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Samaritans looking to Ukraine for brides
The parable of the good Samaritan in the Bible has inspired the idea of helping strangers around the world.
But the Samaritan sect that inspired the parable are now under threat after years of intermarriage.
Some members have now...
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Thousands rally against gay marriage in France
1. Wide pan of demonstration
2. Various of demonstrators with flags, banners and balloons
3. Mid of banner reading (French) "Father + Mother, there is nothing better for a child"
4. Wide of demonstrators staring to march
5. Placards...
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Gov. David Paterson has told NY state agencies to recognize gay marriages that are legally performed in other states and countries. He says his decision will help NY avoid lawsuits from gay couples married elsewhere, but the move is certain to be controversial.
HEADLINE: NY to recognize same-sex marriage
CAPTION: Gov. David Paterson has told NY state agencies to recognize gay marriages that are legally performed in other states and countries. He says his decision will help NY avoid lawsuits...
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Clashes at protest against bill allowing homosexual marriage, interior minister comment
1. Tracking of anti-gay protesters waving batons and throwing stones towards journalists then running away towards smoke
2. Wide of protesters hooting and shouting amidst the smoke UPSOUND: gun fire
3. Mid of protestors kicking man in...
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Mexico City first in Latin America to recognize gay weddings
1. Wide of interior chamber of Mexico City's legislative body
2. Screen showing votes of lawmakers as they are being cast
3. Lawmakers in chamber
4. Close of man looking up at screen
5. Close of screen
6. Woman announcing result...
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President Barack Obama said Wednesday that there is a profound recognition in the country that gays must be treated like every other American. Yet days after New York state legalized same-sex marriage, the president stopped short of endorsing such unions himself.
HEADLINE: Obama speaks at LGBT pride reception
CAPTION:President Barack Obama said Wednesday that there is a profound recognition in the country that gays must be treated like every other American. Yet days after New York state legalized...
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SPAIN: PREPARATIONS FOR PRINCESS CRISTINA'S MARRIAGE UNDERWAY
Spanish/Eng/Nat
Royal watchers will be treated to a blue blooded ceremony on Saturday as King Juan Carlos of Spain gives away his daughter in marriage.
Preparations for Princess Cristina's marriage are well underway at the Gothic...
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Changing Face of China AP focus on alternative forms of marriage
Beijing, China - June 1, 2008
1. Wide of people sitting in a circle playing games at mass dating event
2. Close of a woman's finger in a man's hand as part of dating game
3. Mid of a man grabbing a woman's finger and both laughing
4....
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UK - Queen's Golden Wedding anniversary
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 50 years of marriage to Prince Philip on Wednesday (19/11).
The two days of golden wedding anniversary celebrations began with a lunch banquet hosted by the Lord Mayor of London, Richard Nichols,...
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Eurovision song contest to get first on-stage lesbian kiss
1. Wide, slow zoom in to Finland's Eurovision Song Contest entrant Krista Siegfrids singing "Marry Me" (UPSOUND) music during a dress rehearsal
2. Mid of same
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Krista Siegfrids, Finland's entrant to the Eurovision...
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Thousands of women call for equality as they mark Women's Day
1. Women marching and singing with banners reading (Turkish) "I am not a slave, mind your own business!"
2. Women marching with banners reading (Turkish) "I will not marry my rapist!"
3. Wide high shot of women's protest march
4. Close...
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American role in Syria crisis criticised at US-Islamic Forum
Delegates listen as a panel debates the conflict in Syria, now entering it's fourth year.
Among the issues, whether America has a place in the conflict.
Just last month, the US government announced it will allow the main Syrian...
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UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF NAVI PILLAY MEETS MUGABE AND TSVANGIRAI
Zimbabwe's president says homosexuality doesn't belong in Zimbabwe because the union of men and women is needed to bear children
President Robert Mugabe, 88, speaking at a women's HIV/Aids and gender rights conference in Harare, said on...
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A gay couple from Russia's Olympic city of Sochi have gotten married in Buenos Aires and plan to seek asylum in Argentina.
A gay couple from Russia's Olympic city of Sochi have gotten married in Buenos Aires and plan to seek asylum in Argentina.
Alexander Eremeev and Dmitry Zaytsev married at the civil registry in Argentina's capital on Tuesday, dressed in...
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A group of Florida same-sex spouses with legal marriages conducted in other states have filed suit in Florida, demanding the Sunshine State recognize their marriages. (March 13)
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Eight gay couples and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force Florida to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
ACLU of Florida Executive Director Howard...
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Texas child welfare officials have brought in mental health professionals and behavioral experts as the agency tries to ensure a sense of normalcy for the more than 400 children removed from a polygamous sect's enclave, an agency spokeswoman said
HEADLINE: Volunteers give comfort to polygamist sect youths
CAPTION: Efforts are growing to provide comfort and assistance to the more than 400 children who were removed from the polygamist sect compound in Eldorado, Texas. The AP's...
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Debate on draft law authorising gay marriage
Sevran, suburb of Paris - 22 October 2012
1. Wide of Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed and Qiyaammudeen Jantjies sitting on sofa, eating breakfast
2. Wide of couple on sofa, looking at their wedding rings
3. Close of their wedding rings
4....
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Parlmt expected to push through gay marriage law
1. Various shots of Rainbow flags in Chueca district
2. Chueca square
3. Men sitting at terrace
4. Chueca metro station sign
5. Beatriz Gimeno and Boti Garcia
6. Rainbow badge on Garcia's lapel
7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Beatriz Gimeno,...
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Iraqi officials are considering a draft law that could allow girls as young as nine to get married, causing outrage among human rights activists and many Iraqis. (March 14)
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hana Adwar, human rights activists:
"We can say that the draft law represents a crime against humanity. It is a crime as it contains texts and rules that fully contradict the spirit of age. I could also say that it is...
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Actress at UN amid rumours of marriage breakdown.
1.WS press UN conference
2.SOT Angelina Jolie -"We've been asked to question the UN and to try to understand it better and to address our problems and our questions with the different programs going on, with the different things they're...
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Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada admits affair with former campaign staffer.
HEADLINE: Nevada senator admits affair with ex-staffer
CAPTION: Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, a leading conservative mentioned as a potential presidential candidate, admitted Tuesday he had an extramarital affair with a woman...
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Obama says US commander in chief must support gay troops
1. Wide of US President Barack Obama walking onto stage at Human Rights Campaign dinner
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"Every single American - gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - every single American...
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Russian court rules against lesbian couple
1. Wide exterior of Moscow's Tverskoi district court
2. Close-up Russian and Moscow city flags
3. Wide interior of courtroom
4. Mid of lesbian couple Irina Shipitko (sitting) and Irina Fedotova-Fet
5. Close-up Fedotova-Fet's hand on...
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Authorities who removed more than 200 women and children from a polygamist compound were struggling Sunday to determine whether they had the 16-year-old girl whose report of an underage marriage led them to raid the property. The AP's Rich Matthews has more
HEADLINE: Search continues at polygamist compound
CAPTION: Authorities who removed more than 200 women and children from a polygamist compound were struggling Sunday to determine whether they had the 16-year-old girl whose report of an...