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Boston PD early responder, LGBT liaison featured on Sports Illustrated cover
Soon-to-be iconic images — taken moments after the second blast on Monday in the bombing attack at the Boston Marathon — feature three Boston police officers coming to the aid of a fallen runner, one of whom is Boston PD’s LGBT community liaison.
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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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LGBT group’s offices at Boston College Law School vandalized with gay slurs
Rather than honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s commitment to civil rights, or the President’s call for LGBT equality during his inaugural address, vandals at Boston College Law School used the three-day weekend to deface the office of an LGBT student group, reports Above The Law.
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Boston mayor backs off Chick-fil-A; ACLU warns politicians to avoid threats
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said he won’t back down from his stance against Chick-fil-A and its anti-marriage equality stance, but acknowledged Thursday he cannot prevent the fast-food chain from opening a new franchise across the street from City Hall.
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Outrage escalates into public relations debacle for anti-gay Chick-fil-A
The fallout over remarks made by Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy last week, stating his opposition to LGBT rights, and in particular same-sex marriage, has turned into a public relations debacle for the Atlanta-based fast food chain.
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Mayor: ‘Chick-fil-A or whatever the hell the name is,’ doesn’t belong in Boston
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino on Thursday vowed to block fast-food chain Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant near the city’s “Freedom Trail,” a response to comments by the chain’s president that gay marriage is “inviting God’s judgment on our nation.”
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Hate group speakers draw LGBT protesters at Boston tea party rally
BOSTON — A Tea Party rally in Boston on Sunday — featuring guest speakers from two noted anti-gay hate groups — drew a crowd of counter protesters from LGBT advocacy group Join the Impact Massachusetts and members of the Occupy movement, and led to arrests of at least three people.
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Oral arguments heard in historic DOMA challenge
BOSTON — Oral arguments in a landmark legal proceeding challenging the Defense of Marriage Act unfolded Wednesday, marking the first time an appeals court has heard a challenge to the anti-gay federal law.
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LGBT groups shut out from joining in Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade
BOSTON — Organizers of the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade that takes place in South Boston have rejected applications submitted by two LGBT advocacy groups to participate in Sunday’s parade.
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University students block Chick-fil-A from student center over anti-gay donations
BOSTON — Students at Northeastern University have blocked fast-food chain Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant on its Boston campus, citing the chains financial support of anti-gay rights organizations.