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Family: Body of slain Mississippi mayoral candidate was beaten, burned
JACKSON, Miss. — The body of a slain, openly gay Mississippi mayoral candidate was beaten and burned, a family member said Monday.
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Scientists say baby born with HIV apparently cured
A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who’s now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.
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Man charged in slaying of openly gay Clarksdale, Miss. mayoral candidate
JACKSON, Miss. — A 22-year-old man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of an openly gay mayoral candidate, whose body was found near a river levee in the Mississippi Delta this week.
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Parents, students look to prayer in response to Miss. transgender student
BATESVILLE, Miss. — Hundreds of angry parents and citizens have joined a Facebook “prayer” page after a high school student in northern Mississippi came out as transgender.
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Homicide suspected in death of openly gay Miss. mayoral candidate
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi mayoral candidate was found dead Wednesday and the case is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said.
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Lesbian couple wins right to hold ceremony in museum despite state officials’ objections
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi woman and her partner, who were previously denied use use of a state-owned museum facility that is routinely hired out for weddings and other functions because they are gay, will be permitted to hold their commitment ceremony there after all.
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Lesbian couple refused use of facility for same-sex commitment ceremony
JACKSON, Miss. — A lesbian couple in Mississippi has been refused use of a state-owned museum facility that is routinely hired out for weddings and other functions because they are gay.
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Mississippi lawmaker says he never endorsed that gays be ‘put to death’
A Mississippi lawmaker, who earlier this month invoked an Old Testament Bible passage on his Facebook page that calls for gays to be “put to death,” says he never endorsed the killing of gays, and that he and his family have received death threats after his comments were misinterpreted.
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Mississippi lawmaker cites Bible passage that calls for gays to be put to death
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi state lawmaker, commenting on the announcement by President Barack Obama affirming support for same-sex marriage, invoked an old testament bible passage on his Facebook page, calling for gay men to be “put to death.”
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N.C. Governor: Anti-gay marriage vote makes N.C. ‘look like Mississippi’
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D) said Friday that she was embarrassed by voters’ passage of an anti-gay marriage amendment to the state’s constitution earlier this week, primarily because it made the state “look like Mississippi.”