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Lambda Legal urges federal appeals court to uphold ban on reparative therapy
SAN FRANCISCO — Lambda Legal has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, urging the court to uphold the California law known as SB 1172 that prohibits mental health providers from performing controversial “gay-to-straight” conversion therapy on LGBT youth.
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Obama names openly gay attorney to federal appeals court
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday nominated for a seat on the federal judiciary a gay Justice Department attorney who, upon confirmation, would make history.
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Colorado state Senate to consider civil union bill today
DENVER — A civil unions law for same-sex couples was a top promise made by Colorado Democrats who took control of the state Legislature.
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Family announces foundation to combat bullying in wake of Jadin Bell’s death
LA GRANDE, Ore. — Speaking before a crowd of about 200 people Wednesday, the father of an Oregon teen who died Sunday after he hanged himself two weeks earlier, said that he loved his gay son, and accepted him for who he was.
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Boy Scouts face 14 weeks of mounting pressure from supporters, opponents of anti-gay policy
It promises to be a campaign as passionate and dramatic as any big election. For the next 14 weeks, the Boy Scouts of America will be the focus of prayers, petitions and pressure tactics aimed at swaying a vote on whether to ease its ban on gays as Scouts or adult leaders.
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‘Freedom to Marry’ to invest $2 million in state marriage efforts this year
Freedom to Marry, a national marriage equality advocacy organization, announced Thursday it plans to raise and invest $2 million through its “Win More States Fund,” aimed at passing marriage bills in several states across the country.
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Ill. governor uses ‘State of the State’ address to call for marriage equality
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Pat Quinn told the Illinois state legislature on Wednesday that it’s time for Illinois to approve legislation to allow gays and lesbians the freedom to marry.
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North Dakota lawmakers consider bill to prohibit anti-gay discrimination
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota legislators are considering a bill that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing, government, public services and the workplace.
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Minnesota governor calls for marriage equality legislation this year
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — In his annual State of the State address, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton on Wednesday called on state lawmakers to put forward legislation this year that would legalize same-sex marriage.
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Indiana GOP leaders push same-sex marriage battle to 2014
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Republican House and Senate leaders said Thursday they will wait a year before they take up an effort to write a gay marriage ban into the state’s constitution.