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This gay man’s colorful grave has conservatives outraged
A local leader is trying to ban colorful graves and said that this grave is an “insult” to the other deceased.
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Navy veteran in Idaho gains approval to be buried with same-sex spouse
BOISE, Idaho — A U.S. Navy veteran can be buried with the ashes of her late spouse in a southwest Idaho military cemetery after the state legalized gay marriage. “It’s done,” 74-year-old Madelynn Lee Taylor said Wednesday after successfully completing paperwork to be buried at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise.
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Gay veteran sues Idaho cemetery for refusing burial with late wife
BOISE, Idaho — A U.S. Navy veteran has filed a lawsuit against the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery for refusing to allow her to be buried with the ashes of her late wife. Seventy-four-year-old Madelynn Taylor tried to make advance arrangements last year to have her ashes interred with Jean Mixner at the cemetery…
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Retired colonel offers cemetery plot to lesbian vet denied burial site for spouse
BOISE, Idaho — A retired U.S. Army colonel on Wednesday offered his burial plot in the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery to a lesbian veteran who has been told by the state that she and her deceased wife cannot be interred together because of Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Graveyard exclusively for lesbians being inaugurated in historic Berlin cemetery
BERLIN — A new burial area for lesbians only is being inaugurated this weekend in a two-century-old cemetery in the German capital.