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Klingenschmitt: ‘It’s a tragedy every time somebody comes out of the closet’
On today’s “Pray In Jesus Name” program, Former Navy chaplain Gordon “Dr. Chaps” Klingenschmitt interviewed conservative author Michel Brown about a variety of issues, including the announcement by NFL prospect Michael Sam that he is gay.
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Telecom giant pulls ads from Uganda paper over publishing names of ‘suspected’ gays
KAMPALA, Uganda — An LGBT advocacy group says the global telecom company Orange has withdrawn advertising from a Ugandan tabloid newspaper that printed the names of 200 suspected homosexuals after a severe anti-gay law was enacted last month.
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Lesbian couple sues Vt. town claiming a decade of anti-gay harassment
ADDISON, Vt. — A lesbian couple is suing the town of Addison, Vt., alleging they have been subjected to 10 years of discrimination, harassment and intimidation by residents and town officials because of their sexual orientation.
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Ben Carson: Gays ‘don’t get extra rights, they don’t get to redefine marriage’
Conservative columnist Ben Carson, who last year likened gays to pedophiles and compared homosexuality to bestiality, said Saturday “gay people should have the same rights as everyone else … but they don’t get extra rights, they don’t get to redefine marriage.”
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GOP lobbyist releases text of bill to prohibit openly gay players in the NFL
WASHINGTON — The Republican lobbyist behind the campaign to ban Michael Sam and any other openly gay football player from joining the NFL, released the text of his proposed federal legislation on Thursday.
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Study: Shorter life expectancy for gays living in high prejudice communities
Gays, lesbians and bisexual individuals living in communities with high levels of anti-gay prejudice have a shorter life expectancy of 12 years on average compared with their peers in the least prejudiced communities, according to a study from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.
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Gambian president promises to ‘fight homosexuals like we fight malaria’
BANJUL, Gambia — Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh said Tuesday that LGBTQ people are “vermin” and said his government would tackle them in the same way it fights malaria-causing mosquitoes.
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N.Y. radio hosts suspended over homophobic parent hoax
NEW YORK — Two Long Island radio personalities have been suspended over an on-air hoax about a homophobic parent.
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Kent State wrestler suspended for ‘fag’ tweets aimed at Michael Sam
KENT, Ohio — A wrestler at Kent State University has been suspended indefinitely for a series of anti-gay tweets on Monday, including referring to Missouri football player Michael Sam as “that fag.”
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Malawi’s leading Christian group wants referendum affirming anti-gay laws
LILONGWE, Malawi — The Malawi Council of Churches (MCC), the country’s leading Christian organization, is demanding that the government hold a referendum on Malawi’s harsh anti-gay laws, confident that Malawians will send a message reaffirming their opposition to any effort to decriminalize homosexuality in the African nation.