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NAACP backs same-sex marriage

   The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Saturday announced its backing of same-sex marriage, more than a week after President Barack Obama also expressed support for the issue. “The mission of the NAACP has always been to ensure political, social and economic equality of all people,” Roslyn M. Brock, chairman of

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North Carolina voters approve a referendum to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage

A constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in North Carolina, even though state law already forbids such unions, appears to have passed. Amendment 1 had the support of more than 59% of the nearly 1 million votes tallied about an hour after polls closed Tuesday night, according to figures from the State Board of

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Maurice Sendak dies at 83, author of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’

Children’s book author Maurice Sendak died in Connecticut Tuesday morning. He was 83. Longtime publisher Michael di Capua told the New York Times that Sendak died of complications from a recent stroke. Sendak, the author of several iconic books including Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen,and Higglety Pigglety Pop!, came out publicly in 2008. He

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