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French president signs gay marriage into law
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18.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| the Associated Press
Published May 18, 2013 11:26AM MDT
Paris • French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. His signature means the first gay marriages may be celebrated in France within about 10 days. Hollande’s office said he signed the bill Saturday morning, a day after the Constitutional Council struck down a challenge to the law. Hollande, a Socialist, had made legalizing gay marriage one of his campaign pledges last year.... ... |
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French president signs gay marriage into law
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18.5.2013 |
Denver Post: National News Headlines |
| PARIS—French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. |
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Get it over with
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18.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT
With the recent cascade of states legalizing same-sex marriage, Edward Cannon thinks we’re approaching a “tipping point when the … country must allow all adult Americans to marry whom they love” (“Gay marriage approval,” Forum, May 15). Wishful thinking. That speeding train of states will soon hit a procedural wall — the constitutions of 31 states ban same-sex marriages. Of the other 19 states, 12 now allow gay marriage, and not all of the other seven are likely candidates (think West Virginia).... ... |
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'Mad Men' Vincent Kartheiser finds a new role
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17.5.2013 |
Denver Post: Entertainment |
NEW YORK—To find their Mr. Darcy, the Guthrie Theater in Minnesota has turned to a Mad Man. Vincent Kartheiser, who plays the malcontent Pete Campbell on AMC's "Mad Men," will star this summer in a new Guthrie production of "Pride and Prejudice" as the brooding hero of Jane Austen's most famous novel. |
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West Valley City meets with Latino leaders after racial profiling allegations
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16.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Pamela Manson The Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 15, 2013 10:16PM MDT
West Valley City • Latino leaders will provide “cultural competency” training for police officers and the city will translate a complaint form into Spanish and other languages as part of an effort to build trust between the minority community and law enforcement. In addition, the community leaders will arrange meetings where West Valley City police officers and city officials can talk with residents. The plan was reached Wednesday in a 3½-hour closed-door meeting between West Valley City officia... ... |
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Holder: Potential civil rights violations at IRS
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16.5.2013 |
Denver Post: All Political News |
WASHINGTON—The FBI's criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service could include potential civil rights violations, false statements and potential violations of the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from engaging in some partisan political activities, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday. |
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Attorney General Holder: Potential civil rights violations at IRS
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16.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Stephen Ohlemacher The Associated Press
Published May 15, 2013 02:22PM MDT
WASHINGTON • The FBI’s criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service could include potential civil rights violations, false statements and potential violations of the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from engaging in some partisan political activities, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday. Holder, testifying to the House Judiciary Committee, was asked what criminal charges could be pursued against IRS employees or officials. Holder announced on Tuesday that the Justic... ... |
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Gay marriage approval
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15.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| Published May 15, 2013 01:01AM MDT
With all of New England now allowing gays to marry, surely fearful conservatives worry that the cancer is spreading — not just down the East Coast to New York, Delaware and Maryland, but it’s popping up everywhere, in Iowa, Washington, even Minnesota. Soon in Oregon and California (regardless how the Supreme Court rules on California’s Proposition 8). Surely, we’re approaching some tipping point when the rest of the country must allow all adult Americans to marry whom they love. America’s been d... ... |
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For Minnesota gay marriage sponsors, it’s personal
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15.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Patrick Condon The Associated Press
Published May 14, 2013 09:06PM MDT
St. Paul, Minn. • As a crowd of thousands roared from the lawn of the state Capitol, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill Tuesday that makes gay marriage legal here come Aug. 1. “What a day for Minnesota!” the Democratic governor declared, as American and rainbow flags flapped in a sweltering hot wind. The Minnesota State Patrol estimated about 6,000 people made up the massive crowd, and many headed to downtown St. Paul afterward for a street party celebrating the bill’s passage. Dayton’s... ... |
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Minnesota legalizes gay marriage; Gov. Dayton signs bill into law
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15.5.2013 |
Denver Post: National News Headlines |
| When momentous events happen like the election of a new president, White Bear Lake resident Laurie Wenker makes sure to get two copies of that day's paper to tuck away in memory boxes for her |
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For Minn. gay marriage sponsors, it's personal
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15.5.2013 |
Denver Post: National News Headlines |
| ST. PAUL, Minn.—Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday signed a bill making gay marriage legal in Minnesota, the 12th state to take the step, as thousands of onlookers cheered. |
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Minnesota governor to sign gay marriage bill on Tuesday
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14.5.2013 |
Denver Post: National News Headlines |
| The Minnesota Senate voted Monday to make gay marriage legal, putting the state on the brink of becoming the 12th to allow same-sex couples to marry. |
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Minn. Senate OKs gay marriage; governor to sign
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14.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| the Associated Press
Published May 13, 2013 10:02PM MDT
St. Paul, Minn. • Spurring onlookers’ cheers, the Minnesota Senate voted Monday to make gay marriage legal, putting the state on the brink of becoming the 12th to allow same-sex couples to marry. Gov. Mark Dayton immediately announced he would sign the legislation Tuesday. The Senate vote of 37-30 came four days after the House passed the bill on a 75-59 vote. When the tally was announced after more than four hours of debate, a huge cheer erupted in the chamber and gallery, where spectators sto... ... |
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Minn. OKs gay marriage; governor to sign
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14.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Patrick Condon And Brian Bakst The Associated Press
Published May 13, 2013 05:54PM MDT
St. Paul, Minn. • Minnesota is set to become the 12th U.S. state where gay couples can get married after a final legislative vote Monday that will let the weddings start on Aug. 1. Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has pledged to sign the bill, and scheduled a ceremony at 5 p.m. Tuesday on the front steps of the Capitol in St. Paul to do so. Minnesota is now the first state in Midwest to legalize gay marriage by legislative vote, and the third nationwide in just 10 days, joining Rhode Island and Delaw... ... |
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Minnesota becomes 12th state to back gay marriage
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14.5.2013 |
Denver Post: All Political News |
The Minnesota Senate approved a bill to legalize gay marriage on Monday, positioning the state to become the 12th in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage. |
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Hubbard: Youths carry gay-marriage torch
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10.5.2013 |
Denver Post: Opinion |
Marley Wiggin is like many high school seniors at this time of year. She's gone through prom season, has been accepted to college, is fighting "senioritis" and is counting the days until graduation. |
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Minnesota House approves gay marriage; would be 12th state
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10.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Patrick Condon and Brian Bakst The Associated Press
Published May 9, 2013 08:25PM MDT
St. Paul, Minn. • A pivotal vote Thursday in the Minnesota House positioned that state to become the 12th in the country to allow gay marriages and the first in the Midwest to pass such a law out of its Legislature. The 75-59 vote was a critical step for the measure, which would allow same-sex weddings beginning this summer. It’s a startling shift in the state, where just six months earlier voters turned back an effort to ban them in the Minnesota Constitution. The state Senate plans to consider... ... |
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Winners and losers of the 2013 Colorado General Assembly
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10.5.2013 |
Denver Post: Opinion |
Like the 17-year cicadas hitting the East Coast this spring, the 2013 session of the Colorado General Assembly will go down as a hot, noisy spectacle people aren't likely to see again for some time. |
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Minnesota House passes gay marriage; bill heads to Senate Monday
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10.5.2013 |
Denver Post: National News Headlines |
| After three hours of noticeably civil debate and personal, sometimes emotional speeches, the Minnesota House passed a bill Thursday, May 9, that would make it legal for same-sex couples to marry. |
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Top Boston cop OK with more cameras in city
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9.5.2013 |
Denver Post: National News Headlines |
| WASHINGTON—Boston's police commissioner told lawmakers conducting the first congressional hearing on the Marathon bombings that government should tighten security around celebratory public events and consider using more undercover officers, special police units and technology, including surveillance cameras—but only in ways that don't |
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