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EDGEWATER PARK, N.J. — The owner of a New Jersey Bed & Breakfast on Monday posted an anti-gay rant on Facebook asserting that “God invented AIDS” to punish gays after a local woman complained about an anti-gay statement on the marquee outside their inn.

WASHINGTON – The Prop 8 Legal Defense Fund is offering new insight into how much it costs to continue advocating against marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, and the numbers are high.

CHICAGO — Nearly 300 people attended Chicago’s first transgender, gender-non-conforming and intersex pride event, held at Union Park Sunday. The intention of the rally was to focus on the theme of “enterprising from the margins,” highlighting community driven efforts to create safe spaces and support among the TGI community.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio teen who was brutally beaten by a fellow high school student last fall because of his sexual orientation, has teamed with his mother to become activists against anti-LGBT bullying.

The Democratic Party platform drafting committee approved on Sunday language endorsing same-sex marriage in addition to other pro-LGBT positions as part of the Democratic Party platform, according to two sources familiar with the drafting process.

Vietnam’s Communist government is considering whether to legalize same-sex marriage, positioning the country to be the first in Asia to support marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples.

Former President Bill Clinton on Friday called for a more effective use of resources in the fight against HIV/AIDS. “We need a new level of openness about how every last dollar is spent by countries, by governments, by NGOs,” he said during the International AIDS Conference’s closing session at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

MINNEAPOLIS — Just weeks after it announced it was selling greeting cards nationwide to celebrate same-sex unions, Target stores is now inviting gay and lesbian couples to set up wedding registries in their stores.

SEATTLE — Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, have donated $2.5 million to support the marriage equality coalition in Washington state.

SAN FRANCISCO — Salvatore Cordileone, a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and one of California’s leading opponents of same-sex marriage, was named was named Archbishop of San Francisco by Pope Benedict XVI on Friday.