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Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox announce plans to produce ‘It Gets Better’ videos
The Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox have announced that they will each produce an online video for the “It Gets Better Project,” an anti-bullying project aimed at helping LGBT youth struggling with adversity and intolerance.
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Two more Catholic Charities in IL drop adoption, foster care over civil unions
Catholic Charities of Peoria and Joliet, Illinois, following the lead of the Rockford Diocese, announced Friday that they will discontinue adoption and foster care programs because of the state’s civil unions law that took effect June 1.
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Illinois becomes 12th U.S. state to grant legal recognition to same-sex couples
Illinois became the 12th U.S. state to grant legal recognition to same-sex couples as a new civil unions law took effect on Wednesday.
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This could be the end for Equality Maryland, time’s running out in New York
This week: The chaos at Equality Maryland has gotten so bad, the organization may have to shut down altogether, and time’s nearly run out to pass a marriage bill in New York.
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Rockford Catholic diocese to end adoption programs over same-sex civil unions
The Rockford, Ill., Catholic Diocese announced Thursday that it would discontinue adoption and foster care programs rather than be forced to serve same-sex or unmarried opposite-sex couples under the state’s new civil unions law.
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Catholic adoption agencies threaten to turn away gay couples
One of the largest adoption and foster care services in Illinois has threatened to drop those services if it is forced to place children with gay and lesbian couples, a move that could affect thousands of children.
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Gay man alleges sexual harassment, discrimination by Rev. Jesse Jackson
A former employee of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition has filed a wrongful termination and discrimination complaint against the civil rights leader, alleging he was harassed and eventually fired because he was gay.
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Illinois Senate committee kills anti-gay adoption measure
The Illinois Senate has voted down a controversial measure that would have allowed religious and faith-based groups deny same-sex couples from adopting or fostering children.
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Court rules Walmart was justified in firing anti-gay employee for harassment
A federal appeals court in Illinois has ruled that Walmart Stores did not violate an employee’s civil rights when it fired her for making anti-gay comments towards a lesbian co-worker at a store in Joliet, Ill.
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Illinois sheriff under fire for anti-Semitic, homophobic Facebook comment
A west-central Illinois county sheriff has come under fire after making a derogatory post on Facebook, in which he referred to a co-worker as a “little fag jew boy.”