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News (USA)
Majority of Iowans opposed to constitutional ban on gay marriage
DES MOINES, Iowa — A majority of Iowans oppose a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, according to a recently released poll by the Des Moines Register.
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Life
American Family Association targets Toys R Us over gay couple in Archie comics
After failing to convince JC Penney to fire Ellen DeGeneres as their spokesperson because she is openly gay, now the American Family Association’s group One Million Moms is putting Toys R Us in its cross hairs for selling an Archie comic book that features a same-sex marriage.
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News (USA)
Almost too many equality victories to count!
Another crazy week: Maryland’s legislature passes a marriage bill, a lawsuit widens in New Jersey, the governor of Hawaii comes out for equality, and a huge victory in a federal case against DOMA. Lately we’ve racking up so many wins, it’s getting hard to keep up.
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News (USA)
Outed Arizona sheriff ‘110 percent in the race for Congress’
The recently outed gay sheriff of Pinal County, Ariz., says if he’s elected to Congress he’ll support pro-LGBT initiatives and help change perceptions lawmakers have about gay people, and that his election would be “very impactful and helpful” in changing “the views, perceptions, beliefs about who we are.”
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News (USA)
U.S. Supreme Court rejects NOM appeal over Maine campaign finance disclosure law
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a constitutional challenge to Maine’s campaign finance laws brought by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM).
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News (USA)
Embattled sheriff once ran boarding school, lived with male student
PHOENIX — Embattled Pinal County, Arizona sheriff Paul Babeu — who came out as gay amid allegations that he threatened to have an ex-boyfriend deported — once ran a Massachusetts boarding school with a history of physical and sexual abuse, and for a time lived with one of the school’s male students.
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Life
JC Penney debuts Ellen DeGeneres commercials during Oscar telecast
During last night’s Academy Awards broadcast, retail giant J.C. Penney debuted five new commercials featuring hugely popular daytime television talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres. You may recall that just weeks ago, Jc Penney came under fire from the anti-gay group “One Million Moms” over its recent hiring DeGeneres as its spokesperson.
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Life
U.S. Marine homecoming kiss takes internet by storm
A U.S. marine homecoming kiss has taken the internet by storm. The image of Brandon Morgan and Dalan Wells was posted to the Facebook page of Gay Marines on Saturday, and has captured more than 3,000 comments and 14,000 “likes.”
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Commentary
We tear down walls of fear and hate by living openly and honestly
Why do people oppose same-sex couples being granted full equality within American society? Why do people oppose transgender people being able to use the bathroom of their identified gender? Often, it is because they are afraid…
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Commentary
Rick Santorum = Political Apocalypse
By all indications the GOP race has boiled down to The Insincere (Romney) vs. The Insane (Santorum). Although, the way things are going in this tumultuous race, The Unstable (Newt) should stay in a bit longer because he will likely get one more chance in the limelight if he performs well in the South.
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Life
Filmmaker ‘disappointed, distressed’ over ‘R’ rating applied to bullying documentary
LOS ANGELES — The Weinstein Company has lost an appeal of the “R” rating given to upcoming documentary “BULLY” by the Motion Picture Association of America — the film, an urgent and intimate look at America’s bullying crisis by award-winning filmmaker Lee Hirsch is scheduled for nationwide release this Spring.
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News (USA)
Anoka-Hennepin official now acknowledges bullying as a ‘factor’ in teen suicides
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — Just weeks after denouncing a Rolling Stone article on bullying and teen suicide as a “brutal and distorted attack,” the Superintendent of the Anoka-Hennepin School District in suburban Minneapolis now says “there can be no doubt that in many situations bullying is one of the contributing factors” to suicide.
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Life
Washington anti-gay activist likens gay marriage to bloodletting
Joseph Backholm, the Executive Director of the Family Policy Institute of Washington and the leader of the Protect Marriage Washington campaign to repeal Washington’s marriage equality law, appeared on The Janet Mefferd Show Thursday where he likened same-sex marriage to the medical practice of bloodletting.
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News (USA)
Maine marriage equality advocates qualify for second ballot referendum
AUGUSTA, Maine — Three years after Maine voters rejected same-sex marriage, advocates have gathered the required number of verified signatures to put the issue of marriage equality back on the November 2012 ballot, according to Maine’s Secretary of State, Charlie Summers.
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News (USA)
GOP group appeals California court ruling that DOMA is unconstitutional
SAN FRANCISCO — A group of Republican members of Congress who oppose gay rights filed an appeal today of a federal judge’s ruling that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional.
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News (USA)
Lesbian judge refuses to officiate heterosexual marriage ceremonies
DALLAS — An openly lesbian judge in Dallas County, Texas says she refuses to perform marriage ceremonies for heterosexual couples until the state of Texas allows same-sex partners to wed.
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News (USA)
Family Research Council launches fundraiser to stop ‘fake marriages’
WASHINGTON — The virulently anti-gay Family Research Center has launched an aggressive new fundraising campaign to “Stop Fake Marriages” in the U.S., because, according to the FRC, 2012 could be the “tipping point” year in the battle for marriage.
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News (USA)
Opponents of Maryland same-sex marriage launch effort to overturn law
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Opponents of a marriage equality bill passed in the Maryland state legislature — which is on its way to Gov. Martin O’Malley’s desk for his promised signature — have filed the necessary paperwork with the Maryland Board of Elections for a referendum petition to let Maryland voters decide the issue.
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News (USA)
Repeal effort of California’s FAIR Education Act cleared for signatures
SAN FRANCISCO — State officials have given anti-gay activists the go-ahead to gather petition signatures to repeal Senate Bill 48, also known as the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act. The law requires that California school students be taught about the historical contributions of LGBT people.
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News (USA)
In reversal, same-sex marriage advocates playing offense
The issue of same-sex marriage has returned to the national stage in an unprecedented way as numerous states throughout the country are seeing action on the issue.