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Faith guides Kentucky minister to protest for same-sex marriage rights
Maurice Blanchard says anti-gay sentiment was rampant where he grew up in South Carolina. Now he’s one of a group of plaintiffs in cases seeking to legalize same-sex marriage throughout the country.
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Kentucky couple hopes marriage case will lift obstacles to raising children
Raising two young children in states that don’t recognize that their parents are married has confronted Nicole and Pam Yorksmith with a range of problems.
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Army Reserve sergeant is legally married while at work, but not at home
Thom Kostura and his husband take lots of road trips, and each time they cross a state line they make a game of declaring “We’re married!” or “We’re not married!” – depending on whether the state recognizes same-sex marriage.
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Lack of legal rights makes raising teens more stressful for same-sex couple
Like many dads, when his spouse is traveling out of town, Greg Bourke takes on the role of single parent, shuttling their two teenagers to basketball practice and other activities while working a full-time job. But Bourke has an extra worry when his husband, Michael DeLeon, is away.
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Former Olympian Bruce Jenner: ‘For all intents and purposes, I am a woman’
“My brain is more female than it is male,” says Jenner, the 1976 Olympic decathlon champion who has been better known in recent years as part of television’s omnipresent Kardashian family.
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Judge proposes Oregon bakery pay $135,000 to lesbian couple
An administrative law judge proposes that the owners of an Oregon bakery pay $135,000 to a lesbian couple refused service more than two years ago.
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Bobby Jindal blasts companies opposed to Louisiana religious freedom bill
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Thursday that businesses opposed to religious objections laws are entering an “unholy alliance” with the same liberal elites who support more taxes, regulation and “demonize” profit-making.
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Ted Cruz introduces bills to block marriage equality for same-sex couples
Just days before the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has filed two bills to protect states that prohibit same-sex couples from marrying.
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Navigating same-sex marriage debate a difficult issue for GOP White House hopefuls
For Democratic politicians, same-sex marriage has become an easy issue: They’re for it. Many Republican VIPs – notably the presidential hopefuls – face a far more complicated landscape.
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Russian court rules against gay teacher who was fired
A St. Petersburg court has ruled against a gay music teacher who lost her job after being outed by an anti-gay activist.
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The surprising religious breakdown of same-sex marriage support
A new poll released this week found that the majority of most major religious groups now fully embrace marriage equality, and that even groups who oppose the right to marry are abandoning anti-LGBT views at a surprising rate.
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Huckabee defends gay conversion therapy, warns gay rights will outlaw Christianity: ‘God Help Us All’
Mike Huckabee has let loose with a litany of falsehoods about how marriage equality will lead to the “criminalization of Christianity,” and went on to defend ex-gay therapy, saying government is barring chaplains from advocating against the “homosexual lifestyle.”
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North Carolina House speaker: No action on ‘religious freedom’ bill this year
The leader of the North Carolina House says his chamber won’t debate a “religious freedom” bill this year that supporters promoted as protecting religious liberties but others criticized as legalizing discrimination against LGBT individuals.
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Effort to repeal Arkansas law limiting local LGBT protections advances
An effort to repeal a new Arkansas law preventing local governments from extending anti-discrimination protections to LGBT residents moved closer toward appearing on next year’s ballot after the state’s attorney general gave initial approval to the referendum.
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Judge won’t order Michigan to recognize dying man’s same-sex marriage
A federal judge has refused to grant a dying man and his partner state recognition of their marriage ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans.
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Gay student attacked at Atlanta school says he’s victim of constant bullying
“Everyone knows I’m gay,” says 16-year-old Timothy Jefferson, who says he’s been constantly harassed and bullied by other students during his two years at the school where he’s studying to one day become an interior designer or a musician.
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Texas lawmakers advance two anti-LGBT bills despite warnings from business community
Texas lawmakers on Wednesday pushed forward with two anti-gay bills, despite warnings from major corporations, technology leaders, and child advocacy organizations of the dangerous consequences.
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San Francisco archbishop will skip this year’s national rally opposing same-sex marriage
San Francisco’s Roman Catholic archbishop, who is at the center of growing debate over his opposition to gay marriage, will miss an annual march in Washington, D.C., next week opposing same-sex marriage, his archdiocese said.
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Arizona governor directs state agency to allow same-sex couples to be adoptive, foster parents
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is instructing a state agency to allow all legally married couples, including same-sex couples, to jointly be adoptive and foster parents.
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New poll shows record high 61 percent of Americans support marriage equality
A record-high 6 in 10 Americans support marriage equality for same-sex couples, and a similar share say individual states should not be allowed to ban same-sex marriage, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.