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U.K. court rules in favor of gay couple over anti-gay Christian innkeeper
LONDON — A British court has upheld a ruling that a gay couple from Cambridgeshire were unlawfully discriminated against when a guesthouse owner wouldn’t let them share a double bed.
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Bermuda Senate approves bill prohibiting discrimination against gays
HAMILTON, Bermuda — Bermuda has passed legislation that will outlaw discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
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Senate committee schedules vote on Employment Non-Discrimination Act
WASHINGTON — The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has scheduled a vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).
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LGBT advocacy groups denounce Supreme Court ruling on voting rights
The nation’s leading LGBT advocacy groups on Tuesday expressed disappointment in today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the most powerful part of the landmark Voting Rights Act, a decision deplored by the White House but cheered by mostly Southern states now free from nearly 50 years of intense federal oversight of their elections.
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Children’s museum calls cops, threatens LGBT-supportive kids with trespassing
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A children’s museum in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday allegedly notified police and threatened a group of children with trespassing after they delivered a petition asking the museum to “stop discriminating” against LGBT families.
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HUD: Same-sex couples often face discrimination in housing rentals
WASHINGTON – Same-sex couples experience unequal treatment more often than heterosexual couples when responding to internet ads for rental units, and findings show that gay male couples experience more discrimination than lesbian couples, according to a groundbreaking study released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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Idaho GOP leaders urge lawmakers to erase local LGBT protections
MCCALL, Idaho — Republican Party leaders are urging the Idaho Legislature to put a stop to local communities’ efforts to provide discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.
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Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid signs on as 50th co-sponsor of ENDA
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday that he’ll co-sponsor the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, becoming the 50th co-sponsor of the measure aimed at banning workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Idaho Falls seventh city in Idaho to consider anti-discrimination ordianance
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — The city of Idaho Falls could become the seventh in the state to enact an ordinance banning discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender.
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Marco Rubio: No ‘special’ rights for gay Americans — but I’m not ‘a bigot’
I wish I understood why allowing married, bi-national same-sex couples to apply for a visa through the marriage-based green card application process is such an abomination to Marco Rubio. … Perhaps all we have to do is take a look at his voting record in the Senate and the statements he’s made to understand the soul of Sen. Marco Rubio.