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New Zealand pastor tells Christian author he prays for him to commit suicide
A New Zealand pastor has sent a hate-filled email to a prominent gay Christian author in which he calls the author a “filthy child molesting fag” and that he prays for him to commit suicide.
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Gay rights groups outraged over straight men who married to win rugby tickets
Gay rights groups in New Zealand are fuming over the legal, same-sex marriage between two heterosexual men in a radio station stunt in exchange for tickets to the Rugby World Cup to be held in the United Kingdom in 2015. Self-described best mates since childhood, Matt McCormick, 24, married engineering student Travis McIntos, 23, in a rugby stadium on Friday.
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International AIDS conference honors victims of downed jet
MELBOURNE, Australia — An international AIDS conference opened in Australia on Sunday with a tribute to several delegates who were killed en route to the gathering when their plane was shot down over Ukraine. Officials at the opening ceremony for the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne held a moment of silence for the six AIDS researchers…
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Australia lawmaker: Gay marriage ban a ‘bizarre misappropriation of power’
An Australian lawmaker is challenging Prime Minister Tony Abbott to allow Members of Parliament a free vote on same-sex marriage and said he would introduce legislation to amend the federal marriage act as soon as that happens. Liberal Democratic Senator David Leyonhjelm said he hopes the “closet libertarians” in Parliament will support him…
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New Zealand to shorten ban on gay and bisexual blood donors
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) is set to reduce the waiting period for HIV negative gay and bisexual men to donate blood.
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Australian court rejects gay marriage law, nullifies dozens of same-sex marriages
SYDNEY — Australia’s highest court struck down a landmark law on Thursday that had begun allowing the country’s first gay marriages, shattering the dreams of dozens of same-sex newlyweds whose marriages will now be annulled less than a week after their weddings.
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First same-sex weddings held in Australian capital city
CANBERRA, Australia — Gay and lesbian couples from around Australia joined in fragile marriages in Canberra on Saturday under the nation’s beleaguered same-sex union laws that face a challenge in the courts within a week.
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Same-sex weddings begin in Australia, but marriages could be short lived
CANBERRA, Australia — A state lawmaker and his partner dressed in matching suits and ties embraced and kissed in front of Australia’s Parliament House early Saturday in one of the nation’s first same-sex marriages. Stephen Dawson, a 38-year-old member of the opposition Labor Party in the Western Australian Parliament, and partner Dennis Liddelow, 39, flew […]
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Same-sex couples in Australia capital allowed to wed ahead of court ruling
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s first same-sex weddings can take place this weekend after the nation’s highest court decided to rule next week on the law allowing gay marriage in the national capital.
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Australian Governor-General backs same-sex marriage
SYDNEY, New South Wales — In a landmark speech, the Governor-General of Australia on Friday publicly endorsed same-sex marriage