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  An historic sea change in opinion on gay marriage

Polls on gay marriage not yet reflected in votes

Poll after poll shows public support for same-sex marriage steadily increasing, to the point where it's now a majority viewpoint. Yet in all 32 states where gay marriage has been on the ballot, voters have rejected it. Full story

Will the Vatican ever support marriage equality?

  Up w/ Chris Hayes panelists Liliana Segura, associate editor of The Nation magazine; Michael Brendan Dougherty, politics editor of BusinessInsider.com; New York Daily News columnist John McWhorter; and Newsweek/Daily Beast Senior Contributing Writer Michelle Goldberg, examine the relationship betwee

The pitched battle over abortion drags on

  Up w/ Chris Hayes panelists Liliana Segura, associate editor of The Nation magazine; Michael Brendan Dougherty, politics editor of BusinessInsider.com; New York Daily News columnist John McWhorter; and Newsweek/Daily Beast Senior Contributing Writer Michelle Goldberg, discuss new polling on American

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Obama team trumpets new polling on gay marriage

Obama Team Touts New Poll Numbers On Gay Marriage

NBC Politics: NBC/WSJ poll: Obama's gay-marriage announcement a 'draw'

Poll Shows Obama's Stance On Gay Marriage May Not Affect His Overall Support

Civil rights group NAACP endorses gay marriage

New York City's most senior openly gay official weds

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  Calif. gay bar bans straight bachelorette parties

The Abbey nightclub in West Hollywood, Calif., regularly welcomes customers who are not gay, but operators say they will ban straight bachelorette parties until same-sex marriage is legal across the land. KNBC-TV’s Angie Crouch reports.

  What’s ahead

Bill Wolff, executive producer for the Rachel Maddow Show, shares a preview of Thursday’s show – Mitt Romney has taken a policy position! Plus, President Obama’s position on same-sex marriage is part of a broad movement across the country, and a very American Best New Thing.

  Obama Supporter Ashley Judd on why the President is her “guy”

Actress and outspoken Obama Supporter Ashley Judd talks about the president’s recent support for gay marriage and why Obama will get her vote for a second term.

  Deep Dive: Breaking down the NBC/WSJ poll

Republican pollster Bill McInturff and Democratic pollster Fred Yang take a deeper look at the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll numbers.

  Same-Sex Marriage Poll

CNBC's John Harwood reports on the details of a NBC/WSJ poll on same-sex marriage, saying 54% would support same-sex marriage in their state.

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