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Support For Gay Marriage Tops 50 Percent For First Time In Gallup's Polling

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The Two-Way

Support For Gay Marriage Tops 50 Percent For First Time In Gallup's Polling

May 20, 2011 • The polling organization has been asking about the issue since 1996. While support has now edged above 50 percent, Gallup says the issue remains highly divisive — with older Americans and Republicans more likely to be opposed.

It's All Politics

Carl Paladino: Gay 'Option' Not 'As Valid' As Straight

October 11, 2010 • The Republican nominee for New York governor created another controversy with his anti-gay comments. He derided his Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo, for not only attending the gay pride march but for taking his daughters as well.

It's All Politics

Tea Party Tug Of War; Is Focus Fiscal Or Social?

September 16, 2010 • A Tea Party tug of war has raised the question, is the movement about fiscal or social issues.

'Thank You For Your Call, Click': How Social Security Works (Or Doesn't)

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The Picture Show

'Thank You For Your Call, Click': How Social Security Works (Or Doesn't)

August 2, 2010 • After his partner of 32 years died, Bill Bowersock stopped receiving Social Security because on paper, their relationship doesn't count.

NPR Public Editor

Congratulating Everyone

December 24, 2009 • Talk of the Nation host Neal Conan recently interviewed two men representing different sides of the same-sex marriage debate. At the end of the show, he congratulated the man who crafted a referendum to defeat gay marriage in Maine but didn't offe...

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Laugh About Stressful Days

October 24, 2008 • If the day is stressful, then go with the flow, until you find a laugh around the bend. We did it today.

Blog Of The Nation

Gay Marriage: Conflict Between Equal Rights and Religious Freedom?

June 16, 2008 • As California prepares for the first legal gay marriages in the state, a battle grows between those who say they support equal rights and those who say they support religious freedom.

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