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Foiled again! Senate rejects Bennett’s latest effort to stop D.C. gay marriages
The U.S. Senate has rejected an amendment to the health care reconciliation bill that would have stopped same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia until a referendum could be held. Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), who has been relentless in his efforts to stop gay marriage in District, had introduced that amendment, but the full Senate […]
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Gates announces changes to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ enforcement
Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Thursday that the Pentagon will make it more difficult to discharge openly gay or lesbian members of the military. The changes to the […]
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Gates to announce new rules for ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ enforcement
The Pentagon is expected to announce Thursday that it will relax enforcement of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prevent gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military, a decision that officials described as a temporary measure until Congress can take permanent action. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is expected to announce […]
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Exclusive: Gay teens speak about prom plans, being booted from family home
A Georgia teen has been kicked-out of his family’s home after going public on his plans to attend his high school prom with his boyfriend. In the small town of Cochran, GA […]
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Student play depicting gay Jesus planned at Texas university
A class project depicting Jesus Christ as gay has hit a nerve in Stephenville, Texas. Tarleton State University is adding security for expected demonstrations Saturday when students perform the production, called “Corpus Christi.” The play, by Terrence McNally, opened in New York in the 1990s, and student John Jordan Otte chose the script for his […]
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Gay marriage advocates to appeal judge’s order to release campaign documents
Gay marriage advocates plan to file an emergency appeal of a federal judge’s order requiring them to release documents from the political campaign against Proposition 8 as part of the ongoing legal challenge to California’s ban on gay unions. From the Mercury-News: In court papers filed Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union asked Chief U.S. […]
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Georgia school OK’s gay student’s request to bring boyfriend to prom
An 18-year-old senior at Bleckley County High School in Georgia has received his school’s permission to attend this year’s prom with his boyfriend. In stark contrast to a Mississippi school’s decision to cancel its prom […]
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Judge rules lesbian teen’s rights violated, but fails to reinstate prom
School officials in Mississippi violated a lesbian student’s constitutional rights by banning her from dressing in a tuxedo and taking her girlfriend to the school prom, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. But the judge stopped short of forcing Itawamba Agricultural High School to reinstate the April 2 prom, which it canceled two weeks ago […]
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Prop 8 opponents must release campaign materials, judge rules
A federal judge on Monday ordered same-sex marriage advocacy groups to turn over campaign materials from the election fight over Proposition 8, a move that could prolong the legal challenge to California’s ban on gay unions […]
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‘Tea Party’ protesters hurl racial, anti-gay epithets at lawmakers
Tea Party health care protesters showed their true colors Saturday, hurling racial slurs at black lawmakers and anti-gay epithets at openly gay congressman Barney Frank. […]