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Source: Philadelphia Daily News , Bulletin , Associated Press via Philadelphia Inquirer , Patriot-News Advocates of marriage as a special right for heterosexual couples had hoped to debate a measure today in the Pennsylvania senate that would have started a long process to add discriminatory language...

Source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette , Allentown Morning Call , Harrisburg Patriot-News , Lancaster New Era , Philadelphia Inquirer , Harrisburg Intelligencer-Journal HARRISBURG, Penn. -- Lawyers, religious leaders and advocates for gays and lesbians faced off Tuesday in one of the most highly charged Senate...

Source: Public Radio Capitol News , AP via Philadelphia Inquirer A state Senate committee has passed a proposal to amend the state Constitution to ban gay marriage and civil unions. The Senate Judiciary Committee today held a lively public hearing on the proposal before approving it, 10-4. Pennsylvania...

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer Eight years ago, it would have been unimaginable. But over brunch on a warm Sunday morning last fall, Micah Mahjoubian leaned over and asked his boss a question. "I told him Ryan and I got engaged to be married, and I'd like him to consider whether he would officiate...