In 2006, while accepting an award from Equality Now (an organization promoting the human rights of women), Joss Whedon ("The Avengers, " "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") said he's often asked why he creates such strong women characters.

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Now, the Equality Commission is to examine the process that led to the park being called after McCreesh.

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As more states legalize same-sex marriage, one of the key questions the justices may be forced to address is whether a national consensus now exists supporting the idea of expanding a "marriage equality" right to homosexuals.

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We could hope, as we listened, that on this great issue, like others demanding answers now -- bringing our fiscal house in order, restoring equality of opportunity to our economy, ending our country's sick obsession with guns -- that future Inaugural addresses would be able to note the kind of material progress that we have seen with regard to combating racism or ending wars.

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But now is the time to stand up and show your support for marriage equality.

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But no country, until now, has sought to enshrine the principle of positive discrimination, let alone equality, in its constitution.

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There is now a clear line of sight to the financial and emotional rewards of true equality that a previous generation of women wished for.

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Talking of London, your candidate for London and now Tory Vice Chairman Steve Norris was saying this week very strongly that if we believe in equality and so on there is nothing against the idea of gay marriages, quote "no moral barrier to the civil registration of gay partnerships", do you agree with that, you don't, do you?

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The richest 1% of Americans now hold 25% of the country's wealth and more needs to be done to boost equality, Nobel Prize winning US economist Joseph Stiglitz has said.

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