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Life
Napolitano evolves on same-sex marriage: ‘Arc of history has arrived’
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said Sunday she — like many prominent Democratic political figures — has evolved on the topic of same-sex marriage, and now supports marriage equality for gays and lesbians.
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Commentary
A gay dad’s open letter to the man who refused to eat while gay couples married
These past few years may end up being known as the years of “Conservatives Behaving Badly.” At the end of last year, the Republicans in Congress conducted a massive foot stomping, pout-out and shut down the government because they did not get their way on the previous healthcare bill. In the state of Utah, conservatives were shocked when the justice system intervened on the subject of marriage equality. Now, we have a couple of adult size tantrums playing out publicly…
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News (USA)
Married same-sex couples in Utah in ‘legal limbo’ after Supreme Court stay
SALT LAKE CITY — Married same-sex couples in Utah were thrust into legal limbo Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court put a halt to same-sex marriages in the state, turning jubilation to doubt just weeks after a judge’s ruling sent people rushing to get married.
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News (USA)
Recently married gay man dies after trying to escape NYC high-rise fire
NEW YORK — A New York man died and his newlywed husband was critically injured after trying to escape a fire that erupted in their high-rise Manhattan apartment building Sunday morning.
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News (USA)
Gay educator says Catholic school suggested he divorce to keep his job
SEATTLE — A former vice principal at a Catholic school said he was fired for marrying his male partner and that the school’s leader suggested he could get a divorce to keep the job.
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Life
Scotland school chaplain sacked for saying gay is a ‘perversion,’ ‘disorder’
GLASGOW, Scotland — A Church of Scotland chaplain has been sacked from a Glasgow school after describing being gay as a “perversion” and “disorder” during a discussion about marriage equality.
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News (USA)
U.S. Supreme Court grants stay, same-sex marriage on hold in Utah
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday put same-sex marriages on hold in Utah, at least while a federal appeals court more fully considers the issue. The court issued a brief order blocking any new same-sex unions in the state.
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Life
Liz Cheney abandoning bid to unseat Wyoming’s GOP senator
WASHINGTON — Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, said Monday she is abandoning her effort to unseat Republican incumbent Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming.
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Life
Evander Holyfield: Homosexuality is like a ‘handicap,’ it ‘ain’t normal’
LONDON — Former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield is facing calls to be kicked off the U.K.’s “Celebrity Big Brother” after likening homosexuality to a “handicap,” and insisting that being gay is a choice and “ain’t normal.”
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News (USA)
Former sheriff calls for uprising against gays ‘shoving their agenda down our throats’
A former Arizona sheriff says gays in Utah “are shoving their agenda down our throats” and is calling for an “uprising” against same-sex marriage.