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Monday, June 17, 2013  Study: Media coverage has more pro than con views on same-sex marriage as court took arguments

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Minnesota Legislature passes same-sex marriage, governor to sign bill allowing Aug. 1 gay weddings

Friday, May 03, 2013  The first marriages will take place Aug. 1, when the new law takes effect.

Saturday, April 27, 2013  A group of conservative lawmakers proposes cutting the salaries of Iowa Supreme Court justices who joined in a unanimous ruling that legalized gay marriage in Iowa.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Water cannon, legions of police bolster French Assembly building for final gay marriage vote

Thursday, March 28, 2013  However Supreme Court rules, sharp divisions over gay marriage will persist across U.S.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Updated with video: Next up for gay marriage: Supreme Court hears challenge to federal Defense of Marriage Act

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Supreme Court takes up California gay marriage case as public opinion swings in favor of it

Monday, March 25, 2013  McCaskill's announcement comes the same week that the U.S. Supreme Court is to hear a challenge to California's gay-marriage ban.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Influential pediatricians group backs gay marriage; says kids raised that way do just as well

Friday, March 01, 2013  Obama, in broad legal opinion, urges Supreme Court to overturn California gay marriage ban

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A Republican senator has introduced legislation that would begin the process of referring a constitutional ban on gay marriage to Iowa voters.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Obama administration considers urging Supreme Court to overturn California gay marriage ban

Friday, January 04, 2013  If Illinois approves gay marriage, it would become the 10th state in the nation to do so.

Tuesday, January 01, 2013  Same-sex couples in Maryland were greeted with cheers and noisemakers held over from New Year's Eve parties, as gay marriage became legal in the first state south of the Mason-Dixon Line on New Year's Day.