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Liberian president reverses course on anti-gay comments
MONROVIA, Liberia — A spokesperson for Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Wednesday reaffirmed an earlier statement that Johnson-Sirleaf has vowed to veto any legislation that would criminalize homosexual behavior in the Wast African country.
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CSU students report attack by football players shouting anti-gay slurs
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — An alleged attack by three Colorado State University football players has resulted in their suspension, and left four classmates, all freshman, recovering from injuries inflicted during the attack, which allegedly included anti-gay slurs.
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Ballot measure to protect LGBT people in Anchorage appears to have failed
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Voters in Anchorage on Tuesday rejected a proposed ordinance that would have added would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative.
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Harvey: Top 10 reasons Christian kids should skip school on ‘Day of Silence’
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Linda Harvey, the suburban Columbus housewife who has led a campaign aimed at stamping out what she terms “sin-affirming pro-homosexuality activism” is once again this year taking aim at the GLSEN sponsored “Day of Silence.”
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Mitt Romney’s PAC secretly donated $10,000 to anti-gay NOM
WASHINGTON — Documents sent to the Human Rights Campaign and released Friday reveal that Republican presidential front runner Mitt Romney confidentially donated $10,000 to the National Organizational for Marriage via the Alabama chapter of his political action committee, “Free and Strong America.”
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Kansas House Republicans pass bill that OKs anti-gay discrimination
TOPEKA, Kansas — The Republican controlled Kansas state House on Wednesday evening passed a bill that would effectively legalese anti-gay discrimination based on religious objections.
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Gay couple arrested on cruise ship ‘paraded like animals’
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A gay couple from California, arrested earlier this in Dominica for alleging having sex “in open view,” are disputing accounts of the incident by the cruise operator and the Caribbean island’s authorities, and said that while in custody they were paraded around like animals.
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Ohio gay teen in coma following suicide attempt due to bullying
WELLSVILLE, Ohio — An Ohio teenager was in a coma Friday in the intensive care unit at Akron Children’s Hospital, a week after he tried to end his own life. Austin Rodriguez, 15, a student at Wellsville High School, told his parents last Thursday that they “didn’t know what was going on his personal life.”
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U.S. Immigration judge halts deportation of gay spouse
SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. Immigration judge on Thursday afternoon halted deportation proceedings against Alfonso Garcia, the bi-national spouse of a gay man, and instead ordered that a routine green card petition process be initiated.
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High school student council president removed for supporting LGBT students
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A high school honors student has been fired from his position as student body president for supporting a student council in January that supported LGBT students, according to his attorney James Radford.