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News (USA)
Chris Christie ignores Chris Gregoire’s outreach on marriage equality
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) hopes to put the politically delicate question of same-sex marriage behind him and is prepared to swiftly veto a bill extending marriage rights to gays and lesbians, even if it means ignoring the arguments of proponents.
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News (USA)
Gay couple sets record for longest kiss, Google sends a Valentine to gays
Valentine’s Day 2012 was marked with more progress on marriage equality front, this time in Maryland; also a gay couple set a new world record for the longest kiss, and a Google doodle sends a Valentine to gay couples. Here’s “The Wrap” for February 14, 2012…
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News (USA)
Minnesota school district changes ‘neutral’ policy on sexual orientation
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — The Anoka-Hennepin school board, which oversees the state’s largest school district, has adopted a new policy that replaces a policy that required teachers to stay neutral in matters relating to sexual orientation — a policy critics called a “gag rule” that constrained teachers from dealing with harassment and bullying of LGBT students.
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News (USA)
Opponents of Washington marriage equality law launch repeal effort
OLYMPIA, WASH. — Within hours of Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire signing a marriage equality bill into law, opponents filed the paperwork necessary to collect signatures for a referendum to overturn the law.
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News (USA)
Clay Aiken: Proposed NC anti-gay marriage amendment ‘goes too far’
RALEIGH, N.C. — Singer Clay Aiken, a North Carolina native, said he loves his home state but is deeply unhappy about proposed amendment to the state constitution that would ban same sex marriages. The former “American Idol” contestant spoke out about the amendment in a video posted to YouTube on Monday.
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News (World)
Libya tells UN Rights Council: ‘Gays threaten continuation of human race’
GENEVA — Gays threaten the continuation of the human race, Libya’s delegate told a planning meeting of the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, reported the Geneva-based UN Watch monitoring group.
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Life
LaBarbera, Wooden reminisce about when anti-LGBT violence was ‘normal’
On last week’s edition of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality Radio Hour, a self-described “former homosexual” called for the arrest of author Dan Savage for his campaign to end suicide among LGBT youth, and today host Peter LaBarbera and guest Patrick Wooden reminisced about when violence against gay and transgender people was considered “normal.”
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News (USA)
Joint Maryland house panel votes to advance marriage equality bill
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A joint panel of two committees in the Maryland state legislature on Tuesday approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
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News (USA)
Protesters shout down Santorum as he speaks against marriage equality in Washington state
Occupy Wall Street protesters nearly drowned out Rick Santorum for 44 minutes as he tried to deliver remarks at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Washington on Monday night. Speaking from a balcony, Santorum sought to condemn the state’s newly-enacted same-sex marriage law and the Ninth Circuit’s ruling against Proposition 8, but was repeatedly interrupted by protesters yelling, “we are the 99 percent.”
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Commentary
To gay teens this Valentine’s Day: A message
Every year on this fateful day I read the updates pouring down my newsfeed: declarations of love, lyrically written woes of despair, and the preachings of “Singles Awareness Day” advocates. Yet rarely do I see a call to action for LGBTQ teens, a group more heavily effected by Valentine’s Day then most would like to admit.
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News (USA)
Efforts to put Proposition 8 initiative on 2012 ballot have ceased
LOS ANGELES — The efforts to collect signatures to qualify an initiative to repeal California’s Proposition 8 law, which bans same-sex marriage, have ceased, following last week’s victory in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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News (USA)
Marriage equality moves forward in Washington, New Jersey
Marriage equality took center stage again on Monday, with progress on both coasts — in Washington out west, and in the east, New Jersey.
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News (USA)
Santorum: Washington’s approval of gay marriage is ‘not the final word’
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, well known for his opposition to same-sex marriage, visited Washington state on Monday within an hour of Gov. Chris Gregoire signing the state’s same-sex marriage bill into law.
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Life
‘White Collar’ star Matt Bomer comes out as gay
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Actor Matt Bomer, best known for his starring role in the USA Network series “White Collar,” has come out as gay.
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News (USA)
Gov. Chris Gregoire signs Washington state marriage equality bill
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Governor Chris Gregoire on Monday signed into law the measure passed last week by the state legislature that legalizes same-sex marriage, making Washington state the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to marry.
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News (USA)
New Jersey state Senate approves same-sex marriage bill
TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey state Senate on Monday voted in favor of a bill that would legalize marriage between same-sex couples, despite a vow by the Governor to veto such a bill.
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Life
‘Former homosexual’ calls for arrest of ‘It Gets Better’ founder Dan Savage
DL Foster, an anti-gay activist and professed “former homosexual,” called for the arrest of author Dan Savage for his role in founding the It Gets Better Project, which has consistently been in the crosshairs of Religious Right activists over its inspirational message geared to LGBT youth.
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News (USA)
Protesters say ‘gay is okay,’ LA Times says gay marriage is ‘inevitable’
Here’s the wrap-up for Sunday, February 12, 2012, and a preview on some stories making news on Monday.
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News (USA)
Idaho GOP refuses to ‘add the words’ to prohibit LGBT discrimination
BOISE, Idaho — Republican senators on the Senate State Affairs Committee killed a bill on Friday that would have prohibited discrimination against LGBT persons in Idaho.
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News (USA)
Washington governor to sign same-sex marriage bill on Monday
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday will sign the newly passed legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Washington state. A statehouse signing ceremony in Olympia has been scheduled for 11:30 a.m. PST on Monday, the Governor’s office has announced.