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Hundreds lobby for gay rights, marriage equality at Texas state Capitol
AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of gay rights advocates demonstrated at the Texas state Capitol on Monday, lobbying state lawmakers to support a number of civil rights bills introduced by Democratic lawmakers, including the freedom to marry.
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Poll finds small plurality of Texas voters support same-sex marriage
AUSTIN, Texas — Support for marriage equality continues grow in Texas, as a new poll shows a minor plurality of voters now favor legalizing same-sex marriage.
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Woman faces prison time after beating son for engaging in gay sex act
FOREST HILL, Texas — A Texas woman is facing felony charges for badly beating her 15-year-old son after she caught him receiving oral sex from a male cousin last December.
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High school student says banned yearbook photo is anti-gay discrimination
A teenager in San Antonio, Texas, says her high school has blocked a photograph of her and her girlfriend from appearing in the yearbook because they are gay.
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Lesbian says she was the victim of a hate crime after defending bullied boy
MESQUITE, Texas — A Texas woman claims she is the victim of a hate crime after she was attacked in an elementary school playground for protecting a bullied four-year-old boy.
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Texas GOP lawmakers threaten to cut funding to LGBT supportive schools
A pair of Republican Texas lawmakers have introduced two pieces of anti-gay legislation, one which would cut funding for schools and universities that have policies in place that support LGBT students, faculty, or staff, and another measure that would allow discrimination based on religious beliefs.
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Tim Tebow to speak at virulently anti-gay, anti-Semitic Dallas megachurch
It seems that lately Tim Tebow has been making more speaking appearances in church than he has quarterback appearances in NFL games. Tebow made headlines with his Easter address in Georgetown, Texas in April, and his talk at a Scottsdale, AZ church earlier this month. And now he’s got another gig at a megachurch in Dallas, only this one comes with a large helping of controversy.
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Texas state lawmaker introduces bill to legalize same-sex marriage
AUSTIN, Texas — A Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Texas, 10 years after the Legislature proposed a constitutional amendment banning it.
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Comic book store owner will not sell anti-gay writer’s Superman comic
The owner of a Dallas comic store said Tuesday he will not carry the print edition of DC Comics’ “Anthology of Superman” in his store after learning that the comic book publisher had hired an anti-gay activist and board member of the National Organization for Marriage, to write for their new digital “Adventures of Superman” series.
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Texas lawmakers seek to repeal state’s constitutional ban on same-sex unions
AUSTIN, Texas — Three Texas lawmakers are seeking to reverse the state’s ban on same-sex marriage by repealing a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between one man and one woman.