Women In Politics

Marriage retreat helps couples in crisis
About three years ago, Bob and Darlene Wayman were divorced. Having brought in children from previous marriages, the couple couldn’t make their blended family work.

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Prop. 8 gay marriage delay a ‘good thing’ for eager couples?
A judge said Monday that same-sex couples have to wait until a December appeal to his Prop. 8 ruling. The decision might have delayed intervention from the US Supreme Court.

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Will Chelsea Clinton play the marriage name game?
Is Chelsea a keeper or a changer? That’s what researchers call the newly married once they figure out what to do—if anything—about their names. Now that the big Clinton-Mezvinsky wedding is a wrap and Rhinebeck, N.Y., is back to its idyllic self, the question remains what Chelsea’s choice will be.

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Gay marriage a minor issue in major races
Candidates chose words carefully in response to Prop. 8 ruling. Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman oppose U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker’s ruling overturning California’s ban on gay marriage; Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer support it.

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Gay marriage again rears its head as wedge issue
Less than 24 hours after Judge Vaughn Walker gutted Proposition 8, California’s largest gay rights group begin circulating an online petition aimed at pressuring Republicans Meg Whitman and Steve Cooley not to defend the marriage ban in court if elected.

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Gay marriage again rears its head as possible wedge issue
Less than 24 hours after Judge Vaughn Walker gutted Proposition 8, California’s largest gay rights group began circulating an online petition aimed at pressuring Republicans Meg Whitman and Steve Cooley not to defend the marriage ban in court if elected.

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Fiorina splits with Boxer on gay marriage ruling
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina says she disagrees with a federal judge’s decision overturning California’s gay-marriage ban.

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Couple Denied Home Buyer Tax Credit Because of Marriage
Buyers, sellers and realtors agree that the home buyer tax credit has worked, but it has not worked for everybody.

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Married Couple Denied Home Buyer Tax Credit Because of Marriage
Buyers, sellers and realtors agree that the home buyer tax credit has worked, but it has not worked for everybody.

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Marriage in the governor’s mansion: Husband-wife duo sets sights on Ga.’s highest offices
ATLANTA – After running her husband’s political campaigns for 26 years, Carol Porter won’t be in charge of helping him get elected this year. She has her own race to run.

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