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Carriages Prepared for Royal Wedding [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsWith little more than a month to the British royal wedding, preparations are frantically under way to ensure an immaculate turnout for the horses and carriages that will form the regal procession through London's streets. ...
Man Charged With Polygamy After 'Defriending' First Wife on Facebook
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsPerhaps Facebook needs a relationship status that reads: "Married, but still looking." Police in Grand Rapids, Mich., say they were able to bust a man on polygamy charges after his first wife noticed he had "defriended" her on Facebook and posted photos of his second marriage. Richard Leon Barton Jr., 34, reportedly met his first wife, Adina Quarto, online and married the Rhode Island woman in 2004. But the couple quickly became estranged after Barton was hauled back to Michigan and imprisoned for violating his parole, The Grand Rapids Press reports. ...
Stars Align for Britain's Royal Wedding
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- Kate Middleton and Prince William are a match made in heaven. Just check their horoscopes. The couple will be delighted to know their star signs, Capricorn and Cancer, indicate they are highly compatible and have a good chance of having a successful marriage, according to leading British astrologers. "They probably feel like soulmates," said Wendy Stacey, chair of the Astrological Association of Great Britain. Sang Tan, AP Astrologer Wendy Stacey drew up these star charts for Kate Middleton and Prince William; the charts indicate that the royal couple are a match made ...
Speaker Launches Effort to Defend Gay Marriage Ban
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner said Friday the House may go to court to defend the federal law against gay marriage, which President Barack Obama's administration has concluded is unconstitutional. Boehner said he would convene a group of bipartisan congressional leaders that has the authority to instruct the House counsel to represent the chamber in court. The panel would include Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.; Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.; Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi D-Calif., and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. "The constitutionality of this law should ...
The Straight Poop on Toilet Paper Wedding Dresses
By Monica Garske - AOL NewsWedding dresses can be awfully expensive, but with a little ingenuity -- and a whole lot of two-ply toilet paper -- a gorgeous gown can be rolled out in no time. That's the premise, at least, behind the seventh annual Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest being hosted by the bride-on-a-budget website Cheap Chic Weddings. Every spring, the wedding website holds a contest to see who can make the best-looking bridal-wear out of just a few simple tools: tape, glue and, most importantly, toilet paper. Contestants can sew the toilet tissue together with a needle and thread, but that's the extent of ...
Kate Middleton Invites Hometown Folks to Royal Wedding
By Andra Varin - AOL NewsSarah Ferguson doesn't merit an invite to the royal wedding -- but the guy who runs the pub in Kate Middleton's hometown does. And so does the local butcher. And the mailman. And the couple who own the local convenience store. Middleton has invited some of the folks from her hometown in Bucklebury in Berkshire, south-central England, to watch her say "I do" to Prince William. The locals won't be attending the reception at Buckingham Palace or the after-party, but they will be among the 1,900 people watching the royal wedding in Westminster Abbey on April 29. Andrew Milligan, Pool / ...
Opinion Roundup: 4 Questions About Obama's Gay Marriage Decision
By not in system - AOL NewsThe Obama administration is calculating that it will receive little political backlash for its decision to tell the Justice Department to stop prosecuting cases related to the Defense of Marriage Act. Originally, the largely symbolic act was intended to head off the legalization of gay marriage by stating that the definition of marriage is between a man and a woman. From the Atlantic Wire Here's an overview of political implications of the decision (for legal implications of the DOMA reversal visit opinions by Slate's Dahlia Lithwick and The Atlantic's Andrew Cohen): Why ...
Hawaii's Governor Signs Civil Unions Into Law
By not in system - AOL NewsHONOLULU -- Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed same-sex civil unions into law Wednesday, calling it "a triumph for everyone" that gay and lesbian couples will have the same state rights as married partners. Civil unions in the Rainbow State would start Jan. 1, 2012, making Hawaii the seventh state to permit civil unions or similar legal recognitions for gay couples. Five other states and the District of Columbia allow same-sex marriage. "This bill represents equal rights for everyone in Hawaii, everyone who comes here. This is to me the essence of the aloha spirit," Abercrombie said at a ...
Obama Won't Defend DOMA: Instant Reactions
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsPresident Barack Obama has decided that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and has ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to stop defending it in federal court. Until now, the Department of Justice has defended Section 3 of DOMA in court challenges. This section states that "the word 'marriage' means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word 'spouse' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or wife." Two DOMA challenges are currently pending in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In a letter to Congress ...
Obama Drops Support for Law That Bans Gay Marriage
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON - In a major policy reversal, the Obama administration said Wednesday that it will no longer defend the constitutionality of a federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriage. Attorney General Eric Holder said President Barack Obama has concluded that the administration cannot defend the federal law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. He noted that the congressional debate during passage of the Defense of Marriage Act "contains numerous expressions reflecting moral disapproval of gays and lesbians and their intimate and family relationships - precisely the ...
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