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Kansas extends some benefits to married same-sex couples
Kansas is allowing married gay and lesbian residents to change their names on driver’s licenses and is having the health insurance plan for state workers offer coverage to their same-sex spouses, officials said Tuesday.
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Kansas opens state workers’ health plan to same-sex spouses
The health insurance plan for Kansas state government workers is allowing married gay and lesbian couples to obtain coverage for their spouses.
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Religious beliefs, gay rights clash in court case over same-sex couple’s wedding cake
A case that tests the boundaries of religious freedom and gay rights came to the Colorado Court of Appeals on Tuesday, with a suburban Denver baker urging judges not to force him to make cakes for same-sex couples because it would violate his beliefs.
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Review: ‘Tangerine’ a vital peek into unseen LA street lives
Shot entirely with iPhones, writer-director Sean Baker’s fifth feature is an urgent, intimate look at a day in the lives of two transgender prostitutes. It illuminates Los Angeles’ fringe-living, often unseen characters: the hookers and dope fiends, the late-night cab drivers.
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Caitlyn Jenner to write weekly column on LGBT issues
Jenner’s spokesman said the columns on the celebrity content website WhoSay are part of Jenner’s effort to explore matters of concern to the LGBT community.
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Ky. clerk who objects to same‑sex marriage wants state to issue licenses online so he doesn’t have to
Casey County Clerk Casey Davis says same-sex marriage violates his religious beliefs. He stopped issuing marriage licenses following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage.
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Texas same-sex couple quickly granted marriage license after filing federal lawsuit
A gay couple has received a marriage license after filing a federal lawsuit against a North Texas county clerk who previously cited her religious opposition to same-sex marriage in denying the license.
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Marriage equality: From fighting to achieve to something we’re actually living
The story of marriage is changing from something we’re fighting to achieve to something we’re actually living. That’s why as of this week I’m wrapping up Marriage News Watch.
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Wins, setbacks mark the path to nationwide marriage equality
In 2004, when Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex couples to marry, President George W. Bush declared support for a constitutional amendment “to protect the institution of marriage.” Voters in 13 states changed their constitutions to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. In most of those states, the vote wasn’t even close. Eleven years later…
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Cruz, Huckabee court evangelical votes, warn same‑sex marriage puts nation on perilous path
GOP presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee went head-to-head for evangelical votes this weekend, telling a megachurch congregation that God favors the U.S. but that the nation is on a perilous spiritual path because of same-sex marriage.
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Hillary Clinton offers reassurance to gay youth in Facebook posting
The Democratic presidential candidate was responding to a photo of an unnamed boy with a tearful expression. A captioned quote indicates he’s homosexual and fearful about the future.
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Homophobic nurse tries to discourage birth mom from allowing gay couple to adopt child
Andy Miller and his partner were having a dream come true: They were about to be parents, and sooner than they realized.
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The importance of finding your tribe in the LGBT community
Throughout Robert Scott’s life, he had an alcoholic father, became overweight and addicted to drugs, and was affected by the AIDS crisis in San Francisco in the 1980s. Reflecting on his life, he realizes one thing: the importance of finding one’s tribe.
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Former Iowa State scientist gets prison for faking HIV research
A former Iowa State University scientist who altered blood samples to make it appear he had achieved a breakthrough toward a potential vaccine against HIV has been sentenced to more than 4 ½ years in prison for making false statements in research reports.
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LGBT rights activists mark landmark 1965 demonstration
LGBT rights activists gathered in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia on the Fourth of July to mark the progress of their movement and pay tribute to those who launched it a half-century ago – but also made it clear that the fight for equality was far from over.
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Commentary
Progressives ‘Twitter challenge’ Christian Right over what #ReligiousFreedomIs
Some organizational supporters of marriage equality took to social media in the wake of the historic Supreme Court decision in Obergefell vs. Hodges. The occasion was a “Tweet Storm,” held for an hour on Monday, June 29, to celebrate the victory for marriage equality – and to argue for authentic religious freedom.
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Idaho’s same-sex marriage ban to remain in state constitution
Removing the language will likely be an uphill battle. Amending the Idaho Constitution first requires approval from the Republican-dominated Legislature. The proposal must then win a simple majority in a voter referendum.
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Attorney asks 8th Circuit appeals court to affirm same-sex marriage ruling
If the appeals court affirms the ruling overturning South Dakota’s ban, attorney Josh Newville could pursue legal fees from the state. He has represented six same-sex couples for over a year and says he has not charged them.
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Marriage equality ruling escalates war of words between Arkansas governor, lawmakers
Opposition from Arkansas legislative leaders to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling lifting the ban on same-sex marriage nationwide has bubbled over into a war of words between the state’s legislative and executive branches.
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Same-sex marriage opponents propose two Colorado ballot measures
One measure would re-define same-sex marriages in Colorado as civil unions. A second initiative would allow wedding-related businesses opposed to same-sex marriage to hire a contractor to serve the couples.