08 Jul '12, 12am

Challenge to NY Marriage Equality Thrown Out | Care2 Causes

Challenge to NY Marriage Equality Thrown Out | Care2 Causes

A New York state appeals court has thrown out a suit challenging the legality of the process by which marriage equality was passed into law by the state’s Senate last year. Reports the Advocate: The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court in Rochester said in a 5-0 decision that closed-door negotiations between Republican senators and campaigners for the bill, including Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, did not violate the state’s Open Meetings Law. New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, a group representing evangelical Protestants that lobbied against the measure’s passage in Albany, filed the suit last year on July 25, one day after the new law took effect. “Today the New York State Appellate Court, Fourth Department upheld New York’s Marriage Equality Act, which ensures that marriage is available to all New York couples regardless of s...

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care2.com 08 Jul '12, 11am

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straitstimes.com 08 Jul '12, 2am

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The New York Times Has It Wrong On No Child Lef...

care2.com 08 Jul '12, 5am

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Ukraine Backs Off Gay-Gag Law (For Now)

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care2.com 07 Jul '12, 4pm

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Google to Launch Global Legalize Love Campaign | Care2 Causes

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care2.com 08 Jul '12, 6am

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3 Things To Note About Twitter's Upgraded Searc...

care2.com 07 Jul '12, 6pm

Twitter made some changes to its search interface on Friday that, while not quite as internet-shaking as hinted at in a tw...

Blind Rescued Raccoon Romps Through the Grass.....

care2.com 08 Jul '12, 6am

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care2.com 06 Jul '12, 6am

A powerful speech by a former corporate executive lays out, in passionate and powerful terms, the multiple arguments for e...

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care2.com 19 Jul '12, 6am

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care2.com 07 Jul '12, 10pm

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care2.com 10 Jul '12, 2am

This spring the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) introduced a proposal that would crack down on puppy mills ...