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NC approves tougher funeral protest rules in response to anti-gay church
RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina General Assembly has given final approval to a measure that would impose stronger criminal penalties for people who disrupt funerals or memorial services.
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Kansas Supreme Court rules non-biological mother has parenting rights
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that when same-sex couples have children together, both parents can be fully recognized as co-parents under Kansas state law.
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Kansas ends free HIV testing in most rural counties
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Health advocates are warning that Kansas’ decision to stop providing free HIV testing for many small, rural communities restricts services for some of the most vulnerable in the state.
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Kansas sues lesbian couple’s sperm donor for child support
TOPEKA, Kan. — A man who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple is now being sued for child support by the Kansas Department of Children and Families.
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Pastor who said government should kill gays claims he was just preaching scripture
Pastor Curtis Knapp, of the New Hope Baptist Church in Seneca, Kansas, who said in his Sunday sermon that the government should put gays to death, is not backing away from his comments, and said he was simply preaching what he believes to be “scripture.”
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Two more pastors, two different states, advocate for the killing of gays
Two more “men of God” — Curtis Knapp of the New Hope Baptist Church in Seneca, Kansas, and Dennis Leatherman, pastor at the Mountain Lake Baptist Church in Oakland, Md. — are on record as advocating for the death of gays and lesbians.
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Teacher’s Facebook rant: Gay marriage same as ‘murder, lying, stealing, cheating’
BUHLER, Kan. — A Kansas middle school teacher has ignited a firestorm in the small rural Kansas community of Behler after posting an anti-gay rant on Facebook in which said same-sex marriage is akin to “murder, lying, stealing, or cheating.”
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Kansas House Republicans pass bill that OKs anti-gay discrimination
TOPEKA, Kansas — The Republican controlled Kansas state House on Wednesday evening passed a bill that would effectively legalese anti-gay discrimination based on religious objections.
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Kansas legislature refuses to repeal outdated law that criminalizes gay sex
TOPEKA, Kan. — In the landmark Lawrence v. Texas case nearly a decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states cannot criminalize gay sex between consenting adults — but in Kansas, there remains a law on the books, albeit not enforceable, that LGBT rights activists call offensive and unconstitutional.
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New bill in Congress aims to prohibit gay weddings on military bases
WASHINGTON — A Republican lawmaker has introduced new legislation aimed at prohibiting gay and lesbian service members from marrying on U.S. military bases, and would require new regulations related to chaplains and other military personnel.