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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bill to strip the Boy Scouts of America of its tax-exempt status in California because of the organization’s refusal to allow gay troop leaders stalled Thursday in the Legislature after failing to garner enough votes to pass.

WASHINGTON — A ranking Republican member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said this week that a newly revised Pentagon policy granting marriage leave for gay service members “legally fails to fix the issue of giving same-sex couples a special benefit.”

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia court clerk says he’ll abide by a judge’s order that he stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

FRIDLEY, Minn. — Another employee of a suburban Minneapolis Catholic high school was fired after it was disclosed that the individual is gay and in a same-sex relationship.

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Five anti-LGBT bills are scheduled to be considered by Lithuania’s parliament before the end of the year.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge is stopping a suburban Philadelphia court clerk from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, saying it was a clear violation of his legal authority.

TAYLORSVILLE, N.C. — A middle school teacher in North Carolina has been suspended for showing a group of students a music video for a song that supports same-sex marriage.

BERLIN — A transgender man who gave birth to a baby boy in Germany is fighting to be recognized as the child’s father, rather than his mother.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A transgender student at Marina High School in Huntington Beach, Calif., has been selected as one of the top 10 finalists for her school’s Homecoming Queen.

MOSCOW — A member of the Russian Parliament, who last week said he planned to introduce a bill that would deny gay parents custody over their children, said he would rather a child be an orphan than be raised by gays.