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KANSAS: Still A Confusing Mess

Via the Associated Press: The Kansas Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for additional gay marriages in the state’s most populous county while declaring that it would defer to the federal courts on whether Kansas’ ban on same-sex marriages is constitutional. The Kansas court also declined to say whether all of the state’s 105 counties fall under a U.S. Supreme …

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NOM Is Late With Donor Disclosures

Via press release from the Human Rights Campaign: The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has refused to make its 2013 Form 990s publicly available following their November 17 deadline – a direct violation of federal law. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) first made an in-person request for the public financial documents on Monday morning and again on Tuesday – both …

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South Carolina Earns Stripes Of Progress

Yesterday the Fourth Circuit Court refused South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s demand to continue the stay on same-sex marriages during his appeal. Almost simultaneously, a separate federal court ruled that South Carolina must recognize out-of-state marriages, prompting Wikipedia’s marriage map monitor to apply the above blue stripes of progress. Late last night Wilson took his stay extension demand to …

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Pastors Pledge To Stop Signing All Civil Marriage Certificates Because Gays

From First Things: In many jurisdictions, including many of the United States, civil authorities have adopted a definition of marriage that explicitly rejects the age-old requirement of male-female pairing. In a few short years or even months, it is very likely that this new definition will become the law of the land, and in all jurisdictions the rights, privileges, and …

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On Russia’s Ultra-Nationalist Movement

Via Vocativ: Russia’s numerous and varied ultra-nationalists groups have flourished since the collapse of the Soviet Union. They include groups who are anti-gay, anti-immigrant and pro-Hitler – and they have an enormous online following. Vocativ caught up with some of them at the annual “Russia March” in Moscow earlier this month. NOTE: Some images are not safe for work.

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Whoa

On Sunday the same Anonymous account claimed to have identified three KKK members in attendance at a rally in Wilson’s support. (Via JMG reader Scott)

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BREAKING: Fourth Circuit Court DENIES Marriage Stay For South Carolina

UPDATE: Lambda Legal reacts via press release: Today, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied the State of South Carolina’s motion to stay last week’s U.S. District Court ruling striking down the state’s discriminatory marriage ban, setting the stage for marriages to begin for same-sex couples at Noon on Thursday, November 20. South Carolina’s Attorney General filed …

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