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News (USA)
Defense budget bill includes anti-gay ‘conscience’ provision
The final version of major Pentagon budget legislation includes watered-down “conscience” language similar to the anti-gay provision found in the House version of the bill, according to a top House Democrat on defense issues.
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News (World)
Uganda parliament closes without taking up ‘Kill the Gays’ bill — Victory?
Business will resume as normal in Uganda in February, as it has at the start of every parliamentary session since the “Kill the Gays” bill was proposed in 2009, with the possibility of the bill still existing on the agenda. We have been fighting this same bill for three years now, and it continues to come back. To claim that we “killed” the bill isn’t really honest with ourselves and with others that we want to get involved in protecting LGBT Ugandan people.
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News (USA)
Parents: School ‘mishandled’ situation that led to their son’s suicide
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — The parents of 14-year-old David Phan, an openly gay student who shot and killed himself in front of horrified classmates at on November 29, are speaking out and accusing school officials of “mishandling” the situation that led to their son’s death.
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News (USA)
LGBT leaders to House GOP: Stop wasting tax dollars defending DOMA
Leaders of ten of the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights advocacy organizations on Tuesday called on the U.S. House Republican leadership to stop funding the legal defense of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
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News (USA)
Helena, Mont., unanimously approves LGBT non-discrimination ordinance
HELENA, Mont. — The Helena, Mont., City Commission on Monday voted unanimously to approve an ordinance to prohibit discrimination in housing, employment and many kinds of public accommodations, based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Life
NY Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard’s apology: Gay slur a Twitter ‘mishap’
Newly acquired New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard issued an apology Tuesday after becoming the latest professional athlete caught for tweeting an anti-gay slur.
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News (USA)
Iowa judge: Lesbian couple should receive accurate death certificate for stillborn child
DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa court has ordered the state’s Department of Public Health to give a married lesbian couple an accurate death certificate for their son, Brayden, who was stillborn in October 2011.
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Commentary
A gay dad reflects on the terrorism in Newtown, Connecticut
The fact is that 20 sets of parents got the call I most fear, and that without warning the precious looks, kisses, hugs, innocent conversations and happiness that are my heart and soul treasures can abruptly end and be removed, forever. This event was terrorism because so many of us feel the searing pain of the poor families who are facing the reality of their loss. I wish to my soul that I could spare them the pain they feel, I wish it more than any other thing this Christmas, and take little solace in the fact that I get to hug my boys and take them in my arms still.
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News (USA)
East Aurora, Ill., school district dissolves transgender policy committee
AURORA, Ill. — After over two months of contentious debate, controversy and uncertainty, the East Aurora School District 131 has called off the creation of a new policy that would add protections for transgender and gender nonconforming students. After hearing over 30 members of the local community — about 40 miles west of Chicago — […]
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News (World)
Cameroon court upholds 3-year prison term for gay text message
An appeals court in the African nation of Cameroon on Monday upheld a three-year sentence against a man found guilty of homosexual conduct for sending a text message to another that contained a photo of himself holding a sign that said, “I’m very much in love with you.”
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Life
James Dobson: Connecticut shooting is God’s wrath for gay marriage, abortion
James Dobson dedicated his radio program this morning to discussing Friday’s tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Connecticut, which he attributed to the fact that God has “allowed judgment to fall upon us” because the nation has turned its back on him by accepting things like abortion and gay marriage.
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News (USA)
Montana Supreme Court rejects equal benefits for same-sex couples
HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court’s decision to reject an “overly broad” request that same-sex couples receive the same protections and benefits as married heterosexual couples.
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News (USA)
Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye dies at 88
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inoye (D-Hawaii), a 50-year veteran of the U.S. Senate and a recipient of the nation’s highest military award for valor, the Medal of Honor, died of respiratory complications at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Monday afternoon.
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Life
Perkins on Boy Scouts’ anti-gay policy: ‘That’s their code, morally straight’
Tony Perkins, president of the anti-gay hate group Family Research Council, said Friday that the Boy Scouts’ anti-gay policy is “morally straight.”
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Life
Active duty Marine officer proposes to partner at White House reception
WASHINGTON — An active duty U.S. Marine Corps officer proposed to his same-sex partner during the annual Holidays Open Tour at the White House this weekend.
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News (USA)
Sponsors say vote on Illinois marriage equality bill coming in January
The legalization of same-sex marriage in Illinois could be just around the corner. The chief sponsors of a bill in the state’s General Assembly that would legalize same-sex marriage said Thursday they’d bring the legislation up for vote during the lame duck session beginning Jan. 2, or early next month.
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Life
Pope condemns same-sex marriage in ‘World Day of Peace’ message
In his global message for World Day of Peace, which takes place on Jan. 1, Pope Benedict XVI will use the opportunity to condemn same-sex marriage, which he calls a “serious harm to justice and peace.”
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News (USA)
Westboro Baptist Church says it will picket at Sandy Hook funerals
The Westboro Baptist Church, home of anti-gay extremists and the “Gods Hate Fags” fundamentalist movement, announced via Twitter on Sunday plans to picket at the scene of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting.
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News (USA)
University of Iowa to ask students about sexual orientation, gender identity
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa has become the nation’s first public university to ask incoming students about their gender identity and sexual orientation in an effort to identify and support LGBT students.
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News (USA)
Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed announces support for marriage equality
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has announced his support for marriage equality by signing a resolution sponsored by councilman Alex Wan and passed by the City Council on Dec. 3.