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Alone. these 11 states could now be joined soon by minnesota, where the democratic leader of the statehouse said he would only schedule a vote on marriage equality when he knew he had the votes to pass it. now he has scheduled that vote for thursday. democrats in the state senate in minnesota say they, too, think they have the votes to pass. watch that minnesota might be next. illinois is also considering a gay marriage bill, although the outcome there is less certain than in minnesota. as i reported a moment ago, that proposed bill cost the chair of the illinois republican party his job, cost him his job that he supported that bill. beyond marriage there s more going on in the news to drive up the price of your rainbow flag i stock photo art. last week, jason collins, the nba center that came out of the closet and announced he was gay. the news was met with a resounding oh, how nice from most people. ....
Minnesota say they, too, think they have the votes to pass. watch that minnesota might be next. illinois is also considering a gay marriage bill, although the outcome there is less certain than in minnesota. as i reported a moment ago, that proposed bill cost the chair of the illinois republican party his job, cost him his job that he supported that bill. beyond marriage there s more going on in the news to drive up the price of your rainbow flag i stock photo art. last week, jason collins, the nba center that came out of the closet and announced he was gay. the news was met with a resounding oh, how nice from most people. sunday, the previous openly gay in sports pioneer march tina and a half ter loaf a appeared on face the nation to talk about him coming out in the nba. in the course of that interview on cbs, she said this. we still don t have equal rights. i have been getting on twitter, ....
There are 11 states and the district of columbia where gay couples can get married like straight couples, minus the benefits. almost half the states that have marriage equality made the decision to legalize gay marriage in the last six months alone. these 11 states could now be joined soon by minnesota, where the democratic leader of the statehouse said he would only schedule a vote on marriage equality when he knew he had the votes to pass it. now he has scheduled that vote for thursday. democrats in the state senate in minnesota say they, too, think they have the votes to pass. watch that minnesota might be next. illinois is also considering a gay marriage bill, although the outcome there is less certain than in minnesota. as i reported a moment ago, that proposed bill cost the chair of the illinois republican party his job, cost him his job that he supported that bill. beyond marriage there s more going on in the news to drive up ....
Recall someone taking a business angle, talking about the trademark issue. it s offensive to a lot of people. think at some point they will have to change it. it s different than the fighting illini. this was a derogatory word in certain point in american history. it s a little bit different than iowa, illinois, states named after indian tribes, football teams, different. redskins, such an iconic name already. 33 minutes after the hour. now an intriguing look at the possibility of compromise on same-sex marriage and the catholic church. in argentina s bitter same-sex marriage, then archbishop bergoglio, now pope francis, called the gay marriage bill a destructive attack on god s plan in argentina. that was publicly. but privately, the stance may have been quite different. sheer rafael romo. reporter: a cordial vatican ....
Catholic church. and in response to this move of the government, church leaders organized big anti-gay marriage protests around the country in the months and weeks and days before the country s senate was due to vote on the bill. they spoke out forcefully against gay rights, against gay marriage and against christina kirchner in particular. but far and away the most outfront vocal opponent of gay marriage within the church s effort on this issue, the one who took on as his cause celeb, the most gusto to keep gay people from getting married in argentina was the archbishop jorge bergoglio. we all know him now as pope francis. at the time of this political fight, he said of the gay marriage bill in his country, quote, let us not be naive, we are not talking about a simple political battle, it is a destructive pretension against the plan of god. we are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination ....