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Salvation Army Australia official says LGBT people must die
Just hours after the LGBT advocacy group “Truth Wins Out” published an interview in which a senior Salvation Army official in Australia said the belief that gays must die is part of the Salvation Army’s “Christian doctrine,” the organization on Saturday issued an apology to the LGBT community.
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Australian state government reverses same-sex civil union rights
BRISBANE, Australia — Conservative lawmakers in the parliament of the Australian state of Queensland have voted to redefine civil partnerships, downgrading them to the lessor class of “registered relationships,” and said they also plan to ban same-sex couples from having children through surrogacy.
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Same-sex marriage was a leading international concern throughout 2011
In terms of the news — international reporting — this was the year of same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage (or ‘marriage equality’ or ‘gay marriage’) was a leading international concern — whether in the West or raised as a chimeric threat, particularly in Africa.
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Australia town believed to have elected world’s first intersex mayor
Believed to be the world’s first intersex mayor, Councillor Tony Briffa has been elected in Australia., winning in the City of Hobsons Bay in the suburbs of Melbourne at the end of November.
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Cheat Sheet for Thursday’s Prop 8 Hearing
Prop 8’s back in court — but why, exactly? I’ll answer all your questions about what’s going on this time. Plus, the backstory behind the most effective — and adorable — marriage equality video ever made. Prop 8’s legal team celebrates a bill in Nigeria that would throw you in prison for over a decade just for witnessing a gay couple getting married. All that, plus robot marriage, and one gay couple looks back on their 50-year romance in a new book.
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Australian Member of Parliament suggests: If you’re gay, ‘grow out of it’
Fiona Simpson, a member of the Queensland Parliament, who is actively seeking a ministerial position in a Liberal National Party government that would entail responsibilities for community services and women’s services agencies, is being criticized for a 2002 speech where she said that “people can grow out of the homosexual lifestyle thanks to efforts by “compassionate” support groups” such as Exodus Ministries International.
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Poll finds majority of Australian Christians support same-sex marriage
A national opinion poll conducted by the Galaxy research group released earlier this week — ahead of a rally against same-sex marriage in the Australian capital city Canberra — finds a majority of Australian Christians support same-sex marriage.
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New Zealand church protest over anti-gay discrimination beckons vandals
A church in Auckland, New Zealand, has come under attack from vandals after it put up a “gay-dar” billboard on Friday depicting a spectrum from gay to straight, with a cross acting as a gauge.
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Safe sex ads to return in Australia after backlash by LGBT community
One of Australia’s biggest outdoor advertising companies reversed its decision to ban billboards promoting safe homosexual sex, just one day after ordering their removal from Brisbane-area bus shelters.
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Poll: West Australians support gay marriage
A majority of West Australians support gay marriage, according to a recent poll.