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Hawaii state Senate passes same-sex marriage bill, governor to sign into law
HONOLULU — The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday legalizing gay marriage, putting Hawaii a signature away from becoming a same-sex wedding destination.
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Catholic Church yanks YMCA grant over relationship with pro-gay marriage group
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Catholic Church is rescinding a $60,000 grant to the University YMCA in Champaign, Ill., because the organization has refused to cut ties with an LGBT support group that backs same-sex marriage in Illinois.
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Indianapolis city council urges defeat of proposed gay marriage ban
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis City-County Council is joining the city’s Republican mayor in opposing efforts to write Indiana’s ban on gay marriage into the state constitution.
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Hawaii Senate to take final vote on same-sex marriage bill
HONOLULU — The Hawaii Senate is expected to pass a bill legalizing same-sex marriage on Tuesday, the final step for the state Legislature before sending the special session measure to Gov. Neil Abercrombie.
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Five women arrested under Senegal’s anti-gay law
DAKAR, Senegal — Senegalese police detained five women accused of violating the country’s anti-gay law, highlighting increased pressure on suspected lesbians in the deeply conservative West African nation, an activist group said Tuesday.
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Plaintiff in N.M. same-sex marriage lawsuit loses battle with brain cancer
SANTA FE, N.M. — Jennifer Neuman-Roper, one of the plaintiffs in the ACLU lawsuit seeking marriage equality in New Mexico, died on Friday of advanced cancer. She was 44.
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Russian anti-gay extremist under criminal investigation, reportedly flees country
MOSCOW — Russian authorities have initiated criminal proceedings against a Russian ultra-nationalist responsible for several homophobic assaults on LGBT persons, including attacks on citizens from Ukraine, Iraq, and South Africa.
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Okla. rejects amended tax returns from legally married, same-sex couples
TULSA, Okla. — A small number of Oklahoma same-sex couples have received returned payments from the state Tax Commission, which turned down their recently amended filings that claimed married status.
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Former prosecutor wants job back after being fired for harassing gay student
DETROIT — A former assistant attorney general for the state of Michigan who was fired after expressing hostility toward a gay University of Michigan student government president has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the state’s current attorney general and his predecessor.
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Ball State Senate urged to oppose state constitutional ban on gay marriage
MUNCIE, Ind. — Ball State University faculty members are urging the school’s Senate to recommend that the university join a bipartisan coalition fighting to prevent Indiana’s gay marriage ban from being amended into the state constitution.