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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Gov. Susana Martinez says Attorney General Gary King was right in not issuing a formal opinion on whether same-sex marriage is legal in New Mexico and her office will not get involved in any challenges.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Franklin County Commissioner John O’Grady has been in the Catholic youth ministry, and he has hosted leadership retreats for young Catholics. He has spoken at Catholic schools and has sponsored ball teams throughout the Diocese of Columbus.

POCATELLO, Idaho — The city of Pocatello has passed an ordinance banning discrimination against a person because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A small-town mayor in southeastern Kentucky has won special recognition from the state’s Commission on Human Rights.

JERUSALEM — Israeli police say the killing of two people at a gay youth center in Tel Aviv four years ago is no longer being treated as a hate crime.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two Santa Fe men filed a lawsuit Thursday to force New Mexico courts to decide the politically thorny issue of whether gay marriage is legal in the state.

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia is expected to pass legislation that would make it easier for transgender people to obtain new birth certificates reflecting their change in gender identity.

DENVER — A gay couple is pursuing a discrimination complaint against a Colorado bakery, saying the business refused them a wedding cake to honor their ceremony and alleging that the owners have a history of turning away same-sex couples.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — More than 2,400 gay and lesbian couples have married in Washington state since the state’s voter-approved same-sex marriage law took effect last December, according to numbers released Thursday by the state.

DOVER, Del. — The state Senate has approved a bill to protect transgender people in Delaware by outlawing discrimination based on gender identity. The bill was approved on an 11-7 vote Thursday. It now goes to the House. The legislation adds gender identity to the existing list of protected nondiscrimination categories, including race, age and […]