Senate nears historic vote on gay rights bill
By DONNA CASSATA Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, talks to reporters after the Senate cleared a major hurdle and agreed to proceed…
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NJ GOVERNOR ENDS GAY MARRIAGE FIGHT AS COUPLES WED
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANGELA DELLI SANTI Beth Asaro, left, and Joanne Schailey celebrate after exchanging vows to become the first same-sex couple married in Lambertville, N.J. history at 12:01…
POPE’S BLUNT REMARKS POSE CHALLENGE FOR BISHOPS
By RACHEL ZOLL FILE – In this March 15, 2013 photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis is greeted by Cardinal Timothy Dolan as he meets…
POPE BLASTS ABORTION AFTER DECRYING FOCUS ON RULES
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis meets Hungary’s President Janos Ader, during a private audience at the Vatican, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Claudio Peri, Pool) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope…
NAACP PRESIDENT BEN JEALOUS TO STEP DOWN THIS YEAR
File-This March 15, 2013 file photo shows NAACP President Ben Jealous speaking at a news conference in Annapolis, Md. Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the…
BOOKER: NJ RIVAL’S COMMENT ON SEXUALITY ‘BIGOTED’
By KATIE ZEZIMA FILE – This Aug. 13, 2013 file photo shows Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Lonegan making his victory speech after defeating Alieta Eck for the nomination in…
2 MORE NM COUNTIES GIVE SAME-SEX LICENSES
By JERI CLAUSING and RUSSELL CONTRERAS CORRECTS DAY OF WEEK TO TUESDAY, NOT MONDAY – Jena and Nan Masland, both 35, join dozens of same-sex couple lining up outside the…
NM COUNTY TOLD TO ISSUE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSES
JERI CLAUSING Angelique Neuman, left, and Jen Roper, right, celebrate their wedding at Christus St. Vincent Regional Cancer Center, where Roper is undergoing treatment, Friday Aug. 23, 2013 in Santa…