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April 23, 2013
Nevada Senate passes gay marriage

Nevada state Senate repealed a ban on gay marriage and passed a marriage equality resolution during which the impassioned debate Senator Kelvin Atkinson came out as a gay man

The Nevada state Senate passed a same-sex marriage resolution, by a vote of 12-9.

The resolution passed today (23 April) repeals the state text defining marriage as between a man and a woman, replacing it with ‘the state shall recognize marriages and issue marriage licenses, regardless of gender’.

Same-sex marriage was banned in 2002 when voters passed a constitutional amendment, Nevada Question 2.

March 31, 2013
Republican senator thinks a future GOP presidential nominee will be for gay marriage

Arizona Senator Jeff Flake looks into the future and sees a Republican presidential nominee who supports gay marriage

Senator Jeff Flake thinks there will come a day when Republicans will rally around a presidential nominee who supports gay marriage.

The Arizona politician made the prediction today (31 March) to reporter Chuck Todd on the news show Meet The Press.

'I think that's inevitable,' Flake said. 'There will be one, and that I think he'll receive Republican support, or she will.'

November 23, 2012
Indiana lawmaker seeks to have gay marriage banned in state constitution

Would define marriage as being between one man and one woman

Voters in three US states may have just passed bills allowing gay marriage, but Republican legislators in Indiana may be still pushing forward with a constitutional amendment banning the marriages in their state.

Even though same-sex marriage is already illegal in the state, an amendment has been authored by Representative Eric Turner (R-Marion) that would ban it in the state constitution and define marriage as being between one man and one woman.

Thirty US states have passed such constitutional bans with the most recent being North Carolina in May.

March 16, 2012
Obama against North Carolina anti-gay marriage ballot measure

US President's re-election campaign labels Amendment One 'discriminatory'

US President Barack Obama has famously said he is still 'evolving' on the issue of gay marriage but that has not stopped him from coming out against Amendment One, a ballot initiative that seeks add a ban same-sex marriages and civil unions to the North Carolina constitution.

Obama's North Carolina campaign spokesman Cameron French said in a statement that the president is against the measure which goes before voters on May 8.

February 13, 2012
New Jersey senate approves gay marriage bill

State's General Assembly set to vote later this week

The New Jersey State Senate made history on Monday when it voted 24 to 16 to pass a same-sex marriage bill shortly before a similar bill was signed into law in Washington.

The state's General Assembly is expected to vote on the bill later this week where it is also expected to pass.

But Gov. Chris Christie, who could make New Jersey the eighth state in the U.S. to allow gay marriage by signing the bill into law, has already vowed to veto it.