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News (USA)
Ind. House split on gay marriage ban, backers ‘guardedly optimistic’
INDIANAPOLIS — A poll of the 100 members of the Indiana House shows 38 plan to vote for a proposed constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage and 38 plan to vote against it, a newspaper report said Sunday.
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News (World)
Ivory Coast: Mob attacks gay rights group office
ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire — An angry mob “ransacked” the headquarters of Ivory Coast’s most prominent gay rights organization, an official said Monday, following days of anti-gay protests in a country generally seen as moderate on the issue.
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Life
Jason Collins, Boston bomb survivors among guests at State of the Union
WASHINGTON — Openly gay NBA player Jason Collins will be among the guests to sit with first lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday when President Barack Obama delivers the annual State of the Union address on Tuesday.
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Life
Wedding fever at the Grammys: Couples say ‘I do’ to song ‘Same Love’
LOS ANGELES — Couples exchanged rings in the aisle at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis performed their gay rights anthem “Same Love.”
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Life
At Grammys, Daft Punk, Pharrell, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis dominate
LOS ANGELES — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis might shop at thrift shops, but they now have a ton of Grammy gold. The rap duo won four Grammy Awards so far Sunday, including best new artist and rap album for “The Heist,” beating efforts from Kendrick Lamar, Jay Z, Kanye West and Drake.
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Life
Russian lawmakers propose to expand ‘anti-gay’ law by removing the ‘gay’
MOSCOW – A coalition of Russian lawmakers, representing members from United Russia Party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) and the Communist Party, on Friday submitted a proposal to amend the federal “anti-gay propaganda” law, expanding the measure to encompass sexual “propaganda” of any kind.
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News (USA)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield cuts family policies for gay N.C. couples
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s largest insurer has cancelled family insurance policies sold to 20 gay and lesbian couples on a federal insurance marketplace because of restrictive contract language the company plans to remove next year.
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News (USA)
Kluwe talks allegations with Vikings investigators, identifies witnesses
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe has met with investigators hired by the team to independently assess allegations that that he was released from the team due to his support for same-sex marriage.
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Commentary
Nigeria’s anti-gay law fanning violence, ‘mob justice’ against LGBT people
I woke up at 5:00 am this morning unable to sleep and worrying over my fellow LGBT Nigerians. The violence in the wake of the passing of my country’s anti-gay law keeps me awake and I find myself constantly preoccupied with the security of my friends and countrymen. The violence is now being fanned throughout Nigeria’s churches and mosques, incentivizing violence and “mob justice” against LGBT people…
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Life
‘Case Against 8’ documents five-year effort to overturn Calif. gay marriage ban
PARK CITY, Utah — Attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies once argued the Bush v. Gore case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, but they say fighting California’s law prohibiting same-sex marriage is the most significant thing they’ve done.