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Biden: LGBT advocates ‘are freeing the soul of the American people’
PROVINCETOWN, Mass. — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday credited gay rights advocates for advancing the “civil rights of every straight American.”
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‘Christian’ groups demand Fox News drop ‘homosexual agitator’ Wayne Besen
REEDVILLE, Va. — A number of self-described “Christian, family values” groups banded together Thursday demanding that Fox News discontinue guest appearances by “homosexual agitator” Wayne Besen on the O’Reilly Factor talk show, saying Besen is “demonizing conservative organizations and individuals.”
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The 2012 GOP platform is ‘A foot on the neck of American citizens’
WASHINGTON — A high ranking official from within the Democratic party on Wednesday labeled the nearly finished 50-page platform document of the Republican National Committee as a “foot on the necks of American citizens.”
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LGBT activists: Proposed GOP platform ‘out-of-step’ with mainstream American values
WASHINGTON — Early reports Monday that the Republican National Party platform might contain language that would soften the GOP’s view on LGBT rights were dashed by late afternoon as documents showed that party leadership had asked virulently anti-gay president of the Family Research Council, Tony Perkins, to assist in drafting language relating to same-sex marriage.
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Patrick Schwarzenegger teams up with Lady Gaga’s ‘Born this Way’ foundation
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, created to raise public awareness about the need to end bullying and celebrate diversity and acceptance of others, gained a new ally this week — Patrick Schwarzenegger, the 18-year-old son of former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and journalist Maria Shriver.
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FRC shooter held without bond, ordered to undergo mental evaluation
WASHINGTON — Floyd Lee Corkins II, 28, of Herndon, Va., has been charged with assault with intent to kill while armed, and interstate transportation of a firearm and ammunition as a result of Wednesday’s shooting incident at the Family Research Council headquarters in Washington.
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LGBT Center volunteer leaves guard wounded in shooting at FRC headquarters
WASHINGTON — A gunman posing as an intern opened fire at the headquarters of the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday morning after reportedly announcing his disagreement with the conservative group’s policies.
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Trial of psychiatric patient charged in murder of Halifax gay rights activist postponed
HALIFAX, N.S., Canada — The trail of a Canadian psychiatric patient charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of Raymond Taavel, a prominent activist in Halifax’s gay community, has been postponed.
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Gay man fabricates hate crime attack
MISSOULA, Mont. — A 22-year-old openly gay Montana man who reported he was the victim of an alleged hate crime fabricated the attack, and has pleaded guilty to charges of filing a false police report.
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‘Honoring America’s Veterans’ act has implications for anti-gay Westboro church
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday signed legislation known as the “Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Families Act of 2012” into law, and is expected to have implications for the Westboro Baptist Church, the Kansas-based fringe church which has been labeled an anti-gay hate group.