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Anti-gay groups call for Target boycott over retailer’s support for gay marriage
A number of anti-gay groups are calling for nationwide boycotts of Target after the chain signed on to a legal brief supporting marriage equality. The National Organization for Marriage, the Liberty Counsel and American Decency Association say the company’s public support for same-sex marriage is a “slap in the face to millions of pro-family customers.”
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Target joins legal brief supporting marriage equality
MINNEAPOLIS — Target Corp. is adding its name to a legal defense of gay marriage, joining other large companies that are taking a stand, just four years after the retailer came under criticism for supporting a strident opponent of same-sex unions. Target said it has signed a court brief backing marriage equality in a pending court case and publicly declared its support …
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Corporate sponsorships of LGBT pride parades on the rise
SALT LAKE CITY — In between muscular men in speedos gyrating to thumping dance music and drag queens decked out in formal gowns, Salt Lake City’s gay pride parade also featured a few, more conventional participants: Some of America’s most well-known companies. From Starbucks to eBay to Macy’s, the increasing visibility of corporations …
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Starbucks celebrates LGBT pride with huge rainbow flag atop Seattle HQ
SEATTLE — Starbucks celebrated the opening of LGBT Pride week in Seattle on Monday by hoisting an 800 square foot rainbow pride flag over its Seattle headquarters. “A gesture as simple as flying a flag might not seem like much on face, but it represents another step forward for the LGBT community as companies all around Seattle …
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Mich. governor, business coalition urge adding statewide LGBT protections
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday urged legislators to consider updating Michigan’s civil rights law to prohibit discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity, applauding companies and the state’s two largest regional chambers of commerce for joining a business-backed push to amend the law.
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Coldwell Banker fires Fox News ‘expert’ who blamed UCSB killings on ‘homosexual impulses’
Coldwell Banker Real Estate says it is parting ways with Fox News “expert” and reality TV psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig, who suggested on Saturday that Elliot Rodger, who killed six people and wounded 13 others near UC Santa Barbara last week, may have been triggered by an inability to cope with “homosexual impulses.”
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Gay rights supporters plan events to counter new Miss. ‘religious freedom’ law
JACKSON, Miss. — At a leafy college campus in north Mississippi and an upscale dinner club in New York, groups are protesting a Mississippi law that opponents say could sanction discrimination against gays and lesbians.
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Study: Majority of LGBT workers nationwide are closeted on the job
WASHINGTON – A majority of LGBT workers nationwide are closeted on the job, according to a study released Wednesday by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the HRC.
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Companies pressure Mich. lawmakers to back discrimination ban against gays
LANSING, Mich. — Some major businesses are pushing lawmakers to update Michigan’s anti-discrimination law to ensure no one is fired or denied housing because of sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Cleveland developing registry of LGBT businesses in time for Gay Games
CLEVELAND — A registry of businesses owned by members of the LGBT community is being developed in time for the 2014 Gay Games scheduled for the Cleveland area in August.