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Pentagon gives military chaplains approval to perform same-sex weddings
The U.S. Department of Defense on Friday announced Friday that the Chaplain Corps of the armed forces are authorized to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies for same-sex military couples in states where same-sex marriage is legal.
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‘Yelp’ removes negative comments, ratings condemning anti-gay bridal shop
Online review website “Yelp” has removed more than 1,000 negative reviews of a New Jersey bridal shop after it was flooded with comments bashing the shop for refusing to sell a wedding dress to a lesbian bride-to-be.
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Homophobic bridal shop owner refuses to sell wedding dress to lesbian bride
A New Jersey bridal shop has refused to sell a wedding dress to a lesbian bride-to-be, calling the couple’s pending nuptials an “illegal action.”
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Gay man, transgender woman marry in first LGBT wedding in Cuba
On a sweltering, rainy afternoon in Havana, Ignacio Estrada, an HIV positive gay man, and Wendy Triepa, a transgendered woman, on Saturday became the first gay couple to be legally married in Cuba.
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What would Jesus do if invited to a gay wedding?
I’ve recently been invited to a couple of gay weddings. So — what with being Christian and all — I asked myself the famous, “What would Jesus do?” (Which I don’t too often ask myself, actually, since Jesus could, for instance, raise people from the dead and turn water into wine, whereas I can barely […]
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Buffalo couple ushers in marriage equality at Niagara Falls midnight ceremony
NIAGARA FALLS — New York State ushered in same-sex marriage at 12:01 a.m. with the wedding of a Buffalo couple, punctuating the end of a long fight for gay-rights activists.
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ACLU, lesbian couple sue Vermont inn over its ‘no gay reception policy’
A Vermont inn violated the state’s anti-discrimination law when it refused to host a wedding reception for a lesbian couple from New York City, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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NYC announces marriage lottery ahead of demand for Sunday ceremonies
New York City will hold a lottery for couples who want to get married on first day that the state’s Marriage Equality Act takes effect, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Tuesday.
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Out country singer Chely Wright and fiancée announce wedding date
Out country singer Chely Wright and her fiancée, Lauren Blitzer, an LGBT civil rights activist, have announced their engagement, and plan to marry in Connecticut this summer.
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Anti-gay Canadian florist wants ‘no part’ of same-sex couple’s wedding
A Canadian florist has refused to provide wedding flowers to a same-sex couple, according to the event’s planner, a violation of the New Brunswick Human Rights Act.