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Federal appeals court rules Prop 8 trial videotapes to remain sealed
A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled against the release of the videotapes of the Proposition 8 trial, the federal court challenge of California’s 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.
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Called ‘faggots,’ humiliated by police — Ohio couple files federal lawsuit
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A gay couple has filed a civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court against several officers from the Cleveland Police Department, alleging several officers of the department violated the couple’s constitutional rights stemming from an arrest last April.
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Washington state Senate approves marriage equality bill
The Washington state Senate on Wednesday evening voted 28-21 in favor of SB 6239, a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage. The bill, garnering three more votes than the required 25, passed with bipartisan support of 23 Democrats and four Republicans, and now moves to the House, where it already has enough support to pass.
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Kansas legislature refuses to repeal outdated law that criminalizes gay sex
TOPEKA, Kan. — In the landmark Lawrence v. Texas case nearly a decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states cannot criminalize gay sex between consenting adults — but in Kansas, there remains a law on the books, albeit not enforceable, that LGBT rights activists call offensive and unconstitutional.
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HRC urges Minnesota election board to investigate NOM for ignoring donor disclosure laws
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) on Wednesday released an analysis of campaign disclosure reports — made public today in Minnesota — that reveal the National Organization for Marriage has launched an unprecedented effort to avoid disclosing individual donors as required by law.
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Lawsuit challenges DOMA, Veterans Affairs over denial of benefits to married same-sex couples
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) refusal to grant equal disability benefits to an Army veteran in a same-sex marriage is a violation of the veteran’s constitutional rights, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the law firm of WilmerHale.
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Federal appeals court upholds Maine law requiring anti-gay NOM to release donor list
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Maine’s campaign disclosure law that requires the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage to release its donor list, but the group vowed to take the fight to the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent revealing who financed a $1.8 million movement that helped overturn the state’s gay marriage law.
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Advocates to deliver 24,000 postcards to Washington state senators prior to gay marriage vote
OLYMPIA, Wash. –A broad statewide coalition of organizations, congregations, unions and business associations that will work to obtain civil marriage for lesbian and gay couples in Washington State in 2012, will deliver more than 24,000 constituent postcards to every state senator on Wednesday prior to tonight’s historic vote on marriage equality legislation, SB 6239.
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Florida gay Republicans hail Romney victory
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gay Republicans joined many of their straight counterparts in Florida Tuesday night in congratulating former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for his decisive victory in the Florida Republican primary.
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Downstate Illinois GOP lawmakers push for civil union exceptions
A Southern Illinois lawmaker is leading another attempt to add adoption exceptions to the state’s civil unions act, which if passed, would allow religious institutions the ability to deny adoptions to couples in civil unions.