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Biden: There’s no ‘downside’ to an executive order for LGBT protections
WASHINGTON — If there’s one characteristic of Vice-President Joe Biden that can be counted on, it’s his ability to stay one step ahead of the President on matters of LGBT rights.
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Jimmy Carter speaking at Civil Rights Summit in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Former President Jimmy Carter will be the keynote speaker on the first day of the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.
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On eve of meeting with Pope Francis, Obama lectures Russia on LGBT rights
BRUSSELS, Belgium — President Barack Obama on Wednesday again took aim at Russia’s anti-gay laws following talks with European Union and NATO leaders on Russia’s military-backed annexation of the Crimean Peninsula.
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Lawmakers call on Obama to sign executive order protecting LGBT workers
WASHINGTON — Nearly 200 Congressional lawmakers on Tuesday sent a letter to President Obama Tuesday calling for an Executive Order banning contractors from receiving federal government contracts unless they have a policy prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Evangelist Franklin Graham: Putin is better on gay issues than Obama
Evangelist Franklin Graham is praising Russian President Vladimir Putin for his aggressive crackdown on homosexuality, saying his record on protecting children from gay “propaganda” is better than President Obama’s “shameful” embrace of gay rights.
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House backs bill to sue president for not enforcing federal laws, such as DOMA
WASHINGTON — Casting Barack Obama as a president run amok, the House voted on Wednesday for a bill that would expedite congressional lawsuits against the chief executive for failure to enforce federal laws.
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Uganda’s president rebuffs U.S. criticism of anti-gay bill
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s president said he wants no lectures from Western governments opposed to the country’s controversial anti-gay bill, signaling he is set to sign it into law.
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Twenty-seven liberal groups oppose Obama judicial nominee
WASHINGTON — Twenty-seven liberal groups are pressuring Senate Democrats to reject one of President Barack Obama’s judicial nominees.
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‘Quiet diplomacy’ faulted for advancement of Africa’s anti-gay laws
DAKAR, Senegal — Last month, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni met in his office with a team of U.S.-based rights activists concerned about legislation that would impose life sentences for some homosexual acts. South African retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu joined them by phone, pointing out similarities between Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill and racist laws enforced under South Africa’s former apartheid government.
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Obama denounces Uganda’s anti-gay bill: ‘A step backward for Ugandans’
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — President Barack Obama on Sunday harshly criticized plans by Uganda to further criminalize homosexuality, saying it would “complicate our valued relationship.”