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Gay Catholic school teacher shut out at archdiocese offices
Winters joked it was “because I’m so threatening” after handing the box of petitions to the guard.
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Judge deems gay couple as spouses after 1 partner’s death
A judge has recognized a 2001 same-sex union as a common-law marriage in Pennsylvania even though one partner died before gay marriage became legal.
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School principal writes letter to upset parents about fired lesbian teacher
Nell Stetser, principal of Waldron Mercy Academy, sent a letter to frustrated parents yesterday, writing that the faculty has been “challenged to our core” by the decision to fire Margie Winters.
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Archbishop: School that fired gay teacher showed ‘character’
Archbishop Charles Chaput (SHAP’-yoo) says the Sisters of Mercy and board members who run Waldron Mercy Academy are simply being “honest” about the church’s teaching. The church opposes gay marriage.
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Mayoral candidate faults church in firing of gay teacher
Jim Kenney says church officials should explain why teacher Margie Winters and her wife are threats to society. Winters lost her job last month as religious instruction director at suburban Waldron Mercy Academy after telling the school about her out-of-state marriage.
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LGBT rights activists mark landmark 1965 demonstration
LGBT rights activists gathered in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia on the Fourth of July to mark the progress of their movement and pay tribute to those who launched it a half-century ago – but also made it clear that the fight for equality was far from over.
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Lead plaintiff at center of same-sex marriage ruling honors early gay rights protesters
Regina Sullivan started crying as she squeezed her arms around the man at the center of the latest gay rights milestone: Jim Obergefell, whose lawsuit led to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling making same-sex marriage the law of the land. …
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Philadelphia rainbow crosswalks mark 50th anniversary of LGBT rights demonstrations
The rainbow crosswalks will be dedicated at the Annual Reminders Block Party on July 5 honoring the 50th anniversary of the first wave of U.S. LGBT rights group demonstrations.
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Trial ordered for man in slaying of transgender woman
A man has been ordered to stand trial in the stabbing death of a transgender woman in north Philadelphia earlier this year.
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Philadelphia boy scout council affirms policy allowing gay adult leaders
The Cradle of Liberty Council vote Friday bans discrimination based on sexual orientation for scouts, leaders and employees.