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Cindy McCain Pays Back Taxes on San Diego Condo

Posted by Jeff from Newsweek

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: When you're poor, it can be hard to pay the bills. When you're rich, it's hard to keep track of all the bills that need paying. It's a lesson Cindy McCain learned the hard way when NEWSWEEK raised questions about an overdue property-tax bill on a La Jolla, Calif., property owned by a trust that she oversees. Mrs. McCain is a beer heiress with an estimated $100 million fortune and, along with her husband, she owns at least seven properties, including condos in California and Arizona.

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BACKLASH: The Gay State-by-State Marriage Race (Second of Two Parts) :: EDGE Boston

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But a virtual who's who of familiar right wing social conservative organizations have also converged on California and are making the overturning of the California court decision a priority. "There are a number of national religious right groups that are lending their resources to this effort," said Peter Montgomery, spokesperson at the People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group based in Washington DC.

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The Gay Marriage Race: Which State Will Be Next? :: EDGE Boston

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excerpt from PART ONE OF THIS ANALYSIS PIECE AT EDGE PUBLICATIONS

Whither California, the nation? That's the question LGBT activists and just-plain folks across the country are asking. Will legalizing marriage in the California Republic set off a wave of such actions across the country? Judging from what happened in New York, it may already have. EDGE analyzes the move toward (and away from) gay marriage state by state and handicaps the race to be next in line to the altar.

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Ellen DeGeneres, girlfriend plan to marry - CNN.com

Posted by Lamberth from CNN

Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action -- she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show.

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California legalizes gay marriage

Posted by Damianmann from Bloomberg

he California Supreme Court narrowly ruled that homosexual couples have a constitutional right to marry, striking down laws barring same-sex nuptials and making the most populous state in the union the second after Massachusetts to legalize gay weddings.

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California Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Gay Marriage

Posted by Jeff from Huffington Post

Domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage, the justices ruled 4-3 in striking down the ban. "In view of the substance and significance of the fundamental constitutional right to form a family relationship," Chief Justice Ronald M. George wrote of marriage for the majority, "the California Constitution properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil right to all Californians, whether gay or heterosexual, and to same-sex couples as well as to opposite-sex couples."

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Dethroned Miss California Files Lawsuit on Eve of Miss USA Pageant

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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned or in this case dethroned. Christine Silva was crowned Miss California USA on November 25, 2007. For three days she reveled in her new title. Then the pageant committee called her in to say that they had recounted the judges votes and the real winner was actually Raquel Beezley. Silva was the 2nd runner up after all the dust had settled. After must wailing and gnashing of teeth, the disgraced woman has filed a lawsuit on the eve of the Miss USA pageant that will air tonight.

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