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		<title>Equal, But What About the 48%?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[42% of US citizens have relationship equality but what about the other 48%? Marriage Equality lays out the map. Waiting for Maryland.]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage Equality Gets the Seven Year Itch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Karen Kahn Is marriage equality subject to the seven-year itch? Are we losing interest in it? From all the evidence, it looks to me that, in Massachusetts at least, our commitment to marriage equality remains strong. In fact, in our home state, marriage of same-sex couples has become so ordinary that when you hear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The $363,000 Tax Bill That Got Obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pat Gozemba The story of Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer has intrigued me since I came across their marriage announcement in the New York Times. On Nov. 12, 2010 on this blog I posted a short video of them. Check it out in the Nov. 12, 2010 blog below. A $363,000 Tax Bill to Widow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/451</link>
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		<title>Gov. Abercrombie: Democrats Make A Difference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pat Gozemba On February 23rd, Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) signed the civil unions bill for his state. Karen Kahn and I, who are married in Massachusetts, now feel as if we can move to Hawai&#8217;i one day and be protected with the same rights and benefits as all other married couples in Hawai&#8217;i. &#8220;For me, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/447</link>
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		<title>Obama Administration Repudiates DOMA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pat Gozemba As we await Hawai&#8217;i Governor Neil Abercrombie&#8217;s signature on a civil unions bill later today, the news from Washington, Dc is fabulous. US Attorney General Eric Holder and President Barack Obama have concluded that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and indefensible. Of course this will not be the end of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/444</link>
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		<title>Julian Bond: MD Must End Marriage Inequality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pat Gozemba Honolulu, February 19, 2011 Julian Bond of the NAACP and Coretta Scott King have long been our allies. Important to remember this when some Black folks speak out against LGBT people and use the Bible and their social experience to continue to oppress us. Story from Baltimore Sun As a civil right activist, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligent Impassioned Catholic Voice for LGBT Equality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pat Gozemba Would like you all to check out the FreeCatholic808 blog of my friend and ally, Dawn Webster. Here is one of her recent blogs on a &#8220;local girl,&#8221; Connie Florez&#8211;a long time LGBT activist. Let Love Prevail February 9, 2011 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. John [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joan Rivers Supports Marriage Equality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to the belief that only young people support marriage equality, Joan Rivers does us proud:]]></description>
		<link>http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/431</link>
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		<title>MA Lessons for Hawai’i Civil Unions Struggle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Pat Gozemba Testimony that I submitted to the Hawai&#8217;i House Judiciary Committee for its Feb. 8, 2011 hearing: Civil Unions in Hawai’i Understanding the Massachusetts Experience To: Members of the House and Senate, Hawai’i State Legislature, considering civil unions legislation (SB 232, SB 231, HB 1244, and HB 1453) From: Patricia A. Gozemba, co-author [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.courtingequality.com/archives/425</link>
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		<title>Zach Wahls and His Lesbian Moms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Effect of marriage equality on kids? Listen to Zach Wahls of Iowa. I wish all of the homophobes in the world could listen to this son of two lesbian moms.]]></description>
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