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Zach Wahls to co-chair Family Equality Council’s ‘Outspoken Generation’
WASHINGTON — Zach Wahls — the the former University of Iowa student whose impassioned testimony in support of marriage equality went viral last year — will serve as co-chair for “The Outspoken Generation,” the Family Equality Council’s national youth advocacy initiative involving the young adult children of LGBT parents.
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Mormons working to overturn Maryland marriage equality law
Members of the Mormon Church in Maryland are working to overturn the state’s recently passed marriage equality law, according to an email obtained by the Washington Blade.
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Anti-gay group calls for federal probe of HRC, IRS
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), the anti-gay group leading efforts to oppose same-sex marriage laws, is calling for a federal investigation of the Human Rights Campaign and the IRS.
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Federal judge: Denial of benefits to same-sex spouse is discriminatory
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge this week ruled that the denial of insurance coverage to the same-sex spouse of a federal court employee in San Francisco was an act of discrimination.
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Advocates seeking to overturn Defense of Marriage Act optimistic
BOSTON — There was optimism in the air outside the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse after advocates seeking to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act emerged from the first-ever appellate hearing on the constitutionality of the law.
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School official apologizes for publicly humiliating gay student
FULLERTON, Calif. — A school administrator has apologized to a senior at Fullerton Union High School for publicly disqualifying him from the “Mr. Fullerton” competition, an annual school event, after the student voiced his support for same-sex marriage.
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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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Ohio AG certifies petition for marriage equality amendment
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Tuesday announced that he had certified the petition for the proposed constitutional amendment that would repeal the state’s existing ban on same-sex marriage.
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Poll: 60 percent of N.C. voters oppose constitutional ban on gay marriage
ELON, N.C. — A Elon University Poll released Monday found that six out of ten persons in North Carolina would oppose an amendment to the state constitution that prevents any same-sex marriages, domestic partnerships or civil unions.
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SPLC condemns House Republicans’ intervention in disabled veteran’s case
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on Monday condemned efforts by House Republicans to prevent a decorated 12-year U.S. Army veteran and other married gay and lesbian veterans from receiving the same disability benefits provided to their married heterosexual counterparts.