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‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ to remain in effect during appeal, court rules
A federal appeals court on Monday ordered “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the military ban on openly gay service members, to remain in effect indefinitely while the Justice department challenges a lower-court opinion declaring the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law unconstitutional.
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News (USA)
Gay marriage supporters denied Communion for wearing rainbow sash
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A group of Catholics were denied communion at a Mass at the St. Paul Cathedral on Sunday because they wore rainbow sashes to draw attention to the catholic church’s policy on same-sex marriage.
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News (USA)
Rutgers students accused of inciting fellow student’s suicide, drop out
The two Rutgers University students, charged with invasion of privacy when a fellow student killed himself after his romantic encounter with another man was streamed on the Internet, have dropped out for the semester.
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News (USA)
UM student president files complaint against Asst AG seeking disbarment
Chris Armstrong, the University of Michigan’s openly gay student body president has filed and ethics complaint seeking to disbar Andrew Shirvell, the assistant attorney general who for six months waged a vicious online campaign against him.
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News (USA)
Omaha city council rejects LGBT discrimination ordinance
OMAHA, Neb. — The city council on Tuesday rejected a proposal to give LGBT citizens new protections against discrimination. After hours of testimony and debate, the ordinance failed on a 3-3 vote.
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News (USA)
DMV clerk sends transgender woman letter calling her an ‘abomination’
A transgender woman in San Francisco has received a hate-filled from a Department of Motor Vehicles clerk telling her that she was an abomination and that “all gay people should be put to death.”
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News (USA)
State supreme court justice in Alabama calls DADT judge a ‘threat to national security’
Tom Parker, a Republican state supreme court justice in Alabama who has spent nearly $1.5 million dollars on his campaign for reelection, has compared U. S. District Court Judge Virgina Phillips to the Islamic extremist terrorist group Al-Qaeda.
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Life
Betty White supports gay marriage: ‘I don’t care who anybody sleeps with’
Betty White, whose status as a gay icon dates to the mid-80’s popularity of the NBC sitcom “The Golden Girls,” sat down with Parade magazine to talk her love of animals, her fans, and her belief that everyone should have the right to say “I do.”
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News (USA)
Equality California finds a noose tied to their front door
When volunteers of Equality California arrived at their office Thursday evening, they found a noose tied to their front door. They immediately called the police, but instead of help, were told “sometimes you just have to live with being a victim.” WTF?
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News (USA)
TV station pulls anti-gay segment, radio station apologizes, morning host mum
A radio station has apologized, and a television station has removed from its website a controversial segment in which TV and radio audiences in Tyler, TX were invited to call in and debate the question: “Will the acceptance of homosexuality be the fall of America?”
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News (USA)
Arkansas school official to resign following homophobic rant on Facebook page
The Arkansas school board official, who recently posting a homophobic rant on Facebook where he encouraged gay kids to kill themselves, apologized for his comments on CNN Thursday night, and said he intends to resign from the school board.
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News (USA)
President Obama to progressive bloggers: ‘I don’t think that the disillusionment is justified’
Five progressive bloggers sat down with President Obama on Wednesday and individually asked questions pertaining to the current political climate looking towards the impending midterm elections, and the administration’s outlook on issues concerning voters.
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News (USA)
Arkansas school board official posts anti-gay tirade on Facebook page
A school board official in Midland, Arkansas, has sparked outrage and calls for his resignation following the discovery of an anti-gay tirade on his Facebook page, where he allegedly wrote gays should kill themselves.
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News (USA)
Texas TV station asks its viewers: Will homosexuality be the ‘downfall of America?’
A Texas television station is asking its viewers whether they think homosexuality will cause the downfall of the United States. KETK-TV, an NBC affiliate in Tyler, TX, has partnered with KTBB-AM radio station to poll its audiences on the subject.
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News (USA)
Department of Education campaign aims to combat bullying in schools
The Obama Administration on Tuesday issued guidance to support educators in combating bullying in schools by clarifying when student bullying may violate federal education anti-discrimination laws.
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Commentary
‘GetEqual’ video is rude, ineffective, offensive
Whatever the reason, I found, in my personal opinion, that the following video released by the LGBT activist group GETEqual would cause offense as it did in my case. As it was rude in its presentation it became ultimately ineffective.
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Life
London school claims to have almost eradicated anti-gay bullying through education
Teachers at a London secondary school say they have almost eradicated anti-gay bullying in classrooms and playground after it started teaching its students lessons on LGBT history.
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News (USA)
White House meeting scheduled to discuss congressional repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Obama Administration sources have told the Advocate’s Senior White House Correspondent Kerry Eleveld, that presidential advisor Valerie Jarrett and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina are due to hold a meeting today on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
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KKK rally in Augusta falls flat, pro-gay counter-protesters outnumber Klan
Members of the Ku Klux Klan and representatives from the Supreme White Alliance rallied at Augusta State University on Saturday to protest the school’s action in requiring one of its graduate students to complete remediation courses regarding homosexuality.
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Florida ban on gay adoptions ends as Attorney General declines to appeal
Bringing an end to Florida’s 33-year-old ban on gay adoptions, state attorney general Bill McCollum announced Friday that he will not appeal to the state supreme court a lower court ruling that the ban was unconstitutional.