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Commentary
Prop 8 News Analysis: ‘We’re eliminating second-class citizenship’
Not long after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stuck another dagger into California’s discriminatory Proposition 8 law on Tuesday, Olson calmly but firmly spoke about how the court’s decision affirmed that Prop 8 “violated the fundamental human rights” of gay and lesbian Americans.
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Life
CNN suspends Roland Martin over perceived anti-gay tweets
Cable News Network (CNN) on Wednesday announced it has suspended commentator Roland Martin over a series alleged anti-gay Twitter “tweets” on Sunday in response to a Super Bowl commercial by retailer H&M that featured soccer player David Beckham.
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Life
Fischer: JC Penney responsible for rise in suicide, breast cancer due to partnership with Ellen
Bryan Fischer, who last week explained how Bill Clinton was responsible for the rise in oral cancer, is back with another attack on JC Penney for hiring Ellen DeGeneres, this time claiming it will lead to more depression, suicide, and breast cancer among women who become lesbians due to the store’s choice of spokesperson:
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Commentary
What makes Pastor ‘boycott gay-loving Starbucks!’ foam?
My friends at Believe Out Loud want you to know of the virtual thank-you card for which they’re currently collecting signatures. Titled Thank Starbucks For Welcoming LGBT Marriages, the card sends thanks to Starbucks for its recent decision to join more than 100 businesses in welcoming LGBT marriages in the state of Washington. You can […]
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News (USA)
School official condemns Rolling Stone article on bullying, teen suicide
MINNEAPOLIS — Anoka-Hennepin School District Superintendent Dennis Carlson has angrily denounced an article published last week by Rolling Stone, in which the magazine highlighted the rash of teen suicides that occurred within the school district over the past three years, and the links some of those deaths had to anti-gay bullying.
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News (USA)
Santorum sweeps GOP contests in Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum showed his campaign still has life by sweeping Tuesday’s GOP contests in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado.
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News (USA)
Rally held in NH to repeal same-sex marriage, replace it with civil unions
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire Republican State Representative David Bates on Tuesday led a rally outside the capitol building of more than 200 people interested in repealing New Hampshire’s same-sex marriage law and replace it with civil unions for any unmarried adults, including relatives.
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News (USA)
Ninth Circuit denies Imperial County motion to be Proposition 8 defender
SAN FRANCISCO — On the same day that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals made its big ruling affirming the unconstitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, the panel rejected an attempt by Imperial County to intervene in the case.
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News (USA)
Reporters grill Carney on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8 ruling
WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Jay Carney faced a flurry of questions Tuesday about President Obama’s evolving position on same-sex marriage and his reaction to the court decision that California’s Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.
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Life
Romney slams Proposition 8 verdict: ‘Politics and prejudices’ of judges
In 1994, Mitt Romney called for “full equality” for LGBT Americans, but this afternoon the Republican presidential candidate condemned the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal’s ruling against Proposition 8.
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News (USA)
Federal appeals court upholds ruling that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional
SAN FRANCISCO — Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, said a divided federal appeals court panel in San Francisco on Tuesday. The highly anticipated ruling also rejected a motion from Proposition 8 proponents to vacate the district court ruling of former Chief Judge Vaughn Walker because he had not disclosed, prior to presiding over Perry v. Schwarzenegger, that he was in a relationship with a man.
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News (World)
Uganda’s infamous ‘Kill the Gays’ bill reintroduced in parliament
Uganda’s infamous Anti-Homosexuality Bill — dubbed the “Kill the Gays” bill — was reintroduced in parliament on Tuesday. The original version of the bill, first introduced in 2009, included harsh penalties, including the the death penalty for some homosexual acts.
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News (USA)
NH lawmaker spending own money on campaign to repeal gay marriage
CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire lawmaker is waging a one-man effort to repeal the state’s same-sex marriage law, and has launched a direct mail campaign to garner support of House Bill 437, which would restore “traditional marriage” between a man and a woman in the state.
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Life
CNN commentator Roland Martin under fire for perceived anti-gay tweets
CNN commentator Roland Martin has come under fire by gay rights advocates and GLAAD — the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation — for perceived homophobic Twitter “tweets” following an advertisement of retailer H&M’s Super Bowl commercial featuring soccer player David Beckham.
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News (USA)
Washington state House committee approves marriage equality bill
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A House panel in the Washington state legislature on Monday advanced its version of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, placing Washington state just steps from becoming the seventh U.S. state to offer full marriage equality.
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News (USA)
Three states make major advances towards full marriage equality
Another crazy week, with news in the Prop 8 case and major advances in Washington, Maryland, and New Jersey. And yet another court has slapped down NOM’s attempts to hide their donors. This week’s Marriage News Watch is here…
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News (USA)
New Jersey lawmakers will vote on same-sex marriage bills this month
TRENTON, N.J. — The Democratic leadership in the New Jersey state legislature on Monday announced that measures to legalize same-sex marriage will advance to floor votes by both chambers — the majority leadership announced that the Senate had scheduled a vote for Feb. 13, followed by a vote in the House vote three days later.
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Life
Fischer: JC Penney promoting deviant behavior by hiring Ellen DeGeneres
Once upon a time, Bryan Fischer believed that trying to get someone fired from their job was a hate crime. But that is apparently only the case if the person getting fired is a Christian and the people urging the firing are gay because Fischer and the American Family Association are now trying to get JC Penney to fire Ellen DeGeneres as their spokesperson solely because she is gay.
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News (USA)
Federal appeals court to rule Tuesday on constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday signaled the court is ready to rule on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the 2008 voter approved ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage in California.
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News (USA)
WA Family Policy Institute promotes claim that gay parents molest their children, turn kids gay
One of the most prominent anti-gay groups currently working to defeat proposed marriage equality legislation in the state of Washington is the Family Policy Institute of Washington (FPIW). Led by Joseph Backholm, FPIW has played a central role in organizing anti-gay efforts in the state over the past several years, including opposing efforts in 2009 […]