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News (USA)
East Aurora, Ill., school district dissolves transgender policy committee
AURORA, Ill. — After over two months of contentious debate, controversy and uncertainty, the East Aurora School District 131 has called off the creation of a new policy that would add protections for transgender and gender nonconforming students. After hearing over 30 members of the local community — about 40 miles west of Chicago — […]
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News (World)
Cameroon court upholds 3-year prison term for gay text message
An appeals court in the African nation of Cameroon on Monday upheld a three-year sentence against a man found guilty of homosexual conduct for sending a text message to another that contained a photo of himself holding a sign that said, “I’m very much in love with you.”
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Life
James Dobson: Connecticut shooting is God’s wrath for gay marriage, abortion
James Dobson dedicated his radio program this morning to discussing Friday’s tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Connecticut, which he attributed to the fact that God has “allowed judgment to fall upon us” because the nation has turned its back on him by accepting things like abortion and gay marriage.
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News (USA)
Montana Supreme Court rejects equal benefits for same-sex couples
HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court’s decision to reject an “overly broad” request that same-sex couples receive the same protections and benefits as married heterosexual couples.
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News (USA)
Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye dies at 88
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inoye (D-Hawaii), a 50-year veteran of the U.S. Senate and a recipient of the nation’s highest military award for valor, the Medal of Honor, died of respiratory complications at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Monday afternoon.
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Life
Perkins on Boy Scouts’ anti-gay policy: ‘That’s their code, morally straight’
Tony Perkins, president of the anti-gay hate group Family Research Council, said Friday that the Boy Scouts’ anti-gay policy is “morally straight.”
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Life
Active duty Marine officer proposes to partner at White House reception
WASHINGTON — An active duty U.S. Marine Corps officer proposed to his same-sex partner during the annual Holidays Open Tour at the White House this weekend.
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News (USA)
Sponsors say vote on Illinois marriage equality bill coming in January
The legalization of same-sex marriage in Illinois could be just around the corner. The chief sponsors of a bill in the state’s General Assembly that would legalize same-sex marriage said Thursday they’d bring the legislation up for vote during the lame duck session beginning Jan. 2, or early next month.
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Life
Pope condemns same-sex marriage in ‘World Day of Peace’ message
In his global message for World Day of Peace, which takes place on Jan. 1, Pope Benedict XVI will use the opportunity to condemn same-sex marriage, which he calls a “serious harm to justice and peace.”
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News (USA)
Westboro Baptist Church says it will picket at Sandy Hook funerals
The Westboro Baptist Church, home of anti-gay extremists and the “Gods Hate Fags” fundamentalist movement, announced via Twitter on Sunday plans to picket at the scene of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting.
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News (USA)
University of Iowa to ask students about sexual orientation, gender identity
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa has become the nation’s first public university to ask incoming students about their gender identity and sexual orientation in an effort to identify and support LGBT students.
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News (USA)
Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed announces support for marriage equality
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has announced his support for marriage equality by signing a resolution sponsored by councilman Alex Wan and passed by the City Council on Dec. 3.
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Commentary
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia: A duplicitous, totalitarian bigot
Known for his frequent public condemnations of gay rights legislation and his defense of sodomy laws that target exclusively against gay couples, Justice Scalia isn’t exactly what you would call a tolerant, forward thinking kind of guy. He is widely known for keeping alive the tradition of disingenuously likening homosexuality to bestiality, incest, and murder, among other things…
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News (USA)
U.S. Supreme Court sets briefing schedule for DOMA lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court has announced the schedule for submitting legal briefs in pending DOMA litigation, making the deadline for the first round of such documents Jan. 22.
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Commentary
Inexplicable Evil
Unspeakable tragedy, horrific crime, inexplicable — all words that inadequately describe the evil that was visited on a small New England town and its most vulnerable citizens Friday, its children. … My heart breaks for those families, who at what now should be a season of joy for them, have been forever marred by the violence visited upon them.
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News (USA)
Lesbian wife of Army officer denied membership in Ft. Bragg spouses’ club
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The same-sex spouse of a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel stationed at Fort Bragg has been denied membership in a base club for officers’ spouses, sparking protests and accusations from a national military spouses organization that the woman was prevented from joining only because she is a lesbian.
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Life
‘Amazing Race’ winners to bullied gay youth: ‘You’re Amazing!’
“The Fabulous Beekman Boys,” recent winners of the “The Amazing Race,” say they have received over 8000 congratulation wishes since winning the reality TV show, but one letter in particular touched them in a personal way.
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News (USA)
Poll: Support for marriage equality sees 21-point jump in last eight years
Support for marriage equality has increased by 21 points over the last eight years, according to a new Hart/McInturff poll for NBC News/Wall Street Journal.
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News (World)
Uganda Parliament adjorns without taking action on ‘kill the gays’ bill
The Ugandan Parliament adjourned for the holidays on Friday, and again avoided taking any action on the controversial “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” that Speaker Rebecca Kadaga had promised would be approved as a “Christmas gift” to the nation.
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News (USA)
Pennsylvania lawmaker to reintroduce anti-gay marriage amendment
A Pennsylvania state lawmaker said he plans to reintroduce legislation aimed at a state constitutional amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman, as well as outlaw same-sex civil unions and domestic partnerships.