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Catholic bishop: Same-sex marriage ‘endangers religious liberty’
YAKIMA, Wash. — Same-sex marriage “jeopardizes freedom rather than expands it,” and “endangers our religious liberty and the right of conscience,” according to Bishop Joseph Tyson, the Catholic bishop of Yakima, Wash.
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Bay Buchanan tells gay audience Mitt Romney will win presidency
Republican strategist Bay Buchanan urged an audience of gay conservatives on Monday to remain optimistic that Mitt Romney will win the presidential race.
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Polls in Washington, Maine, Maryland show voter support for same-sex marriage
Voters in Maryland, Maine and Washington state may be among the first ever to legalize same-sex marriage at the ballot box, as recent polling suggests marriage equality bills gaining support leading up to the November general election.
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Former Alabama Chief Justice: Gay marriage will be ‘ultimate destruction of our country’
Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who is seeking to regain the office of chief justice, denounced same-sex marriage and predicted it would be the downfall of the country.
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Lesbian soldier killed in Taliban suicide bomber attack in Afghanistan
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Donna R. Johnson of the North Carolina Army National Guard was among 14 people killed Monday when a Taliban suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle packed with explosives into a joint U.S.-Afghan patrol in Afghanistan.
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia: Ruling on ‘homosexual sodomy’ is easy
WASHINGTON — Noted conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told an audience at the Washington D.C.-based American Enterprise Institute that “it’s ‘easy’ to render a verdict” on same-sex marriage “when you apply the words in the Constitution as they were intended by its framers.”
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Austin police release video of alleged anti-gay assault during gay pride
AUSTIN, Texas — Police in Austin, Texas on Friday released surveillance video which shows a violent attack on two men in the city’s downtown that occurred during last month gay pride.
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‘Cured’ student, anti-gay groups sue California over ban on reparative therapy for minors
Therapists who purportedly counsel gay and lesbian patients into heterosexuality and two anti-gay organizations have filed lawsuits seeking an injunction against California’s recently approved ban on reparative therapy for minors.
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Prisoner awarded gender reassignment surgery, attorneys seek legal expenses
NORFOLK, Mass. — Convicted murderer Michelle Kosilek — who was granted taxpayer-funded gender-reassignment surgery ordered by a federal judge — is demanding $698 in reimbursement for legal expenses for arguing her case from behind bars, and her attorneys are seeking legal fees of in excess of $800,000, according to documents filed this week in U. S. District Court.
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Democracy for America to ask members to support state marriage campaigns
The Washington Blade has learned that Democracy for America will ask its supporters to donate to the four statewide same-sex marriage campaigns.