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Ireland votes resoundingly to legalize same-sex marriage
Ireland’s citizens have voted in a landslide to legalize same-sex marriage, electoral officials announced Saturday – a stunningly lopsided result that illustrates what Catholic leaders and rights activists alike called a “social revolution.”
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Gay couple, one of whom adopted the other, has adoption vacated now that they can marry
When Bill Novak and Norman MacArthur moved to the Philadelphia suburbs nearly 20 years ago, they were dismayed to learn that Pennsylvania would not recognize their domestic partnership from New York.
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TLC yanks ’19 Kids’ from schedule amid Josh Duggar molestation confession
Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ, the fate of the show is uncertain, but there’s now so much heat in the wake of Josh Duggar’s molestation confession … the network had to make the decision.
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Montreal Alouettes sign openly gay defensive end Michael Sam
Sam, the first openly gay player drafted in the NFL, signed a two-year contract Friday with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football league.
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First Texas GOP lawmaker backs same-sex marriage
Rep. Sarah Davis (R-West University Place) expressed support for same-sex marriage Thursday, becoming the first Republican state lawmaker in Texas history to publicly do so.
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Five things to know about Ireland’s same-sex marriage referendum
Ireland’s voters decide Friday whether to legalize same-sex marriage. While 19 other nations and most U.S. states have already done so, Ireland is the first to hold a national vote.
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Ireland goes to the polls to vote on marriage equality
Opinion polls throughout the two-month campaign suggest the government-backed amendment favoring same-sex marriage should be approved by a majority of voters when results are announced Saturday.
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Judge again rules gay couples across Alabama have right to marry, puts decision on hold
A federal judge has again ruled that gays and lesbians have the right to marry in all Alabama counties, but placed her decision on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court issues a ruling on same-sex marriage.
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Josh Duggar resigns from anti‑gay hate group amid reports he molested five girls as a teenager
Josh Duggar resigned from his position at the Family Research Council as a result of the accusations becoming public.
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ACLU sues Michigan over driver’s licenses for transgender individuals
Six transgender Michigan residents sued the state Thursday over its strict policy on changing gender identities on driver’s licenses.
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Alabama GOP leader says ‘religious freedom’ bills targeting gays likely dead
The Republican leader of the Alabama Senate said Thursday that he believes religious freedom bills that target gays and lesbians are likely dead for the legislative session.
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Appeals court delays transgender inmate’s surgery after panel recommends parole
The separate decisions make it less likely that convicted killer Michelle-Lael Norsworthy will receive prison-funded sex reassignment surgery before she is released.
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New Orleans mayor blasts Jindal with counter executive order protecting LGBT individuals
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu responded to Gov. Bobby Jindal’s controversial religious objections executive order by issuing an order of his own.
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Texas House approves bill protecting clergy from officiating same-sex unions
The Texas state House is has given preliminary approval to a GOP-backed bill allowing clergy members to refuse to perform marriages that violate their beliefs.
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Critics bash Jindal over ‘religious freedom’ executive order
“Arrogant” and “cynical” — that’s what Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called President Barack Obama last fall after the president issued an executive order addressing the hot-button social issue of illegal immigration.
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Boy Scouts’ leader says ban on gay adults no longer sustainable
The president of the Boy Scouts of America, Robert Gates, said Thursday that the organization’s longstanding ban on participation by openly gay adults is no longer sustainable and called for change in order to prevent “the end of us as a national movement.”
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Mom: Pastor outed on Grindr told her gay son he was going to hell
A parent has come forward with new accusations against the anti-gay pastor who was outed on Grindr, and says the pastor told her suicidal gay son he might as well commit suicide.
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Irish premier: ‘Create history’ by voting yes for same-sex marriage
Prime Minister Enda Kenny is urging Ireland’s voters to support the legalization of same-sex marriage in a referendum that pits the power of the Catholic Church against his secular-minded government.
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Arrest made in stabbing death of transgender woman in Philadelphia
Raheam Felton, 31, of Southwest Philadelphia, was charged with murder and possession of an instrument of crime in the killing of London Banks earlier this week.
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Professor retracts study on same-sex marriage opinions following false data allegations
Donald Green, who teaches political science at Columbia, said his co-author had been unable to produce the raw data that purportedly was used to come up with the study’s findings.