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Students walk out in protest of ‘forced’ resignation of gay Catholic school official
SAMMAMISH, Wash. — Hundreds of students at Eastside Catholic School in Sammamish, Wash., walked out Thursday to protest the resignation of a vice principal they say was forced out because he recently married his same-sex partner.
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Same-sex weddings account for 17% of marriages in Washington state
SEATTLE — Same-sex weddings made up 17 percent of marriages in Washington this past year, the first year gay marriages were legal in the state, state officials reported Wednesday.
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Nation’s largest rail carriers to offer health care benefits to same-sex spouses
SEATTLE — The nation’s largest freight rail carriers announced Wednesday they will provide health care benefits to the same-sex spouses of their employees, one day after legally married, gay engineers filed a federal lawsuit in Seattle.
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Ed Murray to become Seattle’s first openly gay mayor
SEATTLE — The leader of Washington state’s effort to legalize same-sex marriage is poised to become the next mayor of Seattle.
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Victory Fund announces ‘Ten Races to Watch’ featuring LGBT candidates
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund has announced its annual “Races to Watch” list featuring openly LGBT candidates, naming 10 candidates involved in groundbreaking runs for political office this year. Victory has endorsed a total of 85 out candidates for 2013, an all-time high for an odd numbered year.
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Police: Boy ‘heard voices’ telling him to kill student who called his friend ‘gay’
VANCOUVER, Wash. — An 11-year-old boy who took a gun and ammunition to his middle school heard voices in his head telling him to shoot another boy that he thought was bullying his friend, police said in a court document released Thursday.
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Wash. judge admonished for refusing to preside over same-sex weddings
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Thurston County, Wash., Superior Court judge has been formally admonished for saying he wouldn’t preside at same-sex marriages.
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Colvilles become sixth Native American tribe to recognize same-sex marriage
NESPELEM, Wash. — The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington state are the latest Native American tribe to recognize same-sex marriage.
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Gay lawmaker who led marriage equality effort leads in Seattle mayoral primary
SEATTLE — A state senator who drove efforts to make gay marriage legal in Washington state led early returns in Seattle’s mayoral primary, while incumbent Mike McGinn looked as if he’d avoid being the second consecutive mayor ousted before the general election.
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Seattle gay man chased, beaten by five attackers hurling anti-gay slurs
A Seattle gay man is recovering from an early morning attack on Monday in which he was chased and beaten by a group of three men and two women who began by taunting him with anti-gay slurs.