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Governor Chris Gregoire announces her support for gay marriage in Washington. She's has some pretty good arguments in her news conference.

Town clerk refuses to sign same sex marriage certificates. Her religious belief is that homosexuality is a sin and it is wrong. she feels that her government job is asking her to leave her religious beliefs behind, something she simply will not do.

The views of different religions on same-sex marriage. Do they support it or are they against it.

This is a list of rights and benefits same-sex marriages will received from tax and government benefits to medical and family benefits. At the end it also tells that this benefits are only for same-sex couples that live in certain states and how these do NOT apply to domestic partners or the civil union.

I found this website very helpful in the breakdown of benefits that same-sex couples are looking to gain through marriage. Which further added to my support of gay marriages.

Many people believe that traditional marriage is better. Christians have a big part with gay marriage. Does same sex marriage destroy traditional marriage?

This article discusses same sex married couples qualifying for benefits bestowed upon traditionally married couples. It explains how some companies have gradually begun to recognize and strive to provide benefits to same sex couples. It also explains that though change has come, there is still more work to be done.

How Arizona voters voted that marriage was a union of one man and one women. Just just two years after they rejected a similar though broader amendment, making Arizona the first state in the Union to reject a ballot initiative aimed at preventing gay marriage.

Mid 2010, Arizona defined marraige as between a man and a woman. Arizona has a ways to go for equal rights.

The California ban on gay marriage was deemed as a violation of equal rights by the U.S. court of appeals. While many considered this a victory the opposing side is already looking to the future and is waiting to present their case to the U.S. Supreme court.

This article follows the fight of one of many couples in the armed forces fighting for recognition of their unity. Showing the impact of the Don't Ask Don't Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act on military personnel and how it effected benefits they would receive if the military recognized domestic partnerships in full.

Gay marriage argument in Iowa.

This website says the law on gay marriage in each specific state. Using a map of the United States you can simply click on the state you'd like to know about and off to the right is states the law. It also gives the date in which voters approved or disapproved of such a bill.

This article is about how people don't want to see gay marriage but they also think that it is one of the greatest moral evils. People are affraid to accept gay marriage because it is a threat to christian norms.

Friday's Supreme Court decision declaring gay marriage a constitutional right doesn't seem to have inspired much ambivalence among politically informed Americans. Either it's a glorious triumph for equality and an irrefutable demonstration that the arc of history does indeed bend toward justice - or else it's a galling example of judicial overreach, the end of public Christianity in America, and the start of an era that will be marked by unprecedented persecution of traditionalist Christians. (nmw)

People that share the same sex should have the same rights to marriage as any other person in the United States. All the signatures that are being gathered by all the supports is a huge effort towards what is a personal freedom. Any one that desires to be married should have the right to do so no matter if they share same sex and law officials should pass the law.

Washington Post publishes recent polls on America's view point on the legalization of gay marriage. The poll is beginning to trend more positively than it was 5 years ago.

This article is about being able to file joint tax returns if married in a location that recognizes it as a marriage. However the IRS will not allow joint filing to civil unions or domestic partners.

There is a huge finanial benefit if they will allow same sex marriage. $17 billion would be made immediately.

Marriage serves two different purposes in religion and government. Same-sex couples wish for the same treatment as married couples under the eyes of the law. Society should stop the argument over who can marry and get back to more important issues, such as addressing divorce rates.

This article gives first hand glimpse what its like to be gay and raise a child. Their motto : Love makes a family, not biology or gender.