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Scottish parliament removes transgender spousal veto from marriage equality bill
EDINBURGH, Scotland — Scotland Parliament’s Equal Opportunities Committee on Thursday unanimously approved an amendment to remove the spousal veto from the country’s marriage equality bill.
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Scotland school chaplain sacked for saying gay is a ‘perversion,’ ‘disorder’
GLASGOW, Scotland — A Church of Scotland chaplain has been sacked from a Glasgow school after describing being gay as a “perversion” and “disorder” during a discussion about marriage equality.
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Evander Holyfield: Homosexuality is like a ‘handicap,’ it ‘ain’t normal’
LONDON — Former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield is facing calls to be kicked off the U.K.’s “Celebrity Big Brother” after likening homosexuality to a “handicap,” and insisting that being gay is a choice and “ain’t normal.”
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Northern Ireland lifts ban on same-sex couple adoption
BELFAST — Northern Ireland has lifted its ban that prohibited same-sex couples in civil partnerships from adopting children.
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United Kingdom to hold first same-sex weddings on March 29
LONDON — Save the date: The British government announced Tuesday that the country’s first same-sex weddings can be held on Saturday, March 29.
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Ian McKellen says British government told him not to go to Russia
LONDON — Actor Ian McKellen says the British government has advised him not to go to Russia because of the country’s anti-gay “propaganda” law.
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Westboro Baptist Church: Scotland’s ‘fag marriage’ caused deadly helicopter crash
GLASGOW, Scotland — The U.S.-based Westboro Baptist Church, home of anti-gay extremists famous for their “Gods Hate Fags” demonstrations, blamed a deadly helicopter crash in Glasgow on Saturday on the country’s recent advancement of a same-sex marriage bill.
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UK bed and breakfast owners lose appeal in gay discrimination case
LONDON — The Christian owners of a hotel in southern England have lost a U.K. Supreme Court appeal over whether their refusal to let a gay couple stay amounted to discrimination.
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British health minister calls reparative therapy ‘abhorrent,’ but rules out ban
LONDON — Britain’s Minister of State for Care and Support, (Health) Norman Lamb, told an audience during a special debate in Westminster Hall Wednesday that practitioners trying to convert gay patients to heterosexuality is “wholly abhorrent.”
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Scottish Parliament advances marriage equality bill
EDINBURGH, Scotland — The Scottish Parliament voted 98-15 Wednesday evening to advance legislation that would bring marriage equality to Scotland as early as March 2014.