week, it was Delaware. Show More Summary
MN Senate Passes Marriage Equality
Twelve down, 38 to go. Minnesota’s Senate voted 37–30 to allow same-sex couples to wed on Monday. It will become the 12th state to do so once Gov. Mark Dayton signs the bill, which he’s expected to do on Tuesday. “God made gays. And God made gays capable of loving other people of the same gender. Show More Summary
Marriage equality, you betcha!
Image via. I’m very proud that my home state of Minnesota is set to become the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage and the first Midwestern state to do so without a court order. Yesterday the senate passed the bill, and Gov. Dayton is set to sign into law today. This victory comes right on the heels of marriage [...]
WATCH: Out Senator’s Impassioned Plea for Gay Marriage on the MN Senate Floor
Senator Scott Dibble, the only openly gay member of the state Senate, authored the bill that passed yesterday legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota. He put forward his case for marriage equality both eloquently and passionately, making reference to his husband Richard. They had married in California in 2008, and Dibble expressed hope that Minnesota would [...]
And Then There Were Twelve
Minnesota – that bastion of Catholic Midwestern values – is the twelfth state to grant marriage equality. The State Senate passed it today by 37 votes to 30. The governor will sign it. If you’re a gay Minnesotan, as of August 1, you will be able to marry the person you love.
And Then There Were 12
Minnesota Senate passes marriage equality bill, now only needs governor's signature to become law....
Minnesota Senate Passes Marriage And 5 Other Things We Learned Today
Minnesota will be the 12th state to legalize marriage equality.
read more
BREAKING: Minnesota Becomes 12th State To Legalize Marriage Equality
Just now, after over four hours of debate, the Minnesota Senate voted 37-30 to pass marriage equality legislation, cementing Minnesota as the 12th state to recognize the marriages of same-sex couples. The House passed the bill on Thursday with a 75-59 vote, and Gov. Mark Dayton (DFL) has promised to sign it as early as [...]
Breaking: Minnesota Senate passes marriage equality bill, governor to sign it into law
By Jacob Combs The Minnesota state Senate has approved H.F. 1054, which will allow same-sex couples in the state to marry, on a 37-30 vote. The bill now goes to the Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat and equal marriage supporter, for his signature. During the remarkably measured debate, the Senate voted to add the word ‘civil’ [...]
Marriage equality passes in Minnesota as bill heads to governor
A marriage equality bill is heading to the desk of Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton following today’s Senate passage. The governor has vowed to sign the bill, which passed in the House last week. Minnesota will join 11 other states plus the District of Columbia in legalizing marriage for same-sex couples. The law would take effect […]
Minnesota to Become 12th State with Marriage Equality
Minnesota has approved marriage equality after several hours of debate in the state Senate and will become the 12th state in the nation (with the District of Columbia) to offer its citiizens the freedom to marry. The House passed th...
Equality news round-up: Today’s Minnesota vote, ENDA update, and more
By Scottie Thomaston - Minnesota’s state senate is expected to pass the marriage equality bill when it takes up the bill today. - A story profiling the undecided GOP votes in Minnesota. - Some conservative MPs in the UK are pushing a referendum on marriage equality in order to water down the current legislation. - [...]
- Serena Williams
- Rolling Stone
- Fifty Shades of Grey
- Sam Taylor-Johnson to Direct
- Shailene Woodley
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- Mary Jane Watson
- The Federal Reserve
- Miley Cyrus
- Rolling Stone
- Channing All Over Your Tatum
- FBI Director Robert Mueller
- Paula Deen
- Federal Open Market Committee
- Star Wars Episode VII
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
- Men's Wearhouse
- George Zimmer
- New England Patriots
- Stefano Gabbana
- Unified School District
