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Same-sex couples file lawsuit challenging Neb. ban on gay foster parents
LINCOLN, Neb. — Three same-sex couples challenged a Nebraska policy on Tuesday that prevents them from serving as foster parents, setting up a legal battle in a state with a shortage of eligible families.
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Gay couples to sue Neb. over law banning gay foster parents
LINCOLN, Neb. — Three same-sex couples plan to sue Nebraska because they say the state won’t allow them to become foster parents.
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Neb. school official fired for performing in community play with gay themes
LINCOLN, Neb. — The superintendent of a Christian school in Lincoln says he lost his job because he performed in a community production of “The Producers,” a Broadway musical with gay characters, Nazi jokes, some coarse dialogue and racy lyrics.
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Neb. lawmakers to revive gay marriage debate, possible ballot measure
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska lawmakers will revive a gay marriage debate later this year, with a hearing that could lead to a proposed ballot measure on the issue.
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Lincoln, Neb., anti-discrimination ordinance sits on books, unenforced
LINCOLN, Neb. — As Lincoln’s gay community celebrates its four-day Star City Pride festival, the city’s stalled anti-discrimination ordinance meant to protect gay and transgender residents appears to be heading nowhere fast.
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No transgender students have taken advantage of new Neb. athletics policy
LINCOLN, Neb. — No students have asked to exercise a policy approved in December by the Nebraska School Activities Association that allows participation in high school athletics by transgender students, the association says.
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Christian college expels lesbian, wants her to repay grant money
OMAHA, Neb. — Danielle Powell was going through a hard time in the spring of 2011, just months away from graduating from a conservative Christian college in Nebraska. She had fallen in love with another woman, a strictly forbidden relationship at a school where even prolonged hugs were banned.
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Neb. legislative committee advances gay foster parent bill
LINCOLN, Neb. — A Nebraska legislative committee on Friday advanced a bill that would allow gay and lesbian couples to serve as foster parents if they are related to the child or have a well-established relationship.
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Nebraska woman sentenced for falsely reporting anti-gay hate crime
LINCOLN, Neb. — A Nebraska judge has given jail time and probation to a Lincoln woman who falsely claimed she had been attacked by three men who carved anti-gay slurs into her body and tried to light her house on fire.
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Neb. man to stand trial for hate crime in attack on man he thought was gay
SIDNEY, Neb. — A western Nebraska man has been ordered to stand trial on charges he attacked another man outside a bar because he suspected the other man was gay.