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by David Swerdlick onMay 8, 2012
The president's new campaign slogan is "Forward." On same-sex marriage, that's where he should go.
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by Washington Post onFebruary 7, 2012
Proposition 8 violates the right to equal protection, a federal appeals panel ruled.
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December 16, 2011
Journal-isms: If financing arrangements succeed, Heart & Soul, a health-and-fitness magazine targeting black women, will be acquired by what would be its sixth owner in its 23 years.
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December 9, 2011
This week on the Confab: Join Washington reporter Cynthia Gordy as she chats with Deputy Editor Lauren Williams and contributor Michael Arceneaux about whether political correctness has a place in comedy, and new laws that might make it harder to vote in 2012.
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by Lynette Holloway onAugust 29, 2011
A Washington, D.C., pastor argues that there is a connection to the black community's struggle.
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by Helena Andrews onJuly 1, 2011
Single-Minded: I've always dreamed of having a white wedding. My still-unmarried lesbian mother never had that luxury.
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by John McWhorter onJune 29, 2011
Polite dissent on same-sex marriage today may seem bigoted decades from now.
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by Sheryl Huggins Salomon onMarch 20, 2011
VIDEO: In his acceptance speech, Martin thanks the gay-advocacy group for coming to his aid in Puerto Rico.
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February 24, 2011
A leading black gay-rights organization says that President Obama's new stand against the Defense of Marriage Act has especially high stakes for African-American LGBT families.
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by Nsenga Burton onFebruary 23, 2011
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said that he and President Obama had determined that the law's key section is unconstitutional.
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