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Gay Marriage in Washington, DC: Coming Tuesday at 12:01 am
The D.C. Council has passed a gay marriage recognition bill . Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has signed it. The Board of Elections and Ethics has rejected a referendum effort aimed at overturning it. A Superior Court judge has upheld that decision . So, barring intervention from the D.C. Court of Appeals —and, according to a court spokesperson , no appeal was filed by close of business today — gay marriages will very soon be legal in the District of Columbia . Brian Flowers , th
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On same-sex marriage/civil unions, the air is leaking out of the tire
ast month Texas Lyceum , a non-partisan, business-oriented group, released one of its periodic polls on current issues, and the results for the most part were what one would expect in a conservative state. By margins of about 2-to-1, Texas opposed any further bailouts for automakers or banks. An even bigger margin – including a majority of whites, blacks and Hispanics – supported the concept of a voter ID requirement. But on one issue, the poll did raise some eyebrows . A
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The Gay Movement, After Marriage New York Observer -
On the night of June 26, two days before the gay pride parade would overtake Manhattan in honor of the 40th birthday of the Stonewall riots that are popularly imagined as the birth of the gay rights movement, a group numbering a couple of dozen mostly gay men and women found themselves crammed into the parlor floor of the West Village townhouse of John Connor , a former banker who lives with his companion, the designer Steven Gambrel. It raged and stormed outside, while insi
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BBC 5Live reports that gay life in Iraq is worse than under Saddam
The ability of gay people In Iraq to live relatively freely has been severely curtailed following the toppling of Saddam Hussein, a documentary to be aired on BBC 5Live will report. Although apparently not revealing anything that PinkNews.co.uk has already reported, the programme does inform the wider British public of the issue.
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Federal judge moves to fast track legal fight over Proposition 8 - San Jose Mercury News
MyFox Los AngelesFederal judge moves to fast track legal fight over Proposition 8
San Jose Mercury News
In an order earlier this week, Walker envisions an expansive, unprecedented exploration of the civil rights challenge over gay marriage, ranging from the ...
Still fighting for civil rightsKern Valley Sun
Judge favors trial soon on Calif. gay marriage banThe Associated Press
Judge likely won't grant Prop. 8 injunctionSan Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area Reporter -Christian Broadcasting Network -EDGE Boston
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Mennonites protest church exclusion of gays - The Associated Press
The Wichita EagleMennonites protest church exclusion of gays
The Associated Press
The gay rights movement among Mennonites, which for years lacked a visible presence within the church, gained steam several months ago when nearly 1400 ...
Mennonites in Ohio protest exclusion of gaysSacramento Bee
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Quote unquote - Gay and Lesbian Times
Quote unquote
Gay and Lesbian Times
“Obama's inaction on gay civil rights is striking. So is his utterly uncharacteristic inarticulateness. The Justice Department brief defending DOMA has ...
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Senior lawyer in 'promotion of homosexuality' rant over Law Society's Pride email
A leaked email has revealed that a senior partner claimed the Law Society had been “hijacked by the gays", following a press release encouraging members to take part in this weekend's Pride celebrations.
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Exclusive: Gay Foreign Office Minister, Chris Bryant welcomes Delhi court decision on decriminalising homosexuality
In an interview with PinkNews.co.uk, the openly gay Foreign Office Minister Chris Bryant has welcomed the Delhi High Court's judgement that homosexuality should be decriminalised.
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No thanks: Baptist college refuses help from visiting teen group - Louisville Courier-Journal
No thanks: Baptist college refuses help from visiting teen group
Louisville Courier-Journal
The convention, in a vote by more than 8000 participants, found the church — which has gay members — had acted to "affirm, approve or endorse homosexual ...
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Theater Listings: July 3 — 9 - New York Times
New York TimesTheater Listings: July 3 — 9
New York Times
Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden have the time of their lives tearing up the scenery and one another in Yasmina Reza's farce ...
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Human Rights Campaign Statement on Death of San Diego Area Sailor - Windy City Times
Human Rights Campaign Statement on Death of San Diego Area Sailor
Windy City Times
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) civil rights organization, released a statement ...
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Comment: Delhi court's decision on gay rights is only the first step
It took eight long years, but the verdict gay rights activists in India had long been hoping for was finally delivered by the Delhi High Court this morning.
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In South Florida, students increasingly use hate words as terms of ... - Sun-Sentinel.com
In South Florida, students increasingly use hate words as terms of ...
Sun-Sentinel.com
Paul Battaglia, 18, former president of Cypress Bay High School's Gay Straight Alliance, said a classmate's use of the word gay in casual conversation ...
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Federal judge moves to fast track legal fight over Proposition 8 - San Jose Mercury News
Bay Area ReporterFederal judge moves to fast track legal fight over Proposition 8
San Jose Mercury News
In an order earlier this week, Walker envisions an expansive, unprecedented exploration of the civil rights challenge over gay marriage, ranging from the ...
Judge favors trial soon on Calif. gay marriage banThe Associated Press
Judge likely won't grant Prop. 8 injunctionSan Francisco Chronicle
Olsen, Boies (Opponents in Bush v. Gore) Join in Suing to Overturn ...CafeSentido.com
Christian Broadcasting Network -EDGE Boston
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California school district billed over lesbian minister controversy
(California) A school district has been billed $14,700 in law-suit related costs by a Sacramento legal firm representing a group of angry parents. The billing comes after the parents sued the school district, demanding materials related to a "Days of Diversity" presentation by a lesbian minister that caused a stir ...
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'Brüno' Actor Shucks Clothes for Gay Mag Cover - EDGE Boston
'Brüno' Actor Shucks Clothes for Gay Mag Cover
EDGE Boston
"Simon Cowell is my gay icon," the Cohen offered. "Ein totally straight man who dresses like he does and loves scheisse pop musik. ...
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News: The Gloved One, Mrs. Slocombe, Big Brother, The Cubs
Neil Patrick Harris to host the Emmys ? Glove for sale . NO! Mrs. Slocombe and her pussy died ! Also, choreographer Pina Bausch . And Karl Malden . Same-sex marriage stalls in Rhode Island : " None of the bills legalizing same-sex marriage in Rhode Island advanced to a floor vote this session, continuing a trend begun in 1997." Chaz Bono plays with the paparazzi . Michael Jackson's will . No public viewing at Neverland . Funeral to be held
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India decriminalizes consensual gay sex - Christian Science Monitor
Telegraph.co.ukIndia decriminalizes consensual gay sex
Christian Science Monitor
Gay rights activists hope that Thursday's ruling will hasten a creeping change in society's attitudes toward homosexuals here. ...
Be happy and gay; historic high court judgementLivemint
HC judgment on gay sex 'progressive': Gay activistsTimes of India
HC verdict makes India 127th country legalising gay sexIndian Express
Financial Times -PinkNews.co.uk -euronews
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FACT CHECK: The Right-Wing Smear Campaign Against Kevin Jennings - Think Progress
FACT CHECK: The Right-Wing Smear Campaign Against Kevin Jennings
Think Progress
As the blog Good As You noted, Jennings was relaying “his frustrations as a gay teen, when his inability to 'overcome' his gay desires convinced him that he ...
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Voter ‘animus’ to be issue in Calif marriage case
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned an amendment to the Colorado Constitution that outlawed discrimination protections for gay people , same- sex couples could not enter into civil unions or domestic partnerships anywhere in the nation, much less get married. But as they seek to persuade a federal judge to strike down California’s ban on gay marriages, lawyers for two unmarried gay couples are using that 13-year-old decision as their road map — one they expect wi
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An Exorcism of Hate
A recently posted YouTube video shows church members in southern Connecticut performing an exorcism on a 16-year-old boy in order to remove the “ homosexual demons ” from his body. The video is horrifying to watch — the church audience screams at the supposed evil spirits as the boy convulses on the ground. The logic and belief set behind this act are so far beyond my comprehension that it defies comment. What I do find compelling, however, is the church’s response to the
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Gay US sailor found dead after alleged harassment
A gay US Navy sailor who was found dead had been harassed by another person, his family said this week. Seaman August Provost, 29, of Houston, was found dead early on Tuesday morning at Camp Pendleton in Southern California. He joined the Navy in March 2008.
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Camp Fyrefly looks to empower LBGTTQI youth - University of British Columbia
University of British ColumbiaCamp Fyrefly looks to empower LBGTTQI youth
University of British Columbia
For example, one of the leadership workshops will teach strategies for founding a high school's gay-straight alliance, which is a student organization ...
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Man found guilty of murdering gay lover with a fire extinguisher
A man has today been found guilty of murdering his gay lover with a fire extinguisher in a hotel room. Glenn Rycroft, a convicted conman, had beaten Gareth MacDonald, 30, to death after MacDonald became suspicious of his past.
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SF Federal Court Hears Gay Marriage Fight - KPIX-TV5
The legal battle over gay marriage continues Thursday in a federal courtroom in San Francisco. A hearing in U.S. District Court weighing whether to overturn Proposition 8 was set for Thursday morning. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ...
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Regas Celebrates 90 Years in Knoxville - Knoxville Metro Pulse
Regas Celebrates 90 Years in Knoxville
Knoxville Metro Pulse
Grady entered the business as a teen, and remembers the very day. “My dad put me on potato prep—I wasn't as tall as the counter,” he recalls. ...
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The New York Blade suspends publication
(New York) The bi-weekly gay newspaper the New York Blade has suspended publication and laid off its editor in chief reports the New York Times.
Matthew Bank, the chief executive of HX media, the company that owned the Blade, made the announcement Wednesday. The closing of the newspaper coincides with the ...
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India court rules to decriminalise gay sex
The Delhi High Court today ruled that a ban on gay sex between adults violates India's constitution. Section 377 was enacted in 1860 under the British Raj, in line with the anti-sodomy laws in England at the time.
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5 easy steps to marriage freedom - News & Review
One year after taking a seat on SN&R’s pink couch, the Phillips-Lesenanas are still happily married—and working for the return of marriage equality to California. Barry Wyatt wants to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. I spent last year’s ...
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Article Link: Same-sex marriage applications booming in Iowa - Cedar Rapids Gazette
I'm telling you that your reasoning (support) behind a ban on incestual marriage is inconsistent with your position. You should consider supporting it if you support gay marriage. Most people who support gay marriage scream of discrimination. But why ...
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Web Monitor - BBC
• Forty years after the Stonewall riots, Mark Harris in New York Magazine looks at an apparent generation gap between gay men. He says that, although the gay community generally has had remarkable solidarity, for example in the fight of gay ...
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Earl of Devon forced to sell family silver after banning civil partnership ceremonies
An Earl who refused to allow civil partnership ceremonies to be held at his stately home is now having to sell off family heirlooms after losing £200,000 a year from having his marriage licence withdrawn.
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Obama's Reality On Civil Rights, Gay Rights - On Top Magazine
Washington PostObama's Reality On Civil Rights, Gay Rights
On Top Magazine
They ask out loud how it can be that President Obama does not see gay rights as the next frontier in our nation's civil rights struggle. ...
Forty years after watershed moment for gay rights, it's time to ...New York Daily News
Obama vows support, but gay and lesbian groups will likely have to ...Examiner.com
Obama Pledges to Move on Gay-Rights AgendaWall Street Journal
The Desert Sun -New York Times -On Top Magazine
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Coming out still tough to do - Georgina Advocate
Coming out still tough to do
Georgina Advocate
One of the things changing is a greater number of Gay-Straight Alliances, which is a student-run club that provides a safe space for gay students to ...
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Sex ed 2.0 - Ottawa Citizen
Sex ed 2.0
Ottawa Citizen
At its best, the Internet allows teens to confidentially seek out answers to embarrassing questions and provides information and a sense of community for ...
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The Bible's Odd Idea of Marriage - Consortiumnews.com
E ditor’s Note: In the battle over gay marriage, opponents often describe marriage as “a sacred institution” with the religious implication that one must follow God’s dictates as expressed in the Bible or some other holy book. But the Bible ...
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What About Gay Marriage?
No one said this was going to be easy, but we must keep our eyes on the prize. The gay marriage issue, which seemed so close only a month ago , is now caught up in the maelstrom that is Albany politics . "I had hoped today's march would have been a bit of a wedding march. It's not," Christine Quinn, the gay speaker of the New York City Council, told Reuters at Sunday's Gay Pride parade in Manhattan. Some are saying that in the thick of Albany's meltdown, gay marriage in New York mig
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For born-again governor, love is a matter of faith
(Columbia, S.C.) In one especially soul-baring e-mail to his Argentine mistress, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford quoted from 1 Corinthians 13 about the nature of love.
It is patient and kind, he wrote. It is NOT jealous or boastful.
The Christian counselors Sanford sought out while trying to decide whether to stay ...
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Olson Joins Boies at Court So Gays May Marry as Right (Update2) - Bloomberg
July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Theodore Olson , the lawyer who won the 2000 Supreme Court case that made George W. Bush president, might have been the natural choice to argue in favor of California’s same-sex marriage ban. “I said no, I did not want to do ...
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Politics run rampant in Seattle's Pride Parade - Northwest Asian Weekly
Bay Area ReporterPolitics run rampant in Seattle's Pride Parade
Northwest Asian Weekly
We see gay marriage as a civil rights issue and we demand full civil rights for queer individuals,” said Eli Steffen, a member of QAC. ♦
Honoring the Grand Marshals of the Pride ParadeSan Francisco Bay Times
A hot LGBT Pride ParadeBay Area Reporter
SEATTLE PRIDE PARADE - FLOAT WINNERSOut In America
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Neff: Bigger than the moonwalk
I remember the summer of 1969.
I was five years old and bound for kindergarten in the fall.
For my birthday in May of that year I received my first wooden Louisville Slugger bat and a Franklin baseball glove.
By June I had suffered my first significant sports injury. I was catching a ...
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India's ban on gay sex overturned after 150 years - Age
LAWS dating back to the British Raj that banned gay sex have been overturned in a landmark judgment in India's capital. The 150-year-old section 377 of India's penal code, introduced when the British ruled the subcontinent, described homosexual ...
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Teachers' code reworded after faith groups complain about gay issues
The General Teaching Council for England (GTCE) has been accused of rewording a teachers' code of conduct after faith groups complained they would have to "promote" homosexuality under the code.
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Indian court decriminalizes consensual gay sex
(New Delhi) A court ruled Thursday to decriminalize homosexuality in the Indian capital, a groundbreaking decision that could bring more freedom to gays in this deeply conservative country.
The Delhi High Court ruled that treating consensual gay sex as a crime is a violation of fundamental rights protected by India's constitution. ...
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