A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage, finding that Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that limited marriage to one man and one woman, violated the U.S. Constitution. "Proposition 8 served no purpose, and had no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California," the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
President Barack Obama announced a compromise Friday over contraception insurance coverage for female employees at religiously affiliated institutions. Under the new plan, religiously affiliated universities and hospitals won't be forced to offer contraception coverage to their employees, but insurers must cover it when they don't. "No woman's health should depend on who she is or where she works or how much money she makes." Obama said.
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The singer Whitney Houston, who topped pop music charts for years but struggled with drug use and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday in her room at the Beverly Hills Hilton. She was found drowned in a bathtub after possibly taking Xanax by her hairdresser and bodyguards. She was 48. "The biggest devil is me," Houston said in a 2002 ABC News interview. "I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy."
Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, which will make the state to become the seventh in the U.S. to allow same-sex couples to wed. The action comes a day after a federal appeals court declared California's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, saying it was a violation of the civil rights of gay and lesbian couples. The Washington House passed the bill on a 55-43 vote after the state Senate approved the measure last week. Gov. Chris Gregoire (D) said she's going to sign it.
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A Republican state senator from Tennessee claimed in a radio interview that AIDS originated from "one guy screwing a monkey, if I recall correctly, and then having sex with men." State Sen. Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville) authored a bill requiring only sexuality involving "natural human reproduction" to be addressed in the state's K-8 public-school classrooms. His AIDS claim rates "pants on fire" false from PolitiFact Tennessee. read more
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Rick Santorum won the caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado and a non-binding primary in Missouri Tuesday night, breaking Mitt Romney's streak of victories in nominating contests with a surprising three-state sweep. Colorado was the most competitive state of the day, with Santorum winning 40 percent of the vote to 35 percent for Romney, 13 percent for Newt Gingrich and 12 percent for Ron Paul.
