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News (USA)
Poll: Americans divided over Obama’s support for same-sex marriage
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Tuesday shows that while Americans are divided evenly in their responses to President Obama’s new position supporting gay marriage, 54 percent of African Americans expressed a favorable view of Obama’s position on the issue.
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News (USA)
GOP House committee kills Colorado Civil Union Act — again
DENVER — Despite being given a second chance by Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Republican state House committee on Monday evening killed the Colorado Civil Union Act on a party-line vote, 5-4.
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News (USA)
Lincoln, Neb., city council adds LGBT protections to civil rights ordinance
LINCOLN, Neb. — The Lincoln, Neb., City Council on Monday evening approved expanding the city’s civil rights protections to include its LGBT citizens. The partisan vote was approved by the five Democrats on the council; the two Republicans abstained, saying they had a conflict of interest.
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Life
Paul Cameron suggests Obama is gay, demands gays be imprisoned before they rape kids
Paul Cameron has suggested that President Obama, who recently announced his support for marriage equality, might be gay. He later maintained that “the long term goal of the homosexual movement is to get every little boy to grab his ankles and every little girl to give it a try,”
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News (USA)
Staffers leaving Shorter University over required anti-gay lifestyle statement
ROME, Ga. — A tenured librarian at Shorter University is the latest among nearly 60 staff members to leave the Christian liberal arts college over the school’s ban on gay employees.
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News (USA)
R.I. governor orders state recognition of legally married same-sex couples
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee on Monday issued an executive order directing state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed out of state as legal, and to treat married same-sex couples in the same manner as married heterosexual couples.
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News (USA)
Obama affirms LGBT support during Barnard commencement address
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama reaffirmed his support of LGBT rights during Barnard College’s commencement address on Monday.
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News (USA)
Illinois governor clarifies stance, backs marriage equality
For the first time in his political career, Illinois’ Gov. Pat Quinn publicly endorsed marriage equality for LGBT couples, following an outpouring of support from dozens of elected officials after President Barack Obama’s declaration of support for such unions earlier this week.
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News (USA)
Poll: 62 percent of Americans support legal recognition of same-sex unions
Two-thirds of Americans support legal recognition of same-sex unions, according to a new CBS News/New York Times Poll released Monday.
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News (USA)
Bloomberg blasts N.C. gay marriage ban during commencement address
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Sunday, delivering the commencement address at the University of North Carolina, blasted the state over its approval of a constitutional ban on same-sex unions.
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Life
True LGBT Story: NovaLei Gonzalez, ‘I’m from Hawaii’
After having suicidal thoughts from being bullied and taunted in school, NovaLei went home to his grandfather, who offered advice that NovaLei still remembers today…
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News (USA)
Magazine covers mark Obama’s historic support for marriage equality
President Barack Obama’s historic announcement of support for full marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples is making the cover of national magazines this week, including Newsweek and New Yorker, and likely others before the week ends.
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Life
Video: Zach Wahls discusses his two moms, ‘lessons of love’
In The Life Media celebrates Mother’s Day with the release of “My Two Moms,” a web short video featuring Zack Wahls, the son of lesbian moms whose passionate speech to the Iowa House of Representatives in support of marriage equality went viral on YouTube, capturing the attention of the country.
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Commentary
Of Mother’s Day and misogyny
I came of age during the AIDS epidemic, and will forever pay tribute to those brave women who stepped into vacant leadership and caregiver roles, whose many accomplishments are now largely forgotten. But simply listing the women whom I admire is a bit akin to the old “some of my best friends are ___” argument. The bigger question is, what makes someone a misogynist, and am I one?
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Commentary
A Solemn Mother’s Day
When the dawn breaks this Mother’s Day, there will be sons, and daughters who will have made plans to treat their Mums to special dinners, maybe breakfast in bed, or just take them someplace special. Countless flowers, candies, and yes, even jewelry will be bestowed in gratitude by children in a showing of deep love and gratitude for all that their Mums mean in their lives. Yet, for some mother’s, the day will not hold a special meaning at all. Their will be no gifts, no special remembrances or displays of affection and love. There will be an empty place at the dinner table and even larger emptiness in the hearts of those mothers who have lost their children to suicide or bullying…
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Life
RNC Chairman: Gays deserve ‘dignity and respect,’ but not marriage
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday said that he supports “dignity and respect” for all Americans, including gays and lesbians, but doesn’t agree that applies to same-sex marriage.
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News (World)
Four Iranian men sentenced to death by hanging for sodomy
An Iranian court has sentenced four men from the town of Choram, in the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, to death by hanging for sodomy.
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Life
Romney denounces marriage equality during speech at anti-gay university
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney reiterated his opposition marriage equality for same-sex couples again Saturday morning this morning while delivering commencement remarks at Liberty University, an anti-gay school that bans openly LGBT students from attending.
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Life
Chile approves anti-discrimination law in wake of gay man’s murder
SANTIAGO, Chile — The Chilean Congress this week approved an LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination law, fast-tracked following the brutal attack and murder of Daniel Zamudio, a gay Chilean man killed earlier this year.
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News (USA)
N.C. Governor: Anti-gay marriage vote makes N.C. ‘look like Mississippi’
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D) said Friday that she was embarrassed by voters’ passage of an anti-gay marriage amendment to the state’s constitution earlier this week, primarily because it made the state “look like Mississippi.”