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Indiana teen claims he was gay bashed in school restroom
An openly gay Indiana teen claims he was lured into a high school restroom and gay bashed, while other students looked on. Now his family is speaking out about why they think this should be investigated as a hate crime.
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Washington state House approves bill to recognize out-of-state gay unions
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Lawmakers in the Washington state House of Representatives have passed a bill which would allow same sex marriages performed in other states to now be recognized.
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Mexico City records 700 gay unions in first year of marriage equality
MEXICO CITY — More than 700 gay and lesbian couples have married in Mexico City since the capital city enacted the first law in Latin America explicitly allowing same-sex unions, just one year ago.
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New Hampshire lawmakers delay anti-gay marriage bills until 2012
Lawmakers in New Hampshire this week postponed action until next year on two bills aimed at repealing the state’s gay marriage law. The House Judiciary Committee voted to retain the bills in committee, and not consider them again until 2012.
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Donald Trump on gay marriage, LGBT rights: ‘no and no’
Donald Trump, currently considering a possible run for the White House next year, told the Des Moines Register this week that gay couples should not be allowed to marry.
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Newt Gingrich: presidential bid, or just stoking for more anti-gay dollars?
Educated people who know someone gay are often the most likely to stand up for gay people and support their right to be treated the same as everyone else. Not so with Newt Gingrich…
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Want to get out of jury duty? Just say you’re gay!
Earlier this week, in a rather simple statement and wonderful declaration of his second-class citizenship, New York musical theatre actor and model, Jonathan D. Lovitz challenged one of his civic duties — jury duty.
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Survey: More Americans support than oppose same-sex marriage
The General Social Survey (GSS) released data for 2010 last week, and according to Sociologist Darren Sherkat of Southern Illinois University, who boiled down the numbers, for the first time, more Americans support than oppose same-sex marriage.
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Michigan GOP seeks to rescind domestic partner benefits of state employees
Republicans in the Michigan Legislature this week approved a resolution that seeks to overturn a decision to extend state-paid health insurance coverage to same-sex partners of state employees.
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An open letter to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals: ‘Lift the stay’
Please read the open letter below from Ed Watson, watch the video, and if you are moved as I am, click this link to sign the petition to ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, to lift the stay of marriage equality in California.
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Boehner calls for House group to defend Defense of Marriage Act
House Speaker John Boehner announced Friday that the House would take some action to defend the federal law that prohibits recognition of same-sex marriages. Meanwhile, at least three bills were introduced this week to either defend or expand the reach of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
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Maryland House committee advances marriage equality bill
The Maryland House Judiciary Committee on Friday, narrowly approved the Civil Marriage Protection Act by a vote of 12-10. Under the bill, same-sex couples in Maryland would be granted the same marriage rights as heterosexuals.
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Maryland delegates flip and flop over support for marriage equality bill
What the hell is in the water in Maryland? Democratic Delegate Sam Arora announced Friday he is once again supporting Maryland’s marriage equality bill. Arora spent the last 24 hours backtracking on his support for the bill […]
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Maryland delegates ready to vote on gay marriage bill; NOM mailers spread fear
Two Maryland delegates holding out on a gay marriage vote are now back on board, but the 48 hour delay has opened a window for gay marriage opponents to launch a new campaign aimed at weakening other Democrats from supporting the bill.
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Bill banning recognition of gay unions rejected in Wyoming Senate
The Wyoming Senate late Wednesday voted to reject House Bill 74, which would have banned out-of-state gay marriage from being recognized. The bill is now dead for the remainder of this year’s legislative session.
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Gillibrand to House GOP: Don’t waste taxpayer money defending DOMA
Just one day after House GOP leadership announced they would take action to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is urging Republican leaders not to waste taxpayer resources to defend the unconstitutional law.
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U.S. Supreme Court in favor of anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church
The Westboro Baptist Church won a significant victory Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of its right to promote what its church members call a “broad-based message” on public matters such as wars.
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California Supreme Court won’t expedite ruling on key issue in Prop 8 case
The California Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request by the attorneys fighting Proposition 8 to expedite the time line for deciding a key legal question of standing.
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DOJ – DOMA aftermath: Swell or tsunami?
Political decisions are a lot like oceanic earthquakes. First, there’s the quake, and then there’s the wave. So it is with the decision by the Obama Department of Justice to call the Defense of Marriage Act — or DOMA — unconstitutional.
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Baltimore delegates delay key vote on passage of Maryland gay marriage bill
Two Democrats blocked a critical vote on the Civil Marriage Protection Act in the Maryland House of Delegate’s Judiciary Committee late Tuesday afternoon, stalling the measure from advancing to the full House as quickly as previously expected.