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GOP support for same-sex marriage reflects a shift among voters

Dozens of House Republicans voted with Democrats on Tuesday to codify same-sex marriage into federal law, breaking with the party’s longstanding position that marriage remains between one man and one woman. Forty-seven Republicans across 21 different states joined a unanimous…

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Dr. Anthony Fauci on monkeypox and where the US stands

Early last month, we tried to clear up the misconception that monkeypox, a.k.a. MPV, was a “gay disease,” specifically citing the misleading headlines by some media outlets that screamed about “gay men” and the virus. We wrote that things got…

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Here are the 47 Republicans who voted FOR gay marriage

Forty-seven Republicans voted for the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill to codify the right of same-sex couples to marry into law.  The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), seeks to enshrine the freedom to marry within U.S. law…