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Voters in Pocatello, Id., reject effort to overturn ban on LGBT discrimination
POCATELLO, Idaho — Voters in Pocatello, Idaho, handed gay rights advocates a narrow victory this week when they rejected a ballot referendum to overturn the city’s LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance.
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Saginaw, Mich., kills proposed LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance, again
SAGINAW, Mich. — The Saginaw city council has voted for a second time to kill a proposed LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance.
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Losing battles, winning the war
Dear Opponents of Equality: You can feel it approaching, can’t you? Victory for those of us who seek equality under the law is looming on the horizon. Our shared concepts of marriage, love, sexuality and family are changing. We get that you might be worried or afraid. Change is difficult; especially if you’ve had things go your way for, well, most of history. What you’ve failed to grasp is that the right to define those terms is not YOURS alone. All of us in a free society can contribute to the understanding, the definition, and the reality of what makes a family and what defines a marriage…
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Mo. legislature adjourns without taking action on LGBT non-discrimination bill
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The 2014 Missouri state legislative session adjourned Friday without a vote on the LGBT-inclusive Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA).
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Houston city council delays vote on LGBT-inclusive equal rights ordinance
HOUSTON — The Houston City Council has delayed a vote on a proposed ordinance to extend a city ban on discrimination to protect gay, lesbian and transgender citizens.
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HRC kicks-off campaign for LGBT equality laws in three southern states
JACKSON, Miss. — The national LGBT advocacy group, the Human Rights Campaign, plans to seek anti-discrimination state laws to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people in Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.
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Former Mo. GOP U.S. senator supports statewide LGBT protections
With just days left before the end of Missouri’s legislative session this week, former U.S. Sen. John Danforth has come out in support of the LGBT-inclusive Missouri Non-discrimination Act (MONA).
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Hundreds rally outside Houston city hall to protest equal rights ordinance
HOUSTON — Various pastors along with several hundred people gathered outside Houston City Hall to protest a proposed ordinance that would expand anti-bias protections for gay and transgender residents.
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Bozeman leaders support ordinance to ban anti-LGBT discrimination
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Bozeman city leaders have given their initial backing to a measure creating protections for its LGBT citizens.
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Houston city council delays vote on equal rights ordinance
HOUSTON — The Houston city council has delayed a vote on whether to approve an ordinance consolidating its bans on discrimination based on sex, race, age and religion, and expand anti-bias protections for gay and transgender residents.