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Thomson Reuters says Minnesota anti-gay amendment is bad for business
MINNEAPOLIS -– Media giant Thomson Reuters on Friday said that a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota would be bad for business.
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Google launches ‘Legalize Love’ campaign in support of gay marriage worldwide
LONDON — Internet giant Google announced Saturday the launch of a global campaign aimed at legalizing same-sex marriage around the world.
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Oreo ‘pride cookie’ post on Facebook sparks emotional responses
NORTHFIELD, Ill. — KRAFT Foods’ LGBT-friendly post on Facebook for its immensely popular Oreo cookies has sparked emotional responses on the cookie’s fan page.
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More fodder for ‘One Million’ moms: JC Penney ad features gay dads
Retailer JC Penney just hasn’t gotten the message — the rabidly anti-gay group One Million Moms “is disturbed” over “another homosexual ad” from JC Penney, this one featuring two real-life gay dads celebrating Father’s Day.
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ExxonMobil shareholders reject protections for LGBT employees
DALLAS, TX -– ExxonMobil shareholders on Wednesday voted against a resolution that would have prohibited workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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ExxonMobil: Evolve already on LGBT workplace protections
DALLAS — The Dallas Morning News on Thursday weighed in on ExxonMobil’s 13-year refusal to add workplace protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Target to offer ‘pride’ T-shirts online to benefit LGBT advocacy group
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — After spending the better part of the last two years fighting backlash from the LGBT community over its political donations to anti-gay candidates, retailer Target Corp. announced it is launching a pride promotion for the month of June.
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‘One Million’ moms target JC Penney again, this time over lesbians in catalog
The group “One Million Moms” — and its 46,000 members — is once again taking aim at retailer JC Penney, this time for featuring a lesbian couple in its Spring catalog.
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‘One Million Moms’ targets Urban Outfitters over catalog kiss
After failing to force JC Penney to fire Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, and Toys R Us to pull a gay Archie comic from its shelf, the anti-gay “One Million Moms” group has now targeted appearal retailer Urban Outfitters over a photo in its April catalog of two women kissing.
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Bank of America executive: N.C. anti-gay marriage amendment would be ‘disastrous’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A top executive at Bank of America this week denounced a proposed constitutional amendment in North Carolina that would define marriage as the union between a man and a woman, and said the initiative would be “disastrous” to the state’s business climate.