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Westboro Baptist Church blames Boston Marathon bombing on ‘fag marriage’
The Westboro Baptist Church, home of the anti-gay extremists behind the “Gods Hate Fags” and “God hates the World” fundamentalist movement, took to Twitter on Monday evening to blame a bombing attack at the Boston Marathon on the effects of same-sex marriage.
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Students at Catholic school in Columbus say teacher was fired because she is gay
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Students at Bishop Watterson High School in Columbus, Ohio, are fighting for a longtime physical education teacher and coach they say was been fired by the Catholic Diocese of Columbus because she’s gay.
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Petition drive forces Royal Oak, Mich., to put gay rights measure on the ballot
ROYAL OAK, Mich. — Residents of the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak will vote in November on a human rights ordinance that would make it illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation and a number of other factors.
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Okla. state Senate approves anti-gay marriage resolution
OKLAHOMA CITY — A nonbinding resolution to reaffirm marriage as a union between a man and a woman and support the federal Defense of Marriage Act has been approved in the Oklahoma Senate.
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Son of Magic Johnson surprised by the public interest in his being gay
LOS ANGELES — The 20-year-old son of basketball great Magic Johnson is surprised by the public interest in his being gay, something that he revealed to his supportive family several years ago.
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Judge: Hawaii bed and breakfast discriminated against lesbian couple
HONOLULU — A judge has ruled that a Hawaii bed and breakfast violated the state’s public accommodations law when it denied a room to two women because they’re gay.
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Meningitis victim’s brother condemns West Hollywood council member, media
LOS ANGELES — The brother of Brett Shaad, the 33-year-old West Hollywood man who died Saturday after contracting a deadly strain of bacterial meningitis, is lashing out over media coverage of his brother’s death.
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Obama administration’s highest ranking openly LGBT official leaves OPM
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s highest ranking openly LGBT official resigned his post, effective Saturday, April 13. John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management, announced his resignation April 11 in an email to OPM employees, just days before his four-year term was up.
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French police arrest dozens of anti-gay activists outside National Assembly
PARIS — French police arrested dozens of anti-gay marriage protestors on Monday after they tried to set up a campsite outside the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, in advance of next week’s planned final vote on the country’s marriage equality law.
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British court upholds ban on teacher for telling students gays are ‘disgusting’
LONDON — Britain’s high court has upheld a teaching ban on a Christian educator who told pupils lifestyle of gay people was “disgusting and a sin.”
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Soccer’s Alan Gordon faces possible suspension over gay slur
San Jose Earthquakes forward Alan Gordon issues an apology on Monday and faces possible suspension after NBC cameras captured him shouting “fucking faggot” at Portland Timbers player Will Johnson on Sunday.
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Transgender woman banned from Idaho grocery store
LEWISTON, Idaho — A transgender woman was banned from a western Idaho grocery store after customers complained she used the women’s restroom, police in Lewiston said.
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Gay soccer player Robbie Rogers: ‘Football hid my secret’
Professional soccer player Robbie Rogers, in his first television interview since coming out earlier this year, describes the feeling of being gay and closeted in professional sports, and of going to work each day hoping none of his teammates figure out that he is gay.
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University of Missouri-Kansas City offers Pride Scholarships to gay students
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Some gay students who face financial trouble, often because of rejection from their families, are getting help from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
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Lesbian couple who won dream wedding contest withdraws due to family illness
FREEPORT, Maine — The lesbian couple from Maine that won a magazine’s dream wedding contest is withdrawing because one woman’s father is in poor health.
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Ireland will hold referendum aimed at legalizing same-sex marriage
DUBLIN — Ireland will hold a referendum aimed at legalizing same-sex marriage after a the Irish Constitutional Convention on Sunday voted overwhelmingly in favor of extending marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples.
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Binational couples among those awaiting Supreme Court ruling on DOMA
Jason Kirchick and Christian Pinillos of Stowe, Vt., are worried not only about their future working at a struggling ski lodge but also about their marriage. Now that the lodge has fallen on hard times, the men’s jobs are in jeopardy and with his job, so is Pinillos’ immigration status.
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Latest poll finds uptick in both support, opposition to same-sex marriage
Just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court took up the issue of same-sex marriage in two highly publicized cases, a majority of Americans continue to say they support same-sex marriage, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released this week.
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French anti-gay activist suggests violence in reaction to marriage bill
PARIS — Anti-gay marriage activists in France went on the attack Friday, firing off violent rhetoric following passage of a marriage equality bill in the French Senate.
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W.Va. House scraps bills to prohibit jury discrimination against gays
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bid that would have prohibited discrimination against gays and lesbians in jury selection in West Virginia failed in the state House.