Obama cannot imagine a constitutional reason to ban same-sex marriage

President Barack Obama has said he could not imagine a circumstance in which a state banning gay marriage was legal, the furthest statement in support of same-sex couples’ marriage rights made by the president. In an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, President Barack Obama said a state would need a “good justification” for treating…

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Military officials, servicemembers urge Supreme Court to end DOMA

WASHINGTON – Former Congressman and former U.S. Navy Three-Star Admiral Joe Sestak today joined with Former Congressman, Army Captain and Iraq War Veteran Patrick Murphy, OutServe-SLDN Executive Director Allyson Robinson and Staff Sgt. Tracy Johnson in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to end the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Thirty military officials and OutServe-SLDN,…

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Imperial Court and Empress Candi Samples kick off Children’s Easter Basket campaign

SAN DIEGO – For the past decade San Diego’s very own Imperial Court and countless volunteers have raised money and collected Easter baskets, bicycles, toys and more for underprivileged children to receive Easter Sunday. The Imperial Court de San Diego and Empress Candi Samples kicked off the 10th annual Children’s Easter Basket campaign at Bamboo…

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Recovering Queen Elizabeth misses Commonwealth Day service

LONDON (CNN) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will miss a service celebrating the Commonwealth Monday, as she continues to recover from an illness that left her hospitalized last week, Buckingham Palace announced in a statement. The 86-year-old monarch was admitted to a London hospital on March 3 with symptoms of gastroenteritis, an inflammation of the…

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