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Alabama bill would allow ministers to refuse to officiate same-sex marriages
A Senate committed heard passionate testimony about the bill that the sponsor says came about after a brief period of legalized same-sex marriage in Alabama.
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Texas anti-LGBT bill divides lawmaker, openly gay HIV+ son
Texas Rep. Rick Miller, R-Sugar Land, has filed a bill that would repeal local ordinances that ban discrimination against gay and transgender people _ attempting to roll back rules passed in many large Texas cities. The propose bill puts Miller at odds with his son, Beau Miller, who is an HIV-positive gay activist.
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Gay couple bashed over head with chair in Manhattan restaurant attack
The beating came after the attacker lobbed several gay slurs at the couple.
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Texas governor gets behind fast-moving religious objections bill
GOP Gov. Greg Abbott is publicly getting behind a religious objections bill that is moving fast after the U.S. Supreme Court heard historic arguments over same-sex marriage.
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Marshall University football player charged with beating same-sex couple
Steward Butler was arrested early Wednesday on battery charges alleging that he beat a same-sex couple.
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Hot Springs, Ark., approves LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance
The ordinance prohibits the city and its vendors from discriminating against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Australian Prime Minister brushes off snub to diplomat’s same-sex partner
Ambassador Stephen Brady offered to resign after a disagreement involving Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s reception at an airport tin Paris.
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California seeks to block inmate’s sex reassignment surgery
Officials want a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order that the state immediately provide a transgender prisoner with sex reassignment surgery.
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Hawaii legislature approves bill allowing birth certificate gender changes
Thee state House and Senate approved a bill Tuesday that removes a surgical requirement, sending the bill to Gov. David Ige.
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Nebraska woman files federal lawsuit against ‘all homosexuals’ because they sin
Sylvia Driskell, 66, claims she is an “ambassador for God and his son, Jesus Christ,” and filed a 7-page, handwritten lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Omaha.
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Poll: Majority of Americans want Supreme Court to rule for marriage equality
A total of 58 percent of Americans said that they favor a high court decision to eliminate bans against same sex marriage.
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Gay teacher ousted from Catholic school gets new job
Skutt Catholic High School in Omaha, Neb., ousted Matthew Eledge after learning he was engaged to his same-sex partner.
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The truth about Mike Huckabee’s anti-LGBT agenda, in his own words
While we could rehash his appalling rhetoric, we thought it best you hear it straight from the horse’s mouth.
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Miley Cyrus launching foundation to help homeless and LGBT youth
Cyrus is launching the Happy Hippie Foundation to help homeless and LGBT youth, adding that not all her past relationships were “straight, heterosexual” ones.
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San Diego man sentenced in HIV infection case
A San Diego man authorities said intentionally spread HIV to his former boyfriend, and possibly several others, has been sentenced to six months in jail.
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Mike Huckabee launches second White House bid
Huckabee and his aides say his second run would pitch the candidate as an economic populist and foreign affairs hawk who holds deeply conservative views on social issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage.
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The business of planning same-sex weddings
For Bernadette Smith, the business of planning weddings isn’t just about helping the happy couple deal with the stressful process of selecting a venue or cake.
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Elkhart, Ind., mayor proposes adding protections for LGBT residents
The proposal submitted by Mayor Dick Moore would add protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Crowd cheers as two dudes smooch on Dodgers’ ‘kiss cam’
Back in 2000, two women were kicked out of Dodger Stadium for kissing. The team and the world have changed since then.
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Kenya’s deputy president: No place for gays here
William Ruto: “There’s no room for homosexuality in this country. That one I can assure you.”