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Maryland House committee advances marriage equality bill
The Maryland House Judiciary Committee on Friday, narrowly approved the Civil Marriage Protection Act by a vote of 12-10. Under the bill, same-sex couples in Maryland would be granted the same marriage rights as heterosexuals.
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California Supreme Court won’t expedite ruling on key issue in Prop 8 case
The California Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request by the attorneys fighting Proposition 8 to expedite the time line for deciding a key legal question of standing.
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California AG asks federal appeals court to lift stay on gay marriage ruling
California’s attorney general on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to lift a stay and permit same-sex unions to resume while it considers whether to overturn the state’s ban on gay marriage.
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School bans all non-academic clubs to avoid approving gay-straight alliance
A Texas school district has banned all non-academic clubs from meeting on campus to ensure it’s complying with federal law after refusing to allow a student to start a gay-straight alliance.
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Anti-gay pastor arrested for masturbating near children’s playground
A conservative, anti-gay pastor who has staged protests against New Orleans’ Southern Decadence Festival, calling the predominantly gay event “perversion,” has been arrested for allegedly masturbating in a park adjacent to a children’s playground.
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Maryland House committee set to vote on marriage equality bill
A House committee could vote as early as Tuesday on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland. The bill needs the support of 22 delegates to pass the committee — sponsors of the bill hold 12 of the committee’s 22 seats.
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Catholic college fires priest after learning he is gay
PHILADELPHIA — Chestnut Hill College, a Catholic institution, has fired a part-time professor after learning the cleric was gay. The college said that the Reverend’s conduct was “contrary to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church.”
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Democrats poised to introduce legislation to repeal ‘Defense of Marriage Act’
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has announced plans to introduce a bill in the U.S. Congress that would repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the law that defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman for purposes of all federal laws.
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Poll: Iowans less interested in gay marriage than legislators think
Marriage equality has been an intensely debated social issue in Iowa ever since the state Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2009, but a new poll suggests many Iowans are either conflicted or just aren’t interested in the debate.
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Tennessee GOP lawmakers: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ in elementary school
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two Republican lawmakers have introduced bills in the Tennessee state legislature that would prohibit use of the words “gay” and “homosexual” in elementary schools, and ban discussion of all LGBT topics whatsoever.