Sunday, February 28, 2010
[caption id="attachment_6612" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="June 28, 2009 raid on the Rainbow Lounge"][/caption] City prosecutors in Fort Worth have decided to press ahead with criminal charges against at least two patrons of a gay bar who [...]
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
A District of Columbia appeals court Friday unanimously rejected the latest attempt to block the city from legalizing same-sex marriages next month. In the judges' one-page opinion in the case, the appeals court refused to [...]
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Harold Ford Jr., the former Tennessee congressman and potential U.S. Senate challenger to New York's Kirsten Gillibrand, got a cool reception Wednesday from gay rights advocates who are skeptical of his new found support for [...]
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Angered by the defeat last year of a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry, a group of well-financed gay rights advocates has started a political action committee to take aim at state [...]
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler released a long-awaited opinion Wednesday saying that Maryland should recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, drawing cheers from gay-rights supporters and igniting immediate debate on a highly contentious [...]
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
[caption id="attachment_6438" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Ashley"][/caption] A beauty queen hopeful vying to become Miss California is making headlines for her hatred of gays, and has the city of Beverly Hills is crying foul over her false [...]
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Two gay softball players in Austin were assaulted over the weekend in what they are calling a hate crime. [caption id="attachment_6619" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Winston (left) and Morgan"][/caption] Matthew Morgan and Emmanuel Winston say and were [...]
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Charges against three Chicago-area men who allegedly beat up a gay man were upgraded Tuesday to felony hate crimes, reports WBBM-TV. [caption id="attachment_6427" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="From left: Sean Little, Benjamin Eder and Kevin McAndrew"][/caption] On [...]
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
[caption id="attachment_6420" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Aiken"][/caption] More than a year after disclosing he is gay, Clay Aiken is speaking before a gay-rights event in his hometown of Raleigh, NC, reports the Raleigh News & Observer. This [...]
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
On Monday, the Minnesota House held its first ever hearings into legalizing gay marriage in Minnesota. There are three bills that the House is considering but there will be no votes. Still, the hearing for [...]
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Another Superior Court judge has denied a request by gay marriage opponents to overturn a D.C. Board of Elections rulings against a referendum on the issue. Earlier Friday, attorneys for Stand4MarriageDC and the Alliance Defense [...]
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Friday, February 19, 2010
[caption id="attachment_6324" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="McDonnell"][/caption] Gay state workers in Virginia are no longer protected from discrimination now that the new Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, has stripped sexual orientation from the state’s policy. McDonnell quietly signed [...]
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington has announced it is shutting down its 80-year-old foster care program, citing the District's plan to legalize gay marriage, which the church said conflicts with their religious beliefs. Catholic Charities, [...]
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
New Hampshire's House rejected a pair of anti-gay marriage bills on Wednesday. The House voted 201-135 to kill a proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Supporters needed 60 percent [...]
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
[caption id="attachment_5997" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Elliott"][/caption] New Hampshire State Rep. Nancy Elliott apologized Tuesday and withdrew her claim that gay sex was being taught to fifth graders in Nashua public schools. From the Nashua Telegraph: “I [...]
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